Statistically Speaking

Delimitation and Upcoming Assembly Elections

12 Oct 2022 00:38 AM IST

Cash-rich and heavyweight projects such as the 850 MW Ratle and 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Projects, the Banihal-Qazigund Road Tunnel (costing over Rs 3,100 crore), the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, and the 500KW Solar Power Plant announced or inaugurated by PM Modi during his April 2022 visit are a sign the BJP

BJP’s Rising Support in J&K

12 Oct 2022 00:36 AM IST

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah’s recent visit to the UT has brought the focus back on the political developments in the region. The party announced a slew of developmental projects for the UT and the larger region including a convention complex in Jammu City. Prior to this,

BJP’s Pahari Outreach

12 Oct 2022 00:25 AM IST

Amit Shah’s recent visit to the UT in the first week of October 2022 sounded the poll bugle for the party’s campaign in the region. The Home Minister made several announcements clearly targeted at both development and politics as he laid the foundation stone for 240 development projects of about

Amid political churning, BJP expanding its catchment in J&K

12 Oct 2022 00:18 AM IST

Until recently and since the removal of Article 370 in 2019, political and electoral developments in the erstwhile state and now Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir appeared to have been in limbo. The move to remove Article 370 changed the political map of the state, diluted its special

Telecom Generations: Revolutionising India

07 Oct 2022 01:39 AM IST

Telecommunications form the backbone of any modern economy. As countries across the world have come closer with the opening up of trade relations and movement of goods and services, the internet and connectivity through telecommunications have formed the pipeline through which information travels faster than ever before. In India, the

Munugode: Pacesetter for Telangana 2023?

30 Sep 2022 00:58 AM IST

The aftermath of the 2018 Telangana Assembly Election saw the Telangana movement wane, as compared to the previous election in undivided Andhra Pradesh. Since then, current Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) has reflected on his aspirations for a rising role in national

Status of the Indian Economy

28 Sep 2022 00:47 AM IST

As Indians head into the festive season for the year, alarmingly increasing prices of food items and rising unemployment in August have raised concerns about the state of the Indian economy over the last few months. The economy recovered from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic much faster than

Synergising Logistics in India to cut costs

23 Sep 2022 01:38 AM IST

On 17 September 2022, the Government of India launched the country’s first National Logistics Policy. While states such as Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have launched similar policies in 2018 and 2021 respectively, this is the first such measure at the national level to consolidate and address concerns of the logistics

Himachal 2022: BJP vs INC

21 Sep 2022 01:24 AM IST

Elections to the 68-member Legislative Assembly in Himachal Pradesh are scheduled to take place in November this year. The state, which has widespread anti-incumbency, has not allowed any party to be re-elected to power since 1985. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won the state in 2017, securing 44 seats

DEMAND FOR A SEVENTH EXTENSION: WHAT ARE STATES ASKING FOR?

16 Sep 2022 06:46 AM IST

The sixth phase of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is slated to expire on 30th September 2022. Gujarat, with a BJP government, and Rajasthan, with a Congress government, are requesting an extension of the scheme beyond its September 2022 deadline. Gujarat Food & Civil Supply Minister Naresh Patel

PHASE-WISE ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION

16 Sep 2022 06:44 AM IST

The scheme has witnessed large-scale allocation of foodgrains from the central government’s Food Corporation of India (FCI) pool to states. In phases I to V of the scheme, the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) allocated a total of 759 lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) foodgrains to states and Union

PM GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA: A SEVENTH EXTENSION UNLIKELY?

16 Sep 2022 05:37 AM IST

Meant to provide support to the most vulnerable sections of society during the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) has come to witness several extensions over the last two years. The scheme is currently in its sixth phase and provides free foodgrains