The report finds that since the early 2000’s, on average, wage inequality, which compares the wages of high and low wage earners, decreased in many countries at an average rate that ranged from 0.5 to
Union minister for rural development Shanta Kumar took the West Bengal state government to task for poor utilisation of funds and said all Central directives in this regard were being ignored. "It is
Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority has decided to create a City Infrastructure Development Fund for developing road networks, parking area and construction of pay and use toilets in the city.
As the Iraq war entered its third week, the Centre put in place a team to assess its impact on the economy. The cell constituted on Monday evening by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman K C Pant
Asserting that transparency in governance was vital to make India a developed nation, the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam exhorted administrators and bureaucrats to take up assignments in rural areas as
Immigration of Indian workers to the United States has made the country lose 0.24 to 0.58 per cent of its GDP in 2001. The World Bank's development report on global finance however says, the loss is
Most political parties in India have secured money from the rich and votes from the poor, on the solemn promise of protecting each group against the other. The other day, president A P J Abdul Kalam
A delegation of nearly 365 villages of Delhi met Union urban development minister Ananth Kumar on Tuesday and submitted a five-point charter of demands concerning the problems of their villages in
Once again, the comptroller and Auditor-General of India has pointed out the gross mismanagement of State finance and lack of transparency in Andhra Pradesh. The CAG reports on AP's finances for
The World Bank plans to extend about $2 billion to various projects in India this fiscal, with the first loan of $150 million going to a poverty reduction scheme in Andhra Pradesh. "The bank will
The Comptroller and Auditor General report on the Delhi government has said that the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board has not formulated a proper area plan and has made "avoidable and wasteful
