‘Nobody can eye your land now’ told PM Modi to the beneficiaries of SVAMITVA scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the physical distribution of property cards under the ‘SVAMITVA’ (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areasscheme) via video conferencing. This scheme will pave the way for villagers to use the property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said th...

The Railway Board on Monday (12.10.20) effected a major reshuffling of the senior officers as Divisional Railway Manager : Joginder Singh Lakra (IRSE) posted as DRM, North East Frontier Railway, vice Ram Bahadur Rai (IRSE). A.G Srinivas (IRSE) posted as DRM, Southern Railway, vice US Rao (IRSME). ...

There are only a few ministers in the current regime who enjoy the indulgence of the PM. Considered a shadow of PM Modi and a sort of link between North-West (J&K) and North East , Dr Jitendra Singh is known to have worked consistently to earn the affection of the PM. His contributions reflect in the government policies on the Northeast and Northwest. Even though he deals with a number of portfolios that include the PMO, Personnel, and DONER, his work carries his signature of accomplishment. Na...

Former Congress Minister of Finance P Chidambaram, as part of one of his 'noble' schemes, had aspired to ensure 'minimum human intervention' in tax assessment and execution. In a way, he wanted a faceless tax administration system. He couldn't execute it though he efficiently played the system to maximize his political fortunes. Working on this 'noble' scheme, the NDA government has purportedly come about with a scheme branded as "honoring the honest taxpayer." Time will tell whether the ...

Modi 2.0 continues with disrupting the power structure and its patronage system built over the last 50 years. This has made the power and pelf seeking rentier class go helter-skelter and turned them into bitter critics of the NDA dispensation. While Modi 1.0 was limited in its disruptive game to demonetization/remonetization that overnight turned the assets of the political, business, and intellectual rentier class into naught, thus crippling their ability to bring about a regime change in ...

Modi 2.0 continues with disrupting the power structure and its patronage system built over the last 50 years. This has made the power and pelf seeking rentier class go helter-skelter and turned them into bitter critics of the NDA dispensation. While Modi 1.0 was limited in its disruptive game to demonetization/remonetization that overnight turned the assets of the political, business, and intellectual rentier class into naught, thus crippling their ability to bring about a regime change in ...

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday decided to set up a National Recruitment Agency (NRA) that will conduct a common preliminary examination for recruitments to various Group B & C (non -technical) posts in the central government. The NRA will conduct a common preliminary examination for various recruitments in the central government. The incumbent DoPT Secretary C Chandramouli says that approx. 03 Crs candidates appear for about 1.24 lakh vacancies in th...

The President of India is reported to have accepted the resignation tendered by the Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa (Retd IAS:1980: HY) with effect from Aug 31 following which the appointment of the new Election Commissioner is expected in a couple of days. Lavasa is set to proceed as Vice Chairman, Asian Development Bank (ADB). Amid the unfolding scenario, the incumbent Union Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey (IAS:1985: MH) is said to have been the frontrunner for the post but there...

The development which is currently undercurrent may further bolster the Union Government’s claim that it moves and decisions were correct and judicious in Jammu and Kashmir. Early in 2019, Dr Shah Faesal announced his resignation from the IAS and became a vocal critic of the government terming few incidents in violations of the right to freedom speech and human rights. Now he is keen to rejoin IAS. Probably the Centre knew that Faesal should/would go through self-realization against his ...