Saturday, February 28, 2015

Modi Sarkar Report Card - Feb 2015

27-Feb-2015

The survey added that the high growth rate can be expected because of the reforms taken forward, like deregulation of diesel prices, taxing energy products, replacing cooking gas subsidy by direct transfer, etc, by the new NDA government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

24-Feb-2015

The proposed four-day bank strike that was to begin on Wednesday has been called off after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between nine bank unions and the Indian Bank Association (IBA). A 15 per cent hike on pay slip components was agreed upon. The total annual wage rise will work out to be Rs 4,725 crore, a release issued by IBA said.

22-Feb-2015

Most businessmen that TOI correspondents have spoken to over the past few months - including a few who do not necessarily agree with everything that the government has done - say there's been a conscious effort to curb corruption, at least in the upper reaches of government.

"I can speak of at least the economic ministries, and I've heard this about defence too — ministers and top bureaucrats don't ask for anything when you go to meet them. There isn't even a hint of any expectation of an under-the-table quid pro quo," a prominent businessman told this paper recently during an informal chat.

21-Feb-2015

After a series of reports published highlighting the devastating effects of addiction to meow meow, the Centre has finally taken serious cognisance of the issue and made the drug illegal. A finance ministry notification has declared the drug as a psychotropic substance under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, deeming it illegal.

21-Feb-2015

Executives from five leading energy companies, a former journalist and an energy consultant were arrested Friday, taking to 12 the number of arrests made so far in connection with the alleged leak of official documents from the Petroleum Ministry. Police sources said two senior officials from the ministry were also under the scanner.

20-Feb-2015

A memorable suit worn just one time by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — with pinstripes that spell out his name in tiny letters — has sold for 43.1 million rupees ($693,234) at a charity auction.

The two-piece suit was put up for auction on Wednesday along with 454 items given to Mr. Modi as gifts since he took office in May. This isn’t the first time Mr. Modi has auctioned off gifts he has received. As chief minister of the state of Gujarat for more than a decade, Mr. Modi held regular auctions of gifts, donating up to 950 million rupees to charities that work to educate girls. The proceeds from this auction will go to the “Namami Gange Fund,”  a project to clean the Ganges river.

20-Feb-2015

Experts and policymakers feel Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal last year has strengthened relations between the two countries and cleared several roadblocks for bilateral ties. At the first-ever Indo-Nepal Border Summit, organised by the Consulate General of India, India reiterated Modi’s thrust on the “neighbourhood first” policy and said that “integrated customs will be ready by year-end”.

Former Nepal minister of state for home affairs Rizwan Ansari said, “We were greatly impressed with Narendra Modi when he said India cannot sleep well if its neighbour feels uneasy. Islam says as much about neighbours. His visit did boost people’s morale and now both sides have to work together to sort out bilateral issues.”

19-Feb-2015

The government today approved over Rs 8,600 crore of highway projects in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for the six laning of the Chakeri-Allahabad section of National Highway in Uttar Pradesh," an official statement said. The total cost of this project is estimated to be Rs 1999.85 crore and total length of the road will be approximately 145 kms.

17-Feb-2015

"Everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or her choice without coercion or undue influence. My government will not allow any religious group, belonging to majority or minority to incite hatred against others overtly or covertly," he told the gathering where Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto was also present.


“There are indications that the UK parliament’s APPG report on tribal peoples will use Priya Parameswaran Pillai’s testimony to rate India at a low level, leaving Indian open to a potential sanction regime… Unlike at the United Nations, these reports by US, UK and EP do not provide opportunity to the Government of India or the local Embassy/High Commission to record their opinion and are heavily biased against the targeted country,” stated the MHA affidavit filed through an Under Secretary of the Foreigners Division (FCRA Wing).


17-Feb-2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday decided to expand bilateral defence and security cooperation. New Delhi also signed a pact with Colombo to assuage their concerns on Indian nuclear facilities coming up on the southern coast, which may have an impact on Sri Lanka.

16-Feb-2015

Inflation declined to a five-and-a-half-year low of (-)0.39 per cent in January on falling prices of manufactured and fuel items.

16-Feb-2015

Union Cabinet meetings will soon go paperless. The government is finalising a plan to put all Cabinet notes on Kindle devices, which ministers will use at meetings and return to the Cabinet Secretariat immediately after.


The government’s technology arm, the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has been instructed to implement this within six months.

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