The government has given an undertaking to the International Monetary Fund( IMF) to curtail the federal Public Sector Development Programme( PSDP) by Rs200 billion this year besides a Rs50bn cut on special grants in addition to more taxes.... The IMF programme entails the sustainability of public investments beyond the current fiscal year amid a serious resource crunch. That set the centre to look for a permanent financial cushion and find the straitjacket implementation of constitutional and f

The need for redefining the role of the state and the government for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth cannot be over-emphasised.... Secondly, does the solution lie in return to a highly centralised system or wider dispersal of authority and responsibility?... Looking at the historical legacy, the centralisation at the cost of democracy and the corresponding command economy led to the collapse of the Soviet empire....

We are, however, seeking ideas to take growth as close as possible to double digits.... “ North-East states sought help for immediate job creation and international trade policies for the region.... 95, 082 crore be given to the states," Sitharaman said. The share of states in central taxes—at the aggregate level of 41% —has been decided by the 15th Finance Commission....

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Harrowing figures released by National Records of Scotland revealed 1, 339 people died in 2020 with causes linked to substances. The new statistics, a 5 percent increase on 2019, have been condemned by opposition figures as a “ Scotland’s shame ” despite a drug recovery minister being appointed last year. The 2020 figure is also the highest number of drug-related deaths since records began in 1996 and the largest since around 400 deaths were recorded in 1999, when the Scottish Parliament was set

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