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Analysis of Kerala Local Elections 2025

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Let's have a dive deep into understanding and decoding the   Local Body Election Results in  Kerala,   which made the political title this week.  Election season in Kerala, which has been on for the past month, was over with the declaration of results on 13th December.  Newscapsule of the month. Results at a glance  The United Democratic Front (UDF), the principal opposition in Kerala, has gained the edge by winning more than half the local bodies. The ruling LDF has come second, losing most of what it had and the   National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came in third, yet by massively improving its tally.  The LSG elections were done for the following Institutions- Credits- Wikipedia The Six Municipal Corporations- Trivandrum  Kollam Kochi Thrissur  Kozhikode  Kannur The 86 Municipalities- Credits- Wikipedia Election results Tally  Individual Detailed Analysis  This was one of the most politically charged  local self-gov...
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Important takeaways from Indian Financial Budget 2021

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On February 1st 2021, the Finance Minister of India, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the financial budget for the financial year 2021-2022. It was a significant budget this time as the country is going through the biggest pandemic of the century. On 29th January, the minister had submitted the Economic Survey for the year 2020-2021.  Credits- The Indian Wire Challenges to the budget Economic revival  Increase public spending  Employment generation  Fiscal deficit (9.5%) The main takeaways from the budget A major push for digitalisation, as the FM read out the budget from a Made in India tablet. An app was also unveiled for people to know and understand the budget as well.  The speech was just over one and a half hours.  Increase in Health spending for this year at Rs 2.2 lakh Cr and Rs 35,000 Cr for Covid-19 vaccination.  Introduction of PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana for improving healthcare infrastructure.  No change in Income tax slabs th...
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