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Above: Canal alignments across the central basin, redrawn from the council’s published annexure. NewsDunia illustration.
Water Policy
Monsoon council clears a nine-state water-sharing calendar after a four-day review
The Inter-Basin Coordination Council has published a season-long release schedule covering reservoirs in nine states, ending an eleven-week impasse over how storage should be sequenced between upstream and downstream users. Officials described the calendar as provisional and reviewable in September.
Retail inflation basket revision moves to the public consultation stage
The technical advisory group has invited written submissions on weightings for housing and communication.
Teacher-training colleges to publish placement data under a new disclosure norm
The regulator says the format will be common across institutions from the next admission cycle.
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11:42 IST
Council secretariat confirms the September review date
The calendar will be reassessed in the second week of September once catchment inflow data for the full season is available, the secretariat said in a short note to member states.
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10:58 IST
Benchmark indices flat at midday; institutional buying steadies the open
Trading desks report steady inflows from retail systematic investment plans offsetting a soft start, according to the Meridian Capital research note circulated this morning.
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10:15 IST
Committee tables the municipal finance draft for comment
A thirty-day consultation window opens today. Written submissions may be filed through the committee’s public portal, its secretariat confirmed.
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09:30 IST
Weather office extends the heavy-rainfall watch by 48 hours
Two coastal districts remain under watch. District administrations have been asked to keep relief shelters on standby as a precaution.
11:58 IST
Four states file their reservoir readings ahead of the deadline
Officials say the early filings should let the technical sub-group publish a consolidated table before the weekend.
12:14 IST
Freight corridor operator reports normal running on the western line
No weather-related restrictions are in force, an operations spokesperson said in a scheduled briefing.
12:31 IST
Consultation portal for the finance draft goes live
Submissions will be published in batches, with personal details redacted, the committee secretariat said.
“A published calendar is not a settlement. It is a schedule that both sides have agreed to be measured against.”
Dr. Suhasini Varma, Inter-Basin Coordination Council secretariatIndia
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Governance
States asked to publish quarterly service-delivery scorecards from October
A common template covering twelve citizen services has been circulated to state administrative reform departments, with the first publication due in the October quarter.
Urban Transport
Metro phase-three alignment cleared for two suburban corridors
Construction is expected to begin after the monsoon, with a station-level design review scheduled for August.
Agriculture
Seed certification labs to be linked to a single verification register
Officials say the register will let farmers check a lot number before purchase using a plain SMS query.
Disaster Readiness
Coastal districts complete pre-monsoon shelter audit ahead of schedule
Of 412 shelters inspected, 388 were cleared without conditions, the state relief commissioner’s office reported.
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Household savings shifted decisively toward market instruments this decade
A ten-year series compiled from published statistical releases shows deposits losing share to systematic investment plans and small-ticket insurance, with the sharpest change in the last three years.
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Semiconductors
Why packaging, not fabrication, is the near-term opportunity for Indian chips
Assembly and test lines take less time and capital to stand up than a leading-edge fab. Three industry engineers explain what the Sanand pilot actually proves — and what it does not.
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Two more venues cleared for day-night fixtures next season
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Suhasini VarmaPublic policy
A calendar is only as good as the data that audits it
Rajat KhannaEconomics
The inflation basket debate is really a debate about housing
Leela MenonEducation
Credit transfer will fail without a shared registrar
Imran SheikhCities
Night-shift waste collection is a small idea with large effects
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The first week of the season, across four states
Frame 1
Dawn on the embankment as the first release begins
Frame 2Reading the gauge
Frame 3The road back to the fields
Frame 4At the collection centre
Frame 5Class resumes under the shelter roof
Photographs: NewsDunia editorial illustration desk. Reporting by Ananya Deshmukh and Imran Sheikh.
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