Government and Policy

Bungalow No 1: Centre allocates Lutyens bungalow to AAP for its office after the party was asked to vacate its office on court land

Bungalow No. 1, Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane, New Delhi will be the new address of the Aam Aadmi Party headquarters.

Foreign affairs sole prerogative the Union Government as per the constitution, states should not intrude: MEA on Kerala govt appointing ‘foreign secretary’

Reacting to Kerala government appointing a Secretary for External Cooperation, the Ministry of External Affairs said that foreign affairs are the "sole prerogative" of the Union Government and not concurrent or state subject

“No company will be forced into the internship programme”: Union Govt clarifies on stipend for interns in top 500 companies announced in budget

Government sources have said that the top 500 companies will not be forced for the internship programme announced in the Union Budget

‘Bigger than Chandigarh’: Assam CM shares success of anti-encroachment drive, says 167 sq km freed; Here’s how illegal encroachment harmed state’s culture, habitat

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state's anti-encroachment drive was moving in the proper direction and that the state had recovered 167 sq km of land from the encroachers

Assurances for states, new schemes for Youth, and more: 9 major priorities of government highlighted in Finance Minister’s Budgetary speech

In a major relief for the Indian start-up ecosystem, during the budget speech, the Finance Minister announced that “angel tax” for all classes of investors has been abolished.

Budget 2024: Changes made to income tax slabs under New Tax Regime, standard deduction limit raised. Read details

The revised tax slabs is as follows - Rs 0-3 lakh – nil, Rs 3 - 7 lakh - 5%, Rs 7-10 lakh- 10% , Rs10-12 lakh - 15%, Rs 12-15 lakh - 20% Above Rs 15 lakh - 30%.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the Economic Survey today in Parliament, a day before Union Budget

The Session will have 16 sittings spread over 22 days. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that this session will mainly be devoted to the financial business relating to the Union Budget for 2024-25, which will be presented to Lok Sabha on July 23.

India will contribute 1 million dollars to UNESCO World Heritage Centre, announces PM Modi at 46th session of World Heritage Committee in Delhi

PM Modi on Sunday announced that India will contribute one million dollars to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to provide support for heritage conservation in countries, especially of the Global South

Karnataka government mulling new plans to make 14 hours workday and 70 hours workweek, faces stiff opposition from employees and IT unions

The IT union, KITU, has warned that this will be an “open challenge” to the 20 lakh employees working in the IT/ITeS sector in Karnataka and called upon them to unite and oppose this move. 

‘Efforts to undermine Madarsas will not be tolerated’: Muslim bodies attack UP govt for order to transfer students from Madarsas to schools

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, along with others said that they strongly condemn the efforts to undermine the status and identity of Madarsas

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