Daily Current Affairs – 13 March 2026

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The Fiscal Health Index 2026 by NITI Aayog has indicated that there is a deterioration in the financial state of a number of states. The report indicates that the states are becoming less fiscally flexible due to the growing spending, growing debt, and a heavy load of fixed spending which includes paying salaries, pensions, and interest benefits. In consequence, this is creating less to be developed and invested in capital. In the recent ranking of major states, released in 2023-24,...

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma claimed that the 84th  Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOC) was not just a professional conference of eye-specialists, but a conference to see a new vision, think new and a new India. Speaking at the conference organized by JECC, Sitapura, Jaipur, he has said that the conference would facilitate sharing of knowledge in ophthalmology, deliberation on new technologies and innovations, and increased collaboration between the eye specialists and experts in India and other...

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Rajasthan has positioned itself as a state which has enormous development potential and an increasing industrial ecosystem. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Bhajanlal Sharma, Chief Minister of Rajasthan told the audience that the state government is setting up better environment to industries in form of investment friendly policies, favorable to innovation, easy business atmosphere, and single window clearance. It is an initiative by the government to develop Rajasthan into a 4.3 trillion economy...