Last session of the 17th Lok Sabha to begin on Wednesday with President’s address
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget during the curtailed session.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget during the curtailed session.
27 per cent of the new MPs have studied till higher secondary, as against 20 per cent in the previous house.
Riven with intra-party squabbles and defections in its ranks, Congress’ tally from in West Bengal was reduced from four to…
Sumitra Mahajan is the fifth Lok Sabha Speaker in a row to not return to Parliament as an elected member of the Lower House
Notwithstanding claims of making structural reforms in the agriculture markets, very little advantage has been felt in the countryside with both global and domestic research institutions focusing on the hapless state of finances in rural homes.
Even as writer and columnist Aakar Patel in an article recently reasoned why we should look forward to a hung Parliament after this election, I take the liberty of looking forward to a National government.
A country with about 586 million women, had only 11.2 per cent representation in the 16th Lok Sabha.
Blockchain is actually about solving society’s ultimate challenge ~ trust ~ and in doing so, it eliminates the need for middlemen. At a time when elections ~ even in advanced democracies ~ are facing allegations of fraud or outside influence, use of technology to eliminate rigging is imperative.
Yet hope must spring eternal: and despite “issues” like nationalism, farm distress, dubious handling of a defence purchase, and the potentially explosive Ayodhya controversy, the people of India would be anxious that the 17th Lok Sabha generates light rather than the divisive heat that has charred the past five years.
