On the occasion of Kisan Diwas, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan emphasized the Central Government's commitment to farmers' welfare under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed gratitude to the Central Government for sanctioning 6.5 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), with plans to increase this number to 13 lakh additional houses for the state.
The central government has amended the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010, introducing provisions for regular examinations and holding back students in specific cases in Class 5 and Class 8 if they fail.
His comment came following the recent arrest of eight members of ABT, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorist organisation. Among the eight terrorists, two were arrested from West Bengal, one from Kerala and five others from Assam.
Arvind Kejriwal said that the central government is "crushing" the dreams of middle-class people and that the BJP government is only working for the rich and the industrialists.
The central government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 350 million policy-based loan under the second subprogram of Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) program.
Farmers protesting at the Khanauri border on Wednesday rejected the Supreme Court-appointed committee, with Sarwan Singh Pandher, General Secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, stating that the committee failed to address the issues in a timely manner and that any future
The farmers were to hold a meeting with the committee on Wednesday but refused to meet citing several reasons including holding talks with the central government being one of them.
A meeting chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday decided to implement the Sabari Rail Project in two phases in an expanded manner. The state government will request the Central Government to provide permission for this, said a release issued by the Chief Minister's off
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Nityanand Rai said that the central government deploys Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to assist states when requested, with the number of personnel and costs varying over time.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday hit out at the central government and said that to pass the 'One Nation One Election' Bill as a constitutional amendment the two-third majority is required which the BJP does not have.