Nda Regime

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a series of tweets, said comparative data on development expenditure and subsidies showed that during the Narendra Modi-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government, they were was far higher than under the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) regime.

Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav today criticised the state government over rise in crime, saying it has doubled in the state under NDA rule than what was during the 15-year regime of the RJD under Lalu Prasad Yadav-Rabri Devi.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today called for speaking "strongly" in favour of religious freedom rights and asserted that the world is worse off when they are compromised. This is his first high-level engagement with PM Modi-led NDA regime after Lok Sabha elections.

RBI vs government: Though the government has maintained it has no intention of forcing the RBI's hand to do its bidding, the opposition has alleged the NDA regime intends to plough into the precious reserves of the central bank in election season

The meeting of the board of the Reserve Bank of India has started amid what analysts say an atmosphere of mistrust over perceived government interference on the central bank's functioning. Though the government has maintained it has no intention of forcing the RBI's hand to do its bidding, the opposition has alleged the NDA regime intends to plough...

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha said today that unlike in the Vajpayee era, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is a "two-person" affair.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government had the courage to take "bold decisions", like MSP for farmers and GST, putting India on a new trajectory unlike the previous regime which he alleged suffered from indecisiveness. He said Indias status in the world had increased manifold since 2014 when a BJP-led NDA came to power "because we h...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished the RJD's allegation that Lalu Yadav was "framed" in the fodder scam cases by the NDA regimes at the centre and in the state.

Even before Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA last month, the Bihar Chief Minister had been supportive of the BJP-led national coalition's decisions like the Goods and Services Tax, or GST, and deregulation of diesel prices. But that didn't stop his government on Thursday from holding the new tax regime and higher diesel prices responsible for a hik...

In a sharp takedown of the NDA government for its celebratory midnight launch of the Goods and Services Tax, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said there was no reason for people to celebrate the new indirect tax regime that would make many goods pricier, encourage tax evasion and bring back inspector raj. And these were problems, Mr Sis...

Even two-and-a-half years after the NDA came to power, people remember the previous UPA regime for corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, asserting that demonetisation would go a long way in curbing black money.

Under opposition flak over the government's high-pitched but unsuccessful Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) bid, BJP today cited the country's entry into Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) to hit back, saying it is a "big diplomatic victory" and the NDA dispensation succeeded where the UPA "failed".

Asserting that no government at the Centre has been as clean as the BJP-led NDA regime, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the non-BJP ruled states must ensure that people reap benefits of the schemes launched by the Union Government.

The Ministry of Finance on Thursday expressed hope that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the constitution amendment Bill for which has been stalled in the Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is in minority, will be rolled out in 2016.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today attacked BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre and said that it came to power on "false slogans" and has "cheated" the people of the country.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a series of tweets, said comparative data on development expenditure and subsidies showed that during the Narendra Modi-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government, they were was far higher than under the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) regime.

Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav today criticised the state government over rise in crime, saying it has doubled in the state under NDA rule than what was during the 15-year regime of the RJD under Lalu Prasad Yadav-Rabri Devi.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today called for speaking "strongly" in favour of religious freedom rights and asserted that the world is worse off when they are compromised. This is his first high-level engagement with PM Modi-led NDA regime after Lok Sabha elections.

RBI vs government: Though the government has maintained it has no intention of forcing the RBI's hand to do its bidding, the opposition has alleged the NDA regime intends to plough into the precious reserves of the central bank in election season

The meeting of the board of the Reserve Bank of India has started amid what analysts say an atmosphere of mistrust over perceived government interference on the central bank's functioning. Though the government has maintained it has no intention of forcing the RBI's hand to do its bidding, the opposition has alleged the NDA regime intends to plough...

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha said today that unlike in the Vajpayee era, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is a "two-person" affair.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government had the courage to take "bold decisions", like MSP for farmers and GST, putting India on a new trajectory unlike the previous regime which he alleged suffered from indecisiveness. He said Indias status in the world had increased manifold since 2014 when a BJP-led NDA came to power "because we h...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished the RJD's allegation that Lalu Yadav was "framed" in the fodder scam cases by the NDA regimes at the centre and in the state.

Even before Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA last month, the Bihar Chief Minister had been supportive of the BJP-led national coalition's decisions like the Goods and Services Tax, or GST, and deregulation of diesel prices. But that didn't stop his government on Thursday from holding the new tax regime and higher diesel prices responsible for a hik...

In a sharp takedown of the NDA government for its celebratory midnight launch of the Goods and Services Tax, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said there was no reason for people to celebrate the new indirect tax regime that would make many goods pricier, encourage tax evasion and bring back inspector raj. And these were problems, Mr Sis...

Even two-and-a-half years after the NDA came to power, people remember the previous UPA regime for corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, asserting that demonetisation would go a long way in curbing black money.

Under opposition flak over the government's high-pitched but unsuccessful Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) bid, BJP today cited the country's entry into Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) to hit back, saying it is a "big diplomatic victory" and the NDA dispensation succeeded where the UPA "failed".

Asserting that no government at the Centre has been as clean as the BJP-led NDA regime, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the non-BJP ruled states must ensure that people reap benefits of the schemes launched by the Union Government.

The Ministry of Finance on Thursday expressed hope that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the constitution amendment Bill for which has been stalled in the Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is in minority, will be rolled out in 2016.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today attacked BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre and said that it came to power on "false slogans" and has "cheated" the people of the country.