India’s external debt at the end of 2013 stood at US $ 426 billion
India’s external debt at the end of 2013 stood at US $ 426 billion
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MP Assembly, Monsoon session and an ex-bureaucrat's letter to Governor Ramnaresh Yadav Point-Counterpoint I read a news-item in Dainik Bhaskar (July 31) quoting at length a letter written to Madhya Pradesh Governor Ramnaresh Yadav by retired IAS officer M.N. Buch. He has emphasised that not signing on the dotted line to prorogue the Monsoon session goes against Article 174 of Constitution. Mr. Buch, by centering his entire argument on the Constitutional provision that the Governor should act on the advice of the Council of Ministers, has conveyed that he is either ignorant about the Governor’s discretionary powers or is deliberately trying to keep this Constitutional provision under wraps. Why he has done that—I don't know. I think it is relevant to quote Article 163 on Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor. It says: (1) There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his func...