Explainer: What are the disaster relief funds SDRF & NDRF?
Disaster relief is now a critical area of governance as climate change-induced disasters increase. We…
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What is the highest ever vote share of the Winner in the Presidential Election?
Droupadi Murmu will swear in as the 15th President of India after she won the elections…
Parliament Review: No Major business in the first few days of 2022 Monsoon Session
The Monsoon Session of the Parliament began on 18 July 2022. It is scheduled to…
Review: NITI Aayog’s report identifies best practices from states across the Take-Home Rations value chain
The Supplementary Nutrition Programme under ICDS aims to close the nutrition gap among pregnant and…
Review: SC issues guidelines for Courts and Investigating Agencies with respect to granting bail
In this week’s review of Court Judgments, we look at the Supreme Court’s observation that…
Data: Pandemic forced all States to increase the share of borrowings to meet expenditure
Governments generally resort to borrowings for any shortfall in meeting their expenditure. The share of…
Data: Actual Tax Revenues of 15 States including 6 Northeastern states were more than 90% of the estimates between 2017-18 & 2021-22
Budget estimates are an important of planning for various initiatives in the year ahead. A…
Review: RBI paper highlights the risk in the Finances of 10 States
The RBI recently published an article State finances and the Risk Analysis. The article aims…
Review: SC observes that similarity in designation or quantum of work does not mean that the pay should be same
In this week’s review of Court Judgments, we look at the Supreme Court’s observation that…
Data: Lower Non-Tax Revenues & Grants-in-Aid bring down the Revenue Receipts of certain states in 2021-22
Data available with the CAG in the form of ‘Monthly Key Indicators’ indicates that while…
