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BS READS: Are corporate-run prisons an answer to India's rotting jails?

By allowing corporate entities to manage separate jails for undertrials, state governments could free up to 70 per cent capacity in India's notoriously overcrowded prisons

Amit Shah speaks to CMs before meeting Modi on next phase of lockdown

The central government is expected to announce its decision on the lockdown within the next two days

Make state-specific plans for resolving power sector issues: PM to PowerMin

Asked ministries of power and new & renewabl energy to ensure discoms publish their performance parameters periodically, so people know how their discoms fare in comparison to peers

Who is feeding migrant workers, paying for their travel, SC asks govt

9.1 million migrant workers taken to their home states till Wednesday during a nationwide lockdown, says government.

Sonia asks govt to give migrant workers Rs 7,500 monthly in lockdown

The Congress chief also accused the Narendra Modi government of not listening to the plight of the migrant workers

Mamata seeks PM's intervention in railways sending Shramik Special trains

The state's infrastructure is "stretched to its limit" following the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan

Sooner than later, govt will accept our suggestions on economy: Chidambaram

A stubborn government has no choice and must listen to experience and wise counsel, says Chidambaram

PM 'low key', cannot be seen now that lockdown has failed: Rahul Gandhi

Demands to know govt's plan after May 31; fears the pandemic will spread manifold in a "non-lockdown situation"

SC asks govt, RBI to respond to plea on interest on loan during moratorium

Interest shall continue to accrue on the outstanding portion of the term loans during the moratorium period, the RBI had said.

Govt finalising draft bill to establish an all-India judicial service

At present, various high courts and state service commissions hold exams to recruit judicial officers

'Treat citizens' wealth as national resource': Economists for tough steps in Covid-19 fight

Yogendra Yadav later clarified that the suggestion to treat all private assets as national resources had been wrongly interpreted as nationalisation of private property

FM announces Rs 3 trn collateral free automatic loans for small businesses

Now a company can be MSME if the turnover is up to Rs 100 crore. Distinction between manufacturing and services MSMEs will be removed, she said

Mining leaseholders urge govt to honour concessions saved under regulations

Fimi says existing leaseholders have invested huge resources and time to undertake risky exploration activities and have helped India to discover valuable mineral deposits

PM Modi announces interim relief of Rs 1,000 cr to Amphan-hit West Bengal

At least 77 people have been reported killed so far in the state due to the extremely severe cyclone

FinMin sanctions Rs 92,077 cr to states as devolution of central taxes

The Budget had projected the share of the states in taxes at Rs 7.84 trilllion for 2020-21.

Vocal for local: Khadi masks to be exported to corona-hit US, UAE

Of total domestic orders for 800,000 masks, 600,000 have been supplied to Rashtrapati Bhawan, PMO and ministries

Govt withdraws order on compulsory wage payment by firms during lockdown

Trade unions slam decision, employers welcome it, saying it was absolutely necessary especially in absence of grants from govt to industry for wage payment

Deep Dive with AKB: Govt's Rs 20-trn package to fight Covid-19 slump

How large Modi's economic package really is? From where will the govt get the money to finance it? Let's take a Deep Dive with AKB to understand

Central unions to protest nationwide against labour law changes on May 22

RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is not part of these protests, but its workers and sectoral outfits are set to join the stir that day

Highlights: Food, housing, jobs for poor in FM's new measures for lockdown

Migrant workers, small farmers and street vendors get attention in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's new announcements.