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India Today

PM’S VALLEY EXPRESS

MAHA MESS IN CONGRESS

BRACING FOR THE BATTLE

THE CM’S BALANCING ACT

HIGHLIGHTS FOR FY25 • CM Siddaramaiah walks the tightrope between allocations for Congress’s poll guarantees and investment for development projects

MANAGING PAKISTAN

INDIA, CHINA AND AN ANGLO-US COMPETITION

INDIA INTERNATIONAL • Three perspectives on India’s place in the world in diplomacy, development and academia

MORE THAN EQUAL

A LOYAL IGNORE

GOD-FARING FOLK

An Old Habit

Performance Incentive

THE GRAND JURIST • In Fali S. Nariman’s death, India has lost its conscience-keeper

HOW TO CLEAN IT UP • WITH THE SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN ELECTORAL BONDS, TRANSPARENCY IN POLL FINANCES RETURNS TO THE AGENDA

HOW MONEY FLOWS INTO POLITICS ACROSS THE WORLD • Political funding structures in different countries

A FIGHT FOR THE MINIMUM • Minimum support price (MSP) is at the heart of the farmers’ protests. The government is caught between its viability and political compulsions

DISCIPLINING THE DISCOMS • Employing a carrot-and-stick approach, the power ministry is trying to make discoms more efficient, even as multiple challenges threaten to trip its efforts

IN THE RED • THE ACCUMULATED LOSSES OF GOVERNMENT-RUN DISCOMS ROSE IN MOST STATES IN FY22, MAKING REFORM AN URGENT NEED

HOW DISCOMS ARE TURNING AROUND • KEY POLICY MEASURES TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL ISSUES RELATED TO SUBSIDIES, PRICING, TECHNICAL LOSSES AND DEBT

‘NO ONE IS EXEMPT. YOU CAN’T GAME THE SYSTEM AS IT’S RULEBASED’ • As India’s economy expands, providing uninterrupted power is paramount. Besides enhancing capacity and augmenting infrastructure, it’s essential to minimise losses and make discoms fiscally responsible. Union minister of power and new & renewable energy R.K. SINGH discusses the government’s roadmap for a robust power sector with Deputy Editor ANILESH S. MAHAJAN. Excerpts:

A BARRAGE OF WOES • THE KALESHWARAM LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME TO TAP GODAVARI WATERS, A PET PROJECT OF FORMER TELANGANA CM K. CHANDRASHEKAR RAO, IS BESET BY CONTROVERSY AND COST OVER-RUNS

SUBTERFUGE UNLIMITED • KLIS water could be the most expensive supplied by an irrigation project anywhere in the world

RUNAWAY COSTS • KLIS has 3 barrages, 14 reservoirs, 31 lifts and over 1,800 km of canals, pipelines, tunnels

PLUGGING THE LEAKS • A new central legislation aims to end the old scourge of exam paper scams for govt jobs, with heavy punishment and penalties

Question Marks • At least 41 government competitive exams have been compromised in the past 5 years, affecting the lives of millions of aspirants

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ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLING EXCELLENCE • The first Indian to win a stage at Dakar, the world’s toughest rally, Harith Noah knows how to keep his head down

PEDAL POWER • LIEUTENANT COLONEL BHARAT PANNU HAS NOTCHED UP YET ANOTHER WIN IN THE SELF-SUPPORTED CATEGORY OF THE ULTRA...