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Why is PM Modi delaying Census that must include caste count: Congress

October 7, 2024 admin

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Congress on Monday (October 7, 2024) questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the “delay” in the Census and asserted that it is only through a caste count that full and meaningful social, economic, and political justice can be ensured in education and employment….

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No ‘spin-doctoring’ can change fact that 2014-24 saw ‘jobless growth’: Congress slams Centre

September 30, 2024 admin

The Congress on Monday (September 30, 2024) dismissed as “half-truths” the government’s assertions of creating eight crore employment opportunities between 2021 and 2024 and 6.2 crore net subscribers joining the EPFO database, and said no “spin-doctoring” can take away from the fact that 2014-24 has seen “jobless growth”. Congress General Secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh…

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Mockery of public accountability: Congress slams SEBI over RTI rebuff

September 21, 2024 admin

Congress has slammed SEBI over its refusal to disclose instances in RTI. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress has slammed SEBI’s (Securities and Exchange Board of India) refusal to disclose instances when its chairperson Madhabi Buch recused herself due to conflict of interest and said that this makes a “mockery” of public accountability…

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Jairam Ramesh On JP Nadda’s “110 insults” Claim

September 19, 2024 admin

New Delhi: A BJP leader’s invective for Rahul Gandhi — that he is the “number one terrorist” — has snowballed into a huge row, with leaders of the Congress and the BJP carrying on a no-holds barred epistolary war. First it was Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the response to…

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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh says Budget promises for Andhra, Bihar are ‘post-dated cheque on crashing bank’

July 30, 2024 admin

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh during the Monsoon session of the Parliament | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on July 30 claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had “pulled a fast one” on NDA allies in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh given that most announcements in the Budget will not see the light of day for a…

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Economic Survey 2024 data presents a cherry-picked view of economy: Congress

July 22, 2024 admin

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Alleging that the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on July 22 presented a “cherry-picked view” of the economy with “fudged” data, the Opposition parties criticised the government, saying the document once again shows that the BJP government is disconnected from reality. Congress general secretary in-charge…

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Special Category For Andhra Pradesh? Jairam Ramesh’s Jibe At C Naidu

July 21, 2024 admin

Congress’s Jairam Ramesh today said in the all-party meeting ahead of parliament’s budget session, demands for special category status for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were raised. While members of BJP ally JD(U) raised the demand for Bihar, the call for special status of Andhra Pradesh was raised by Jaganmohan Reddy’s YSR Congress. The BJP ally…

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India locked into cycle of low investment since 2014, needs new liberalised approach: Jairam Ramesh

July 17, 2024 admin

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Continuing its attack on the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government ahead of the first budget of the NDA government on July 23, the Congress on Wednesday said that “India has been locked into a cycle of low investment since 2014” due to a combination…

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Congress accuses Modi government of showing ‘insensitivity, hostility’ towards Maharashtra

July 14, 2024 admin

Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on July 14 accused the Modi government of showing “insensitivity and hostility” towards Maharashtra, alleging that the past ten years have seen the State “consistently squeezed out of multiple key projects and investments”. The Opposition party’s attack came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted at…

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Budget must address fundamental questions, why is private investment very sluggish: Congress

July 12, 2024 admin

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on July 12 said the forthcoming Budget must address fundamental questions such as why private investment is “very sluggish” and private consumption is not picking up as the party dismissed claims that economic growth is accelerating sharply and large numbers of jobs being…

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