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New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a scheme brought by the Modi government that has completed 11 years, has empowered small traders and start-ups by providing collateral-free loans, thereby giving a new boost to self-employment and small industries. In a post on X, Shah said in the 11 years of the MUDRA Yojana, 58 crore loans worth more than Rs 40 lakh crore have been disbursed under the scheme, benefitting 12 cror ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY), the flagship programme of the Modi government, has marked 11 years of operation, aimed at funding the 'unfunded' micro enterprises, small businesses and setting the path for their growth. Since its inception on this day in 2015, the programme has been instrumental in powering the business dynamics of small businesses and first-time entrepreneurs, in particular. According to government estimates, around 58 crore loans w ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the impact of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) on its 11th anniversary, stating that the initiative has been pivotal in fostering self-employment and making the youth of the nation self-reliant. In a post on X, the Prime Minister emphasised that providing the right opportunities is key to individual and national growth. "Exactly 11 years ago, the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, launched today, has proven to b ...Read More >
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of perpetuating a system of exclusion through its policies and asked why 'Bahujan' entrepreneurs are being excluded from the country's largest public contracts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he asked the government in Parliament that out of the Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts awarded last year, how many were secured by businesses owned by Dalits, Adivasis, and Backward Classes. "Their response ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised serious concerns over the inclusion of Dalit, Adivasi, and Other Backward Class (OBC) entrepreneurs in India's public works and infrastructure contracts. Posting on Facebook, he asked, "Last year, out of Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts, how many contracts were awarded to Dalit, Adivasi, and backward class businesses? Their response was deeply worrying -- the government does not maintain any data on this." The issue stems from a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the Modi government has done a U-turn on the Women's Reservation Bill to "divert attention from the grave economic crisis" and influence voters in five poll-bound states and said the government has woken up 30 months after Congress had demanded its immediate implementation. In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Assam in which he urged Congress not to do politics over ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "mission is still ongoing" for implementing the BJP's two key agendas, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and 'One Nation, One Election', with serious discussions underway and positive progress made. Virtually addressing an event marking the BJP's 47th Foundation Day, Modi also said it was the saffron party that first raised the issue of women's reservation in 1994. He added that the current BJP-led central government is fully com ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a roadshow here as a part of the BJP's campaign push for the forthcoming Keralam legislative assembly polls. The supporters of the BJP thronged the roadshow to express support for the party. Along with the locals, Keralam BJP state president Rajeev Chandrashekhar and the party's candidate for the Vattiyoorkavu constituency, R Sreelekha, were also present in the roadshow. Also Read | LPG Hoarding ...Read More >
Bengaluru: With a fresh round of price revisions set to take effect, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala Tuesday stepped up criticism of the Centre, alleging inflation was placing an increasing burden on households. The duo said prices of some 900 essential medicines, including those used for diabetes, hypertension and infections, would rise from Wednesday, the start of a new financial year. Questioning annual revisions and tax policies, they al ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday said his party will stand by people whose names are found deleted after the publication of supplementary electoral rolls and alleged attempts to deprive genuine voters of their rights. Alleging "sustained pressure" by the BJP on the Election Commission to delete names of genuine voters and include those from other states through Form 6, the TMC national general secretary said, "We have to be on guard 24x7 to foil the bid to depr ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 3 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of causing hardships to people through "mishandling" of issues such as LPG supply, demonetisation, SIR hearings and the lockdown. Addressing an election rally in West Bengal's Purulia district in support of party candidate Arjun Mahato from Joypur Assembly seat, Banerjee alleged that prices of essential commodities have risen sharply under the present dispensation. "Prices of LPG cylinders h ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday drew a comparison between 10 years of NDA and Congress governments in Assam, hitting out at the rival party on the issue of "infiltrators". Addressing a rally at Kaliabor to drum up support for BJP ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) candidate Keshab Mahanta, Shah claimed that the Congress had never done anything for Assam's development. "From 2004 to 2014, there was a Congress government in Assam and the Manmohan Singh government at the Centre. As ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on the heels of the Centre deferring the passage of the contentious Foreign Contribution (Amendment) Regulation Bill, 2026, in Parliament, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar has assured that the Modi government will not pass the legislation unless the concerns raised by stakeholders are effectively addressed. Chandrasekhar told the media that he had promptly taken up the matter with the Centre, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, when the heads of various Ch ...Read More >
When I arrived at the main gate of the old Parliament building on September 12, 1996, I found a senior MP telling all those who were arriving for the session to "go back right away". Otherwise, he threatened, "I will make sure that you don't get a ticket (to contest elections) next time". What he was hoping to do was to prevent a quorum in the Lok Sabha so that a Bill slated to be introduced in the House that day could not be presented. It was the day the Women's Reservation Bill -- to provide ...Read More >
