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Amidst lockdown and migrant crisis, Congress spokesperson shares an image from Nepal as that of India to play politics over misery of the poor

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2020

The Congress leader from Harayana wanted to suggest that the condition of people in the 'New India', the India that is not ruled by his party anymore, is miserable.

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Coronavirus politics: Congress tweets old video clip to claim they help the poor more than the BJP does

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2020

Passing off old images and videos as recent ones to hit out at the central government is becoming a usual practice for Congress and other prominent persons.

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces third tranche of economic revival package focussing on agriculture, major reforms announced

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

Finance minister announced 11 measures for agriculture, 8 on strengthening infrastructure, the rest 3 on governance and administrative reforms.

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PM CARES Fund allocates Rs. 3100 Crore to fight coronavirus, will be used to purchase ventilators and support migrant movement

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

Amid rumour mongering about PM CARES fund by opposition, Rs 3100 crore allocated from the fund in the fight against Coronavirus

Opinions

Leadership is looking at adversity as an opportunity: Yogi Adityanath pushes massive labour and agricultural reforms

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 May, 2020

Coronavirus crisis has finally given the Indian state the license to cut through the license quota permit raj and implement reforms, like the UP and MP govt have implemented

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An NGO writes to govt asking for study into the use of Ganga water in treating Coronavirus, Shekhar Gupta’s The Print makes it Modi...

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2020

The Print claimed that Modi govt wants study on use of Ganga water for Coronavirus, while it was a request by NGO Atulya Ganga

Opinions

The MPLADS funds were a tool to appease MPs and keep a coalition government intact, read details

Anant Chetan - 6 May, 2020

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament and Planning Commission had termed MPLADS useless and corruption-generating.

All you need to know about Shramik trains for migrant workers, and the answer to the burning question: Who pays for it all?

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

Central govt has now started 'shramik' special trains which are facilitating the return of migrant labourers back to their home states from the various states where they might be stranded due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

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Are states like Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra refusing to accept their own migrant workers? Here is what we found

Nupur J Sharma - 5 May, 2020

According to sources in the Railways Ministry, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra are not giving permission for the trains carrying their own migrant workers back from various states

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