Author: ForumIAS
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Fiscal Responsibility of States
Fiscal Responsibility of States Context It is a grand achievement that the fiscal deficit target of 3.5% of GDP for the past year was met successfully. As a result of which, beyond the 3.2% fiscal deficit target for the current year, the government has accepted a 3% target thereafter. Continuing this trend in the future…
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Naxalist Ambush and Lessons
Context 25 CRPF Jawans were killed by Naxalists in frontal attack at Sukma. This is one of the gravest tragedies for our security systems in the recent times. Naxalism was dubbed as the “single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country” by then PM Manmohan Singh in 2006. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in his…
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Daily 9 PM Brief – April 26
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL [1] SC pulls up trial court in Sabarmati train blasts case The Hindu Context Orders release of undertrial on November 1 What has happened? A Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave the trial court in the 2000 Sabarmati train blasts case six months…
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Ministry of UD to push dense urban growth along mass transit corridors for better living experience
To effectively address the emerging urbanization challenges, the Ministry of Urban Development has come out with a multi-pronged policy framework to promote living close to mass urban transit corridors. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) This new initiatives seeks to promote ‘Transit Oriented Development (TOD)’ which enables people to live within walking or cycling distance from transit…
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Small Field activities in the State of Tamil Nadu
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the award of 31 contract areas as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016. These fields were offered under new policy for small fields known as Discovered Small Field (DSF) policy, 2015, which offers improved fiscal terms with the aim to enhance Oil and gas…
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Nand Kumar Sai assumes charge as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh and ex parliamentarian Shri Nand Kuamr Sai assumed charge as the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). A large percentage of tribals in our country are still not aware of their rights guaranteed to them by the constitutions. Shri Sai said he will see to it that NCST…