New Delhi: With an eye on the Kerala assembly elections and amid pushback from the Opposition, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday deferred the discussion and passage of the contentious Foreign Contribution (Amendment) Regulation Bill in the Lok Sabha. As soon as the House assembled, Opposition MPs raised slogans against the bill and demanded its withdrawal. Although the bill was listed for discussion and passage, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju informed the House during Quest ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 1 (ANI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of being "hand in glove" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to rule the state by proxy. Speaking to reporters here, he said, "The people of Kerala have seen the misrule of the LDF over the past decade. Investments have slowed down, there has been no employm ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government waived loans worth Rs 26 lakh crore for industrialists, during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill. "To benefit its capitalist friends, the government has effectively written-off an amount equivalent to nearly half of the country's annual budget," he asserted, asking the government how much of this Rs 26 lakh crore belongs to the country's farmers, laborers, st ...Read More >
"I want to tell, the main reason of Naxalism is not the demand of development, but an ideology, to win the Presidential election, from 1970 Indira ji accepted that due to leftist ideology, Naxalism spread," he said, alleging that Gandhi used the ideology to tilt the 1971 presidential election in favour of V.V. Giri. "Twelve states- Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal, Kerala, parts of Karnataka, and three districts of Uttar Prad ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Ruling NDA members on Wednesday lauded the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, calling it a long-pending reform, while the opposition slammed it as "discriminatory" and a "threat' to institutional autonomy. Participating in the debate on the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, BJP members argued that the legislation would bring much-needed uniformity across paramiltary forces such as the CRPF, BSF, CISF and ITBP. Nominated member supporting the BJP, Ghulam Al ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, April 1, urged the people of Kerala not to vote for the Liberal Democratic Front (LDF), adding that CM Pinarayi Vijayan is a shadow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He remarked while beginning a two-day campaign for Congress ahead of Kerala Assembly elections on April 9. As part of the campaign, Reddy held a road show in Nemon constituency, where he cautioned voters against voting for Liberal Democratic Front alleging that a vot ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, accusing it of "wrecking the country's strategic and economic policies" and transferring the burden of global fuel volatility onto ordinary Indians. In a post on X, Kharge said the latest hikes in commercial fuel prices and cost increases across essential sectors would squeeze 1.4 billion citizens. Also Read | Rajasthan IAS Reshuffles ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, accusing it of "wrecking the country's strategic and economic policies" and transferring the burden of global fuel volatility onto ordinary Indians. In a post on X, Kharge said the latest hikes in commercial fuel prices and cost increases across essential sectors would squeeze 1.4 billion citizens. "The Modi government has completely ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the government over the rise in prices of certain essential commodities, alleging that the Modi government has completely "destroyed" the country's strategic and economic policies. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said while the common citizens are hoping for relief, the BJP leadership remains entirely focused on "looting the public and plundering the nation amidst this crisis". In a post in Hindi on X, Kharge said, "The M ...Read More >
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the Modi government is proposing to "bulldoze" a bill to increase the size of the Lok Sabha by 50 per cent with the number of seats allocated to each state also to be increased by 50 per cent, and said such a move would "disadvantage" smaller states in the South, Northeast and West. There was no official word on the Opposition party's claims. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Telangana Chief Minister A ...Read More >
BENGALURU: AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala here on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre as it increased prices of 900 essential medicines, including those for diabetes, hypertension and infectious diseases that will come into effect from April 1. The Modi government and National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) are increasing the prices of 31 medicines including that for diabetes and prophylactic Merofen 500 mg used in ICUs. It has imposed a 12% GST despite demand for GST exem ...Read More >
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh (left) and Home Minister Amit Shah (right) The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he performed a "miracle" in the Lok Sabha by speaking for 90 minutes without using what it called his favourite term of abuse. The jibe came a day after Shah asserted that the country is now largely free of Naxalism, with the Maoists' top leadership and central structure nearly dismantled, while accusing the Congress of doing "nothing" to c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF) on Tuesday celebrated a historic milestone in India's journey toward becoming a 'Naxal Mukt Bharat', marking a defining moment for the nation under the leadership of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Marking this major moment in India's fight against Left-Wing Extremism, the entire SPMRF research team, senior research fellows, and staff joined Director Binay Kumar Singh for a special in-house programme ...Read More >
Dibrugarh/Jorhat, Mar 31 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday claimed that India's neighbours wanted to "break up" Assam by taking advantage of the unrest here earlier, but their "dreams were shattered" as the Narendra Modi government brought peace to the region. Militancy has come to an end, and 92 per cent of the assurances made in the peace agreements with various groups have already been implemented, he told a poll rally. Fadnavis maintained that the BJP-led govern ...Read More >
Kannur, March 31: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front in Kerala, alleging an "unprecedented partnership" between the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and pitched the upcoming Assembly election as a battle of ideologies. Arriving in Kannur as the star campaigner of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Gandhi held a breakfast meeting with local leaders before addressing a massive rally attended by candidates from across the di ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday stressed that the efforts towards curbing Naxalism in India cannot be possible due to contribution of just one government. Speaking to ANI, Chaturvedi accused the present regime of taking credit for ending Naxalism and called it "unfortunate." "The way action against Naxalism had started from the time of the UPA, and now they're coming to take credit for it ending, that can't be the contribution of just on ...Read More >
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