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The Indian Iris

Just like an iris controls the light levels inside the eye making it possible for us to see the outside world, The Indian Iris aims at shedding light on the ongoing political affairs, policies and schemes of the Government of India (GOI) and those of the State Governments.

LS worked 123% of scheduled time: Increase of productivity

News The Parliament session concluded on Wednesday was one of the most productive in 15 years with Lok Sabha working for 123% of the scheduled time and Rajya Sabha for 101%. In RS, 31% of the scheduled questions were answered orally which is the highest ever in the last 10 years, ...

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Modi’s Foreign Policy: Worth it?  

Author: G Mohana Krishna  Student,IIT-B This is the pick of Modi government’s performance among various domains. In taking forward diplomatic and strategic ties with both friends and foes Modi’s government has been exemplary. The choice of Ajit Kumar Doval as National Security Advisor and Jai Shankar as Foreign Secretary who ...

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Budget for the future India

Author: Ravi Ujji, CA Credibility of Indian economy has been re-established in last 10 months. Economical reforms will decide India’s future and the budget 2015 is for the economic reforms. Even though income tax rates have not changed much with respect to salaried class, higher importance has been given to ...

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Black Money Bill passed in LS

News Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to deal with black money stashed abroad. The bill provides for rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years for offenders. Earlier, piloting the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015, finance minister Arun Jaitley said there would be short ...

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KV Kamath appointed BRICS bank president

News Eminent banker K V Kamath was today appointed as head of the USD 50 billion New Development Bank being set up by the five emerging economies of BRICS grouping. Kamath will have a five year term of the bank, which is likely to be operationalised within one year. Leaders ...

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No more stink & mess at New Delhi railway station

News Surprise inspections, hefty fines and strict vigil have ensured that New Delhi railway station looks clean and tidy and meets commuters’ expectations. Thanks to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Northern Railway has taken a slew of measures to raise the sanitation standard of the station. A comprehensive cleaning contract is being ...

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23 Bangladeshis arrested in Tripura: Immigrants

News Police raided the house of one Kurban Ali at Melaghar and arrested 23 Bangladeshis for entering India without passport on Saturday. On interrogation, it was known that they had entered Melaghar from neighbouring Comilla district of Bangladesh in search of jobs and they were likely to go to Kashmir ...

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Modi launches 3 social security schemes

News About five crore five lakh people have enrolled themselves in the three new national social security schemes in the week before the official launch. A massive 80% of the country’s population is still outside the insurance coverage while the government estimated that merely 11% of the working population are under ...

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