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Capital Recycling 2.0: India’s Plan to Monetise ₹16.72 Lakh Crore Without Ballooning Debt

The Indian government has launched National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0), a scaled-up blueprint for unlocking value from public infrastructure assets to fund ambitious development goals without escalating debt. Unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 23, 2026, and prepared by NITI Aayog, NMP 2.0 targets an aggregate monetisation potential of ₹16.72 lakh crore over FY26–FY30 (2025-26…

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The lives we crush without thinking

Filmmaker P. Suneel Kumar Reddy on ‘Cockroach’, his new film about crime, compassion and society’s selective empathy, releasing today (Friday) Filmmaker P. Suneel Kumar Reddy has rarely taken the familiar road. From ‘Sontha Ooru’ to ‘Gangaputrulu’, from ‘Gulf’ to ‘Valasa’, his cinema has consistently turned its gaze toward lives that rarely appear in the mainstream…

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Absentee and Non-Participating Board Members

The 86th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Institute was held on December 9, 2024. The attendance pattern itself revealed a troubling picture of disengagement and institutional indifference. The meeting was attended by Dr. Sushant Sharma, Deputy Drugs Controller (India), CDSCO, Baddi Sub-Zonal Office, representing the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Ministry…

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