Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim Budget 2024-2025 on February 1, 2024. Her Budget speech and related Budget Documents c
“The National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023 presents the second edition of the national MPI and is a follow-up to the Baselin
An up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India, has published an e-Book, “A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981”.
A group of retired senior civil servants has expressed concern over the proposed FCA (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and has urged Members of Parliament to “n
Article 124A of the Indian Penal Code has been through engaging court speeches, Bills and Acts, Reports of commissions and committees, and insightful
Links to a Panel Discussion on Free Speech and Sedition in a Democracy organised by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on March 24, 2016,
On March 15, 2022, a three-Judge Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, headed by the Chief Justice, Ritu Raj Awasthi, pronounced its verdict on the pe
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has published the draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 202
The Union Budget, 2022-2023, presented by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and related Budget Documents can be accessed here.
The full text of the Economic Survey 2021-22 (and Statistical Appendix) can be accessed here.
Periodically, the India Railways comes out with a database of facts and figures that include volume of traffic, freight movement, revenue from commerc
Cities and towns in India are expected to contribute about 70 per cent of the country's GDP by the year 2030. Also, India's urban population is likely
A High-Level Committee to Study the Impact of NEET [National Eligibility cum Entrance Test] on Medical Admissions in Tamil Nadu, 2021, submitted its r
The annual Crime In India reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) since 1953, provide country-wide data on crime. This page con
Former Civil Service officers, including former Ambassadors, Secretaries to the Government of India, and officers who have held high administrative po
The Schedule for General Elections to 17 th Lok Sabha and Four Legislative Assemblies can be accessed here: Schedule for General Elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies [PDF 33.4 MB] Source: Election Commission of India The Election Manifestos of Registered National and State Political Parties can be accessed here: National Parties Indian National Congress (INC) Election Manifesto of Indian National Congress 2019 [PDF 8.04 MB] Source: Indian National Congress [https://manifesto.inc.in/en/index.html] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Election Manifesto of Bharatiya Janata Party 2019 [PDF 4.51 MB] Source: Bharatiya Janata Party [https://www.bjp.org/en/Manifesto-2019] Communist Party of India [Marxist] (CPI-M) Election Manifesto of Communist Party of India (Marxist) 17th Lok Sabha 2019 [PDF 574 KB] Source: Communist Party of India [https://www.cpim.org/pressbriefs/cpim-election-manifesto-17th-lok-sabha] State Parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Election Manifesto of DMK for Assembly Election 2019 [PDF 29.9 MB] Source: DMK Samajwadi Party (SP) Election Manifesto of Samajwadi Party for Assembly Election 2019 [PDF 1.48 MB] Source: Samajwadi Party [https://www.samajwadiparty.in/document_of_2019_eng.pdf] This page will be updated when the manifestos of political parties are available in English. Related Links: 1. Election Commission of India. 2019. " ECI: Documents for Voting, Model Code of Conduct, Handbooks for Media and Presiding Officers [HTML and PDF ]", The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, April 10. [https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/article26790031.ece]. 2. Election Commission of India. 2019 . " Full Text: Letter from former Civil Service Officers to the President of India on the Election Commission of India [HTML and PDF] ", The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, April 9. [https://www.thehinducentre.com/resources/article26771496.ece].
Despite the popularity of online news and social media platforms, India's legacy media are far more widely used by respondents, according to a survey
The full text of the 103 rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides for 10 per cent reservation to Economically Weaker Sections, can be accessed here: The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 [PDF 1.24 MB] Source: Ministry of Law and Justice, The Gazette of India
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy has been ranked 33 rd among Think Tanks in the China, India, Japan, and Republic of South Korea region by the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report prepared by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. [ Ranking Table on p 85 of the Report ]. 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report [PDF 1.58 MB] Source: University of Pennsylvania: ScholarlyCommons
With the next General Election scheduled for May, 2019, the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Vote on Account, 2019-20, contained announcements that favoured important segments of the electorate: farmers, informal workers, and salaried employees. The Vote on Account was presented to the Lok Sabha on February 1, 2019, by Piyush Goyal, Union Finance Minister. Arun Jaitley, who presented the previous NDA government's budgets since 2014, was undergoing medical treatment in the U.S. [Related link]. A selection of important documents relating to the Vote on Account, 2019-20, can be accessed here: Interim Budget, 2019-2020: Speech by Piyush Goyal [PDF 340 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Budget at a Glance 2019-2020 [PDF 482 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Budget Profile [PDF 485 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Expenditure of Government of India [PDF 421 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Status of Implementation of Budget Announcements, 2018-19 [PDF 66.8 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India The Finance Bill, 2019 [PDF 104 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Vote on Account for Expenditure of the Central Government [PDF 194 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Related Link : The Hindu . 2019 . " Goyal gets additional charge of Finance ", January 24.