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Randeep Surjewala (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the appreciable jump in states’ debt highlighted by the CAG, Congress said the public debt of states has tripled in the last decade, rising from Rs 17.57 lakh crore in 2013 to Rs 59.60 lakh crore in 2022. The party said the states are victims…
NEW DELHI: In the Rs 3,500 crore liquor ‘scam’ case in Andhra Pradesh with allegations of kickbacks against former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and others, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at 20 locations across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi-NCR.Sources said the searches were carried out on the premises of accused…
Emphasising the role of fiscal discipline in fostering economic growth and prosperity, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Thursday urged states to focus on the quality of expenditure and exercise prudence in off-budget borrowings.Speaking at the 35th Conference of State Finance Secretaries, themed ‘Journey towards Economic Prosperity through the Path of Fiscal Consolidation’, Malhotra highlighted the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday asked states, which have enacted anti-conversion legislations and most of which are governed by BJP, to file their responses to pleas challenging stringent provisions in those laws criminalising inter-faith marriages. The laws seek to prohibit conversion through threat, allurement, deceit or influence. At the same time, SC put the onus…
Image: X@/MedvedevRussiaE, AP Russia on Monday cautioned that it would target any European nation attempting to seize its assets, following reports that the European Union is exploring ways to use hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine.It has warned that any seizure of its assets would amount to theft by…
