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Who owns what
69 questionsWho owns Aaj Tak?Owned by TV Today Network — India Today Group (Aroon Purie / Living Media).Who owns ABP News?Owned by ABP Network (ABP Pvt Ltd — Sarkar family).Who owns Ahmedabad Mirror?Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. — The Times Group (Sahu Jain family).Who owns Amar Ujala?Owned by Amar Ujala Publications Ltd (Maheshwari & Agarwal families).Who owns BBC Hindi?Owned by BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation (UK public broadcaster).Who owns Business Standard?Owned by Business Standard Pvt Ltd (Kotak family, Uday Kotak).Who owns Dainik Bhaskar?Owned by D. B. Corp Ltd — Dainik Bhaskar Group (Agarwal family).Who owns Dainik Jagran?Owned by Jagran Prakashan Ltd (Gupta family).Who owns Deccan Chronicle?Owned by SREI Multiple Asset Investment Trust (Vision India Fund).Who owns Deccan Herald?Owned by The Printers (Mysuru) Pvt Ltd.Who owns DeshGujarat?Owned by DeshGujarat.Who owns DT Next?Owned by Daily Thanthi group (Adithanar family).Who owns Eastern Mirror?Owned by Eastern Mirror, Dimapur.Who owns EastMojo?Owned by EastMojo Media.Who owns Firstpost?Owned by Reliance Industries — Network18 (Mukesh Ambani).Who owns Forward Press?Owned by Founded by Ivan Kostka.Who owns Free Press Journal?Owned by Indian National Press (Bombay) — Karnani family.Who owns Gaon Connection?Owned by Founded by Neelesh Misra.Who owns Greater Kashmir?Owned by GK Communications — editor-owner Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo.Who owns Hindustan Times?Owned by HT Media — K. K. Birla Group (Shobhana Bhartia).Who owns Indian Express?Owned by The Indian Express Group (Viveck Goenka).Who owns Kashmir Observer?Owned by Kashmir Observer LLP.Who owns Kerala Kaumudi?Owned by Kaumudi family (founded by C. V. Kunhiraman, 1911); publisher Darshan Ravi.Who owns Maktoob Media?Owned by Founder-editor Aslah Kayyalakkath; reader-funded.Who owns Mathrubhumi?Owned by Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co.; MD M. V. Shreyams Kumar.Who owns Mint?Owned by HT Media — K. K. Birla Group (Shobhana Bhartia).Who owns Nagaland Post?Owned by Geoffrey Yaden.Who owns National Herald?Owned by Associated Journals Ltd, controlled by Young Indian (Gandhi family majority).Who owns Navbharat Times?Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. — The Times Group (Sahu Jain family).Who owns NDTV India?Owned by Adani Group (AMG Media Networks).Who owns NDTV?Owned by Adani Group (AMG Media Networks).Who owns New Indian Express?Owned by Express Publications (Madurai) — Manoj Kumar Sonthalia.Who owns News18?Owned by Reliance Industries — Network18 (Mukesh Ambani).Who owns News24?Owned by B.A.G. Films and Media (Anuradha Prasad).Who owns Northeast Now?Owned by Northeast Now Media.Who owns Odisha Bytes?Owned by Frontier Media.Who owns OdishaTV?Owned by Panda family — Jagi Mangat Panda and Baijayant Panda (~60%).Who owns OnManorama?Owned by Malayala Manorama Co. — Kandathil family.Who owns OpIndia?Owned by Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services.Who owns Prabhat Khabar?Owned by Prabhat Khabar (Newspaper Pvt Ltd).Who owns Pratidin Time?Owned by Sadin-Pratidin Group (founded 1988 by Jayanta Baruah; led by Rishi Baruah).Who owns Rajasthan Patrika?Owned by Patrika Group — Kothari family (Gulab Kothari).Who owns Republic World?Owned by ARG Outlier Media (Arnab Goswami).Who owns Rising Kashmir?Owned by Founded by Shujaat Bukhari (d. 2018); current owner not on public record.Who owns Sambad English?Owned by Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, founder-owner; Sambad Group.Who owns Scroll.in?Owned by Scroll Media / Rilas Technologies.Who owns Sikkim Express?Owned by Sikkim Express, Gangtok.Who owns Star of Mysore?Owned by Academy News Papers — founder-editor K.B. Ganapathy.Who owns Swarajya?Owned by Kovai Media Pvt Ltd.Who owns Telangana Today?Owned by K. Chandrashekar Rao via Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd.Who owns The Assam Tribune?Owned by Assam Tribune Pvt Ltd — Baruah family.Who owns The Federal?Owned by New Generation Media Corporation (P. Sathyanarayanan).Who owns The Hans India?Owned by Hyderabad Media House Ltd; Kapil Group (K. Vaman Rao).Who owns The Hindu?Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd — The Hindu Group.Who owns The Lallantop?Owned by India Today Group — Living Media (Aroon Purie family).Who owns The Mooknayak?Owned by Founder-editor Meena Kotwal.Who owns The Morung Express?Owned by Aküm Longchari and founding collective; board-run.Who owns The Print?Owned by Printline Media (Shekhar Gupta & investors).Who owns The Quint?Owned by Quint Digital Media (Raghav Bahl & Ritu Kapur).Who owns The Sentinel?Owned by Omega Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd; publisher Puspa Dhar Deka.Who owns The Shillong Times?Owned by Shillong Times Pvt Ltd — Chaudhuri family.Who owns The Siasat Daily?Owned by Siasat Press (founding families of Abid Ali Khan and Mahboob Husain Jigar).Who owns The Tribune?Owned by The Tribune Trust.Who owns The Wire?Owned by Foundation for Independent Journalism.Who owns Times of India?Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. — The Times Group (Sahu Jain family).Who owns Tripura Chronicle?Owned by Tripura Chronicle, Agartala.Who owns TV9 भारतवर्ष?Owned by TV9 Network — Alanda Media (My Home Group + Megha Engineering).Who owns Zee News?Owned by Zee Media — Essel Group (Subhash Chandra).Who owns नवजीवन?Owned by Associated Journals Ltd, controlled by Young Indian (Gandhi family majority).
