What is Good Governance ?

What is Good Governance

Democracy without politics and citizenship without rights are the twin pillars of ‘good governance’. India is in the throes of a fierce passion for governance. Not just any governance but ‘maximum governance’; preferably in a combo with ‘minimum government’. We are the only country in the world that officially celebrates Christmas as ‘Good Governance Day’. … Read more

Fixing the accountability of Political Parties

Political party India

Democracy is the form of governance ‘By the people, of the people for the people’ and politicians represent the causes and concerns of common people. Political parties seek to represent the people and to take decisions on their behalf. But in India they have so far resisted attempts to be listed as “public authorities” under … Read more

प्रधान मंत्री आवास योजना

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना २०२२: हाल ही में प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भारत ने शहरी आबादी के लिए आवास योजना का शुभारंभ किया, जिसके तहत २०२२ तक देश के न्यूनतम आय वाले परिवारो को प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना के तहत पक्के घर उपलब्ध कराये जायेगे। यह योजना को २०२२ तक लोगो तक पूछने का प्रधानमंत्री ने एलान … Read more

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) or Housing for All Scheme (HFA 2022) Complete Details with Application form

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana : Recently Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Housing scheme for urban population in India, that will have deadline 2022, when India celebrates its 75 Independence Day. As per current analysis, the urban population of the country, which has already seen a sharp increase over the past decade, is set … Read more

E-payments to earn tax breaks: Government upcoming proposal

e-transaction

New Delhi, 23 June: The Centre government also plans to penalise cash transactions In an attempt to moratorium black money transactions, the central government has introduced a draft proposal that has provisions for income tax benefits for consumers who make a certain proportion of their expenditures through electronic (electronic payment) means. If the proposal accepted, … Read more

Last 10 days to exchange your pre-2005 currency notes

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

NEW DELHI: Only ten days are left to exchange pre-2005 currency notes, including those of Rs. 500 note and Rs. 1,000 note denominations, at banks as the deadline to do so is ending on June 30th. Seeking cooperation for withdrawing pre-2005 currency notes from circulation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked the public to deposit … Read more

Bharti Airtel offering Ten-year US dollar benchmark bonds

billions of US dollars

India’s biggest private telecom operator Bharti Airtel has announced guidance for an offering of Ten-year US dollar benchmark bonds to yield around 220bp over US Treasuries. India’s largest telecom company “Bharti Airtel” has approached investors for issuance of debt instruments in the form of US Dollar denominated Senior Unsecured Notes,” the company said in a … Read more