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01Prime Minister’s first national press conferenceArchived Prime Minister’s Office · primary 02Union Budget 2004–05 speech and National Common Minimum ProgrammeMinistry of Finance · primary 03India Code — Central Acts repositoryLegislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice · primary 04Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005India Code · primary 05National Rural Health MissionMinistry of Health and Family Welfare · primary 06India’s foreign policy: civil nuclear cooperationMinistry of External Affairs · primary 07Union Budget 2008–09 speechMinistry of Finance · primary 08UIDAI historical backgroundUnique Identification Authority of India · primary 09National launch of the Aadhaar projectUnique Identification Authority of India · primary 10Direct Benefit Transfer — AboutCabinet Secretariat, Government of India · primary 11Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime MinisterPrime Minister’s Office · primary 12Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana — Scheme detailsDepartment of Financial Services · primary 13Swachh Bharat MissionDepartment of Drinking Water and Sanitation · primary 14Digital India programmeMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology · primary 15International Solar Alliance launch and founding documentsMinistry of External Affairs · primary 16Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016India Code · primary 17Goods and Services Tax — history and constitutional frameworkGST Council · primary 18Annual Report 2016–17Reserve Bank of India · official data 19India becomes a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationMinistry of External Affairs · primary 20Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — About the schemeNational Health Authority · primary 21Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation and constitutional ordersMinistry of Home Affairs · primary 22Jal Jeevan MissionDepartment of Drinking Water and Sanitation · primary 23COVID-19 Ministry of Home Affairs orders and guidelinesMinistry of Home Affairs · primary 24National Education Policy 2020Ministry of Education · primary 25CoWIN platform and national vaccination programmeMinistry of Health and Family Welfare · primary 26PM Gati Shakti National Master PlanDepartment for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade · primary 27National Logistics PolicyPress Information Bureau · primary 28G20 New Delhi Leaders’ DeclarationMinistry of External Affairs · primary 29Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · primary 30PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli YojanaMinistry of New and Renewable Energy · primary 31Narendra Modi takes oath as Prime Minister for the third termPrime Minister’s Office / Press Information Bureau · primary 32General Election to Lok Sabha 2024 — official results and statistical recordElection Commission of India · official data 33Highlights and commencement of the new criminal lawsMinistry of Home Affairs · primary 34Cabinet approves Unified Pension SchemeCabinet / Press Information Bureau · primary 35Union Budget 2025–26 speechMinistry of Finance · primary 36Waqf Act, 1995 as amended by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025India Code · primary 37Interim order in challenges to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025Supreme Court of India · primary 38Special briefing on Operation SindoorMinistry of External Affairs · primary 39Objective and scope of the Income-tax Act, 2025Income Tax Department · primary 40Cabinet approves Terms of Reference of the 8th Central Pay CommissionCabinet / Press Information Bureau · primary 41Summary of Union Budget 2026–27Ministry of Finance / Press Information Bureau · primary 42BJP Election Manifesto 2014Bharatiya Janata Party · party document 43BJP Sankalp Patra 2019Bharatiya Janata Party · party document 44Modi Ki Guarantee — BJP Sankalp Patra 2024Bharatiya Janata Party · party document 45Indian National Congress Manifesto 2009Indian National Congress · party document 46Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — IndiaWorld Bank / UNESCO Institute for Statistics · institutional 47Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) — IndiaWorld Bank / World Health Organization · institutional 48Ministry of Urban Development Annual Report 2015–16 — Smart Cities MissionMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs · primary 49Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024Lok Sabha / Digital Sansad · primary 50PMAY-G continuation beyond the original 2022 timelineMinistry of Rural Development / Press Information Bureau · primary 51GDP growth (annual %) — IndiaWorld Bank, World Development Indicators · institutional 52Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) — IndiaWorld Bank, World Development Indicators / IMF IFS · institutional 53Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — IndiaWorld Bank, World Development Indicators · institutional 54Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — IndiaWorld Bank, World Development Indicators · institutional 55Right to Information Act, 2005 — consolidated textIndia Code · primary 56Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005India Code · primary 57Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006India Code · primary 58India’s Foreign Relations 2008 — 123 Agreement recordMinistry of External Affairs · primary 59Civil nuclear initiative — official questions and answersMinistry of External Affairs · primary 60Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010India Code · primary 61Shreya Singhal v. Union of India — Section 66A judgmentSupreme Court of India · primary 62ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement recordDepartment of Commerce · primary 63India–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementDepartment of Commerce · primary 64Aadhaar Act, 2016 — consolidated text and subordinate recordIndia Code · primary 65Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Aadhaar) judgmentSupreme Court of India · primary 66National Food Security Act, 2013India Code · primary 67Land Boundary Agreement between India and BangladeshMinistry of External Affairs · primary 68Implementation modalities for the India–Bangladesh Land Boundary AgreementMinistry of External Affairs · primary 69Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — consolidated textIndia Code · primary 70MEA Annual Report 2016–17 — LEMOA terms and useMinistry of External Affairs · primary 71Inaugural India–US 2+2 Dialogue — COMCASAMinistry of Defence / Press Information Bureau · primary 72MEA Annual Report 2020–21 — BECA treaty recordMinistry of External Affairs · primary 73Protocol amending the India–Mauritius tax conventionCentral Board of Direct Taxes · primary 74Brief history and constitutional framework of GSTGST Council · primary 7542nd GST Council meeting — compensation design and borrowing recordGST Council · primary 76Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India — Electoral Bonds judgmentSupreme Court of India · primary 77Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Act, 2020 — repealed textIndia Code · primary 78Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021India Code · primary 79Code on Social Security, 2020Ministry of Labour and Employment · primary 80Additional FAQs on the Labour CodesMinistry of Labour and Employment · primary 81India–UAE CEPA — official detailed FAQDepartment of Commerce · primary 82India–Australia ECTA — official detailed FAQDepartment of Commerce · primary 83India–EFTA TEPA — investment promotion chapterDepartment of Commerce · primary 84Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · primary 85DPDP Act phased commencement notificationMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology · primary 86Telecommunications Act, 2023India Code · primary 87Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023India Code · primary 88Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023India Code · primary 89Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam — consolidated Forest (Conservation) ActIndia Code · primary 90MEA Annual Report 2024 — long-term Chabahar port contractMinistry of External Affairs · primary 91India’s updated Nationally Determined ContributionUNFCCC · institutional 92Framework Agreement on the establishment of the International Solar AllianceInternational Solar Alliance · primary

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