New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): Proceedings of the Lok Sabha underway during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) | Photo Credit: ANI The government is all set to introduce a new Bill to reform the income tax laws on Thursday (February 13, 2025), the last day of the … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Defence Ministry on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) declared 2025 as the year of reforms and that the aim will be to facilitate establishment of integrated theatre commands to bolster jointness among the three services. The reform measures would be rolled out to transform the armed … Read more
The Maharashtra Assembly on Friday (December 20, 2024) passed a Bill seeking to reform the prison system in the State. Also read: Comment |The long fight for accessibility, dignity in Indian prisons The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024, is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023, sent by the Centre to the States, … Read more
Getty Images Across more than 150 pages, NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi sets out in clear, painstaking detail the failings of the NHS in England. But that is the easy bit – fixing it is an altogether different challenge. The government is promising the “biggest reimagining” of the NHS since it was formed. … Read more
B.R. Patil, Adviser to the Chief Minister and Aland MLA, has stressed the need for radical electoral reforms. “The election process should be completed in eight days without giving candidates any opportunities to divide people on the lines of religion and caste,” he said in an interaction programme in Shivamogga on Saturday. The sale of liquor … Read more
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva | Photo Credit: REUTERS The economic success of India is grounded in the pursuit of reforms over the last years, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on February 1 exuding confidence that it would achieve its goal of being a developed nation by … Read more
The Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 submitted its 4th and 5th Reports to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission-2 (KARC-2) headed by T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, former Chief Secretary, on Friday recommended to the State government ban of private practice by government doctors of all … Read more
Speaker Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri speaking at a programme on electoral reforms, in Mysuru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Speaker Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri on Thursday felt that reforms in the electoral system can be brought only when every voter exercises his or her franchise with the pledge that their vote is not for sale. … Read more
Institutions such as United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to be urgently reformed as they no longer speak for countries whose issues have remained unattended to for decades, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. All these organizations will have to look at reforming themselves, she said here at Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday. … Read more
Boris Johnson says it is a “responsible decision” but Labour calls the plan a “sticking plaster”. Source link