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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Friday claimed that the last quarter of the current fiscal year (2024-25) witnessed the “second-slowest pace” of collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the past three years and urged the government to focus on the complexities of the economy instead of…
New Delhi: In a sharp counter to senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s question on why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not visited violence-hit Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh has asked why former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao did not travel to the Northeastern state during the turmoil in 1992-93. Addressing the media on the…
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The war of words between Jairam Ramesh and Jyotiraditya Scindia broke out on X New Delhi: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh attacked the Centre over its decision to assign spectrum for satellite-based communications administratively, drawing a sharp retort from Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. In a post on X, Mr Ramesh on Monday shared a question asked…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Accusing the Narendra Modi Government of ignoring the fine print of the women’s Labour Force Participation Ratio (LFPR), which as per the government’s statement from last month, increased from 27% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh pointed out that 84%…
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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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…
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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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 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…
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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