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The Finance Commission had in 2021 recommended Rs 8,000 crore for eight greenfield cities. The grant will lapse on March 31, 2026, with the end of the 15th Finance Commission’s award period.

Time running out for Centre to use Rs 8,000 crore grant to incubate new cities

October 11, 2024 7:39 am

Three years after the 15th Finance Commission recommended a grant for the incubation of greenfield cities, the government has yet to pick the cities.

Ahead of finance commission visit, state readies pitch for bailout package

July 09, 2024 9:20 am

While the officials are busy preparing for the demands to be made from the Finance Commission, they are waiting for Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to be back from Jalandhar.

Why is Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's government protesting in Delhi?

February 08, 2024 10:26 am

The Karnataka government’s protest at Jantar Mantar is about the Centre allegedly denying the state its fair share of taxes.

Govt to continue development schemes in Northeast with Rs 12,882 cr outlay

January 05, 2023 11:43 pm

Addressing a press conference, Reddy said the government has also set itself a 500-day target to provide telecom connectivity across the region, including 4G network in 4,000 villages.

Who will bell revadi cat? EC to Niti, Finance to RBI, why hands tied

August 04, 2022 11:37 am

The Indian Express spoke to key officials in the Union Ministry of Finance; state Finance Ministers; Election Commission of India, Fifteenth Finance Commission, Niti Aayog, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Comptroller and Auditor General and found a consensus on three key issues.

Paramedical and nursing sector likely to get a boost in post-COVID era

June 06, 2021 7:55 pm

Medical colleges may soon be allowed to run one additional course with an intake of 100 medical students, nurses could also be trained to prescribe 47 basic drugs. A one-year diploma course after MBBS for lab medicine and for ultrasound may be started.

Fifteenth Finance Commission has increased proportion of grants conditional on reforms by states

February 23, 2021 8:54 am

The question is whether this will force the states to move on both the power sector reforms, which have proven challenging in the past, and the municipal reforms, so that their resource availability may be enhanced.

The final electoral roll for Bihar is scheduled to be published on September 30. (File)

Supreme Court asks EC to consider Aadhaar as valid ID for Bihar voter rolls

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The Supreme Court has ordered the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar cards as a valid document for voter identification during the electoral roll revision in Bihar. The court has stressed on the importance of only allowing genuine citizens to vote and excluding those with forged documents. The EC has received numerous claims and objections for inclusion and exclusion in the final roll.

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