Government schemes
46 questionsWhat is Agnipath?Ministry of Defence.What is AMRUT?Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.What is Aspirational Districts Programme?Ministry of NITI Aayog (coordinates); no single ministry.What is Atal Pension Yojana?Ministry of Finance.What is Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY?Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.What is Bharatmala?Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.What is Digital India?Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.What is DILRMP?Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources).What is eShram?Ministry of Labour and Employment.What is FAME India?Ministry of Heavy Industries.What is Jal Jeevan Mission?Ministry of Jal Shakti.What is Khelo India?Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.What is Lakhpati Didi?Ministry of Rural Development.What is MGNREGA?Ministry of Rural Development.What is Mission Shakti?Ministry of Women and Child Development.What is Mission Vatsalya?Ministry of Women and Child Development.What is National Education Policy 2020?Ministry of Education.What is National Green Hydrogen Mission?Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.What is NIPUN Bharat?Ministry of Education.What is ONDC?Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT initiative).What is PM Awas Yojana Gramin?Ministry of Rural Development.What is PM Awas Yojana Urban?Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.What is PM Fasal Bima Yojana?Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.What is PM Gati Shakti?Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT coordinates).What is PM Internship Scheme?Ministry of Corporate Affairs.What is PM Jan Dhan Yojana?Ministry of Finance.What is PM Janman?Ministry of Tribal Affairs (coordinating).What is PM Mudra Yojana?Ministry of Finance.What is PM POSHAN?Ministry of Education.What is PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan?Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.What is PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana?Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.What is PM SVANidhi?Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.What is PM Ujjwala Yojana?Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.What is PM Vishwakarma?Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.What is PM-KISAN?Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.What is POSHAN Abhiyaan?Ministry of Women and Child Development.What is Production Linked Incentive?Ministry of Sector ministries under a DPIIT-coordinated framework.What is Sagarmala?Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.What is Samagra Shiksha?Ministry of Education.What is Semicon India?Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.What is Skill India Mission?Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.What is Smart Cities Mission?Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.What is Startup India?Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT).What is Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana?Ministry of Finance.What is Swachh Bharat Mission?Ministry of Jal Shakti (Gramin) and Housing and Urban Affairs (Urban).What is UDAN?Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Committees and commissions
36 questionsWhat did the 15th Finance Commission recommend?On Union-State tax devolution 2021-26.What did the 16th Finance Commission recommend?On Union-State devolution 2026-31.What did the Ashok Mehta Committee recommend?On Panchayati Raj revival.What did the B N Srikrishna Committee (Data Protection) recommend?On Data protection framework.What did the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommend?On Democratic decentralisation.What did the Bimal Jalan Committee recommend?On RBI economic capital framework.What did the Dinesh Goswami Committee recommend?On Electoral reforms.What did the Fazl Ali Commission (States Reorganisation) recommend?On Reorganisation of states.What did the FRBM Review Committee recommend?On Fiscal responsibility framework.What did the Gadgil Committee (WGEEP) recommend?On Western Ghats ecology.What did the Indrajit Gupta Committee recommend?On State funding of elections.What did the Justice Hema Committee recommend?On Working conditions of women in Malayalam cinema.What did the Justice Verma Committee recommend?On Criminal law reform after the Delhi gang rape.What did the K Radhakrishnan Committee recommend?On Exam reforms after the NEET/NET leaks.What did the Kargil Review Committee recommend?On Kargil intelligence and defence failures.What did the Kasturirangan Committee (Western Ghats) recommend?On Western Ghats (review of Gadgil).What did the Kelkar Committee on PPP recommend?On Public-private partnerships.What did the Kovind Committee on One Nation One Election recommend?On Simultaneous elections.What did the Lodha Committee recommend?On BCCI reform.What did the Malimath Committee recommend?On Criminal justice system reform.What did the Mandal Commission recommend?On Backward classes.What did the Nachiket Mor Committee recommend?On Financial inclusion.What did the Naresh Chandra Task Force recommend?On National security reform.What did the P J Nayak Committee recommend?On Governance of bank boards.What did the Punchhi Commission recommend?On Centre-State relations (second review).What did the Raghuram Rajan Committee (Composite Development Index) recommend?On Backwardness of states.What did the Rangarajan Committee on Poverty recommend?On Poverty estimation review.What did the Rohini Commission recommend?On OBC sub-categorisation.What did the Sachar Committee recommend?On Social and economic condition of Muslims.What did the Sarkaria Commission recommend?On Centre-State relations.What did the Second Administrative Reforms Commission recommend?On Governance reform (15 reports).What did the Shanta Kumar Committee recommend?On FCI restructuring.What did the Swaminathan Commission (National Commission on Farmers) recommend?On Farmers' welfare.What did the T S R Subramanian Committee recommend?On New education policy inputs.What did the Tendulkar Committee recommend?On Poverty estimation.What did the Urjit Patel Committee recommend?On Monetary policy framework.