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Citizens’ register beyond Assam, yoga, missing smart cities: 10 takeaways from the BJP manifesto

It suggests a check-list of things to achieve, not just in the next five years but with 2047 – the 100th year of India’s Independence – in mind.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Apr 08, 2019 · 05:51 pm
Sedition, media monopolies and LGBT rights: 15 takeaways from the Congress manifesto

Though elections are rarely fought on manifestos, the Congress document starts off a conversation on a number of topics.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Apr 02, 2019 · 03:43 pm
All villages in India are now electrified, claims government, Congress says BJP taking ‘fake credit’

A village is said to be electrified if at least 10% of its households, as well as public places, have access to power.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 29, 2018 · 03:05 pm

Three years of BJP: Of the 13,523 villages electrified, only 8% have power in all homes

About 25% (45 million) rural households across the country still have no electricity.

Mukta Patil, Indiaspend.com
· May 27, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Three years of BJP rule: Despite promises of job creation, unemployment rate has slightly risen

The Economic Survey also points to a shift from permanent jobs to casual and contract employment.

Shreya Shah, Indiaspend.com
· May 24, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Kashmir: PDP criticised 'non-lethal' weapons, but has done nothing to stop them being used

Mehbooba Mufti had said it was a cruel irony that the government was 'projecting introduction of pellet guns and chilly grenades as some kind of a mercy by sparing their life and taking away their vision'.

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· Oct 27, 2015 · 11:30 am

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Political Promises

Citizens’ register beyond Assam, yoga, missing smart cities: 10 takeaways from the BJP manifesto

It suggests a check-list of things to achieve, not just in the next five years but with 2047 – the 100th year of India’s Independence – in mind.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan · Apr 08, 2019 · 05:51 pm

Sedition, media monopolies and LGBT rights: 15 takeaways from the Congress manifesto

Though elections are rarely fought on manifestos, the Congress document starts off a conversation on a number of topics.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan · Apr 02, 2019 · 03:43 pm

All villages in India are now electrified, claims government, Congress says BJP taking ‘fake credit’

A village is said to be electrified if at least 10% of its households, as well as public places, have access to power.

Scroll Staff · Apr 29, 2018 · 03:05 pm

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