Category: India This Week

The Centre’s fiscal deficit for April to September stood at ₹9.14 trillion, or around 114.8% of the deficit budgeted for the whole year. Fiscal deficit is the difference between government’s revenue and expense. This increase is due to a decline in tax collections. Mint explains. What’s been the tax revenue … Read more

International passenger flights have been suspended in India again till November 30 in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced this and issued a circular, stating that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis. The … Read more

According to a new release, home chefs who have not registered and got a license by the State Food Safety Department, might have to pay a fine of Rs. 5 lakh and face imprisonment for up to 6 months. This has been recently announced by the State Food Safety Department … Read more

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government has acknowledged the honesty and hard work of street vendors by offering them loans that were inaccessible to the poor in the past. “Those doing politics in the name of the poor had created an atmosphere that if a loan … Read more

New Delhi:  Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to voters to herald change in the state and build a ‘new Bihar’, alleging that the JDU-BJP government there has deviated from its path and was high on power and ego. In a four-minute video ahead of the … Read more

Days after the BJP stoked a controversy with the announcement of free COVID vaccine for poll-bound Bihar, Union Minister Pratap Sarangi said that that all people of the country will be given free coronavirus vaccine. Notably, the BJP has included the promise of providing the COVID vaccine free of cost … Read more

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India wants an end to the border tension with China in eastern Ladakh, but at the same time asserted that Indian soldiers will never allow even an inch of the country to be taken away by anyone. The defence minister made … Read more

New Delhi, (PTI) In a relief to taxpayers, the government on Saturday further extended the deadline for filing returns by individual taxpayers for FY 2019-20 by a month till December 31. Also, the due date of furnishing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for taxpayers whose accounts require to be audited has … Read more

The central government decided to give Rs 3,737 crore bonus to 30.67 lakh central government employees to encourage spending during the festival season and add to demand in the economy. The decision to give a productivity-linked bonus and non-productivity-linked bonus for 2019-2020 was taken at the Union Cabinet meeting, Minister … Read more

New Delhi, Delhi’s pollution levels worsened on Wednesday even as the air quality index remained in the ‘poor’ category, with a government agency forecasting improvement in the situation on Thursday with cleaner easterly wind coming in. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was … Read more