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In 10 days, 2.5 crore voters gave Aadhaar information voluntarily to EC | India News
NEW DELHI: Over 2.5 crore voters have voluntarily furnished their Aadhaar details to the Election Commission in the 10 days since the launch of the EC drive to collect Aadhaar numbers of all those on the electoral rolls for the purpose…
Freebies Distribution: Economic impact assessment essential before distribution of freebies: SC told
An economic impact assessment is essential before distribution of freebies, the Supreme Court has been told by a petitioner who has sought constitution of a committee of experts to examine the practice without adequacy of budgetary…
Supreme Court to set up expert panel on freebies, blames Election Commission for laxity | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to set up an expert group with representation from Niti Aayog, Finance Commission, Election Commission, RBI and political parties to study the impact of freebies on tax payers and…
supreme court: Supreme Court suggests setting up expert body to resolve freebies issue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said freebies given to voters during elections would not be debated in the Parliament as no party would like to take away the sops.
Terming it a serious issue, the top court also recommended to set up an…
Need expert body for regulation of freebies by political parties during polls: Supreme Court | India…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there is a need for an apex body consisting of members from the Niti Aayog, Finance Commission, ruling and opposition parties, the RBI and other stakeholders, for suggestions on how to…
Voter ID Aadhaar Link: New Form 6B comes into effect, Delhi CEO appeals to electors to get Voter ID…
People willing to link their Aadhaar numbers with the electoral roll can do so from Monday by filling a new Form 6B, an official said. The Election Commission has introduced the new form with an aim to weed out duplicate entries in the…
Eknath Shinde appoints secretaries, treasurer and spokespersons for his Shiv Sena faction | India…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shindeon Wednesday made new appointments for the Shiv Sena faction led by him. Trade union leader Kiran Pawaskar and Sanjay more were appointed as party secretaries, while Deepak Kesarkar, Uday…
SC calls ‘irrational freebies’ by parties during polls ‘serious’ issue,…
NEW DELHI: Terming as "serious" the promise of "irrational freebies" made by political parties during elections, the Supreme Courton Tuesday wondered why the Centre was hesitant about taking a stand on the issue. The court also asked…
Now Shinde camp moves to take control of Sena’s representative council | India News
MUMBAI: Having already got two-thirds of Shiv Sena MLAs and 12 of 19 Lok Sabha MPs on its side and having declared its own names for the party national executive, the Eknath Shindecamp is now moving to split the Sena’s ‘pratinidhi…