Government and Policy

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Budget 2019: individual taxpayers with annual income up to ₹5 lakh to get full income tax rebate

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2019

Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal announced significant reliefs to individual income taxpayers in the last budget of the current Modi government.

Government and Policy

Budget-2019: NDA government announces Mega Pension scheme for workers in the unorganised sector

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2019

Any worker working in the unorganised sector can avail the benefits of this scheme with workers between 18-28 age has to pay Rs 55 per month, while workers above 29 years will be paying Rs 100 per month.

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Budget 2019: Finance Minister announces assured income support for small and marginal farmers

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2019

Farmers with less than 2 hectares of land will be given ₹6,000 per annum

Government and Policy

As extraditions continue, Vijay Mallya claims DRT has attached more than he owed, alleges harassments by banks’ UK lawyers

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2019

Mallya was declared a fugitives economic offender in early January.

Economy and Finance

Interim Budget vs Full Budget: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2019

An interim budget in all practical sense is a full budget but made by the government during the last year of its term i.e. just before an election.

Government and Policy

Piyush Goyal awarded The prestigious Carnot Prize by the Kleinman Centre for Energy Policy

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2019

Accepting the award Goyal stated that it was “Both a personal honour and a tribute to the efforts of all involved in this great work throughout India to be recognised with the Carnot Prize by the University of Pennsylvania.”

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Modi government’s petition in Ram Janmabhoomi case: A simple yet potent step towards construction of Ram Temple

Divya Kumar Soti - 30 January, 2019

The Modi government moved a petition in SC asking for the vacation of stay over the 67-acre undisputed land surrounding the plot which is the actual subject matter of title suit

Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath announces Ganga expressway, connecting Prayagraj to Meerut

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

CM Adityanath and other leaders took a holy dip in the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, ahead of the cabinet meeting.

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Modi government files petition in Supreme Court to release the excess land around Ram Janmabhoomi: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

In a massive development in the ever-burning Ram Janmabhoomi issue, the Modi government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to acquire the land around Ram Janmabhoomi

Government and Policy