Government and Policy

News and views related to the Government of India, government schemes, government services and policies

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed as the first Lokpal of India

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2019

India's first Lokpal Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is a member of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) at present, who had retired from Supreme Court in May 2017

Government and Policy

As Jet Airways crisis worsens, Civil Aviation Minister orders emergency meeting on flight safety and grounding of planes

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2019

Civil Aviation Minister has ordered an emergency meeting on flight groundings, advance bookings, cancellation, refunds and safety issues of Jet Airways

Economy and Finance

Watch: Arun Jaitley highlights Modi government’s policies which helped the middle class and the economy

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2019

"The biggest gamechanger is the Ayushman Bharat, the health care scheme meant for the 50 crore poor people of India. 16 lakh poor people have already availed benefit under this scheme in the last five months," added Jaitley.

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When Manohar Parrikar found $3 billion of our money lying forgotten in a US account

Abhishek Banerjee - 18 March, 2019

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had revealed that he had found $3 billion (or Rs 20,000 crore) of Govt of India money lying forgotten in a US account.

Government and Policy

Nations pledge to significantly reduce the use of single-use plastic at the United Nations Environment Assembly

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2019

The resolution to reduce the use of disposable plastic at the UNEA was guided by India.

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A testament of Arvind Kejriwal’s incompetence: His failed promise of revamping Delhi’s education system

sumeetbhasin - 17 March, 2019

The AAP government has exploited the vulnerability of the poor students of Delhi just as Mr Kejriwal exploited the vulnerable people of Delhi and their anti-corruption sentiment to storm into power.

Government and Policy

A look at some of the achievements of PM Narendra Modi in last 5 years

Keshav - 15 March, 2019

As Modi govt's term comes to an end, the time is ripe for us to see what this government has achieved in the last 57 months.

Government and Policy

Indian forces carried out joint ops with Myanmar Army, wiped out terrorist camps near Mizoram border

Shashank Bharadwaj - 15 March, 2019

The joint ops were planned for days and started on February 17. By March 2, it is reported that all terrorist camps along the Mizoram border were destroyed.

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