Some projects under the Smart Cities Mission would not be able to meet the June 30 deadline and the respective state governments would be responsible for completing them thereafter, Union Housing and Urban
Stating that Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had not granted full access to KG-D6 block records to Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily, on Tuesday, told Parliament that CAG had said that since full access to KG-D6 records was pending, the Petroleum Ministry should examine all relevant issues closely and carefully before considering the desirability of any further approvals of capital expenditure. Mr. Moily informed the Raja Sabha in a written reply that RIL had agreed to audit by CAG for block KG-DWN-98/3 for the years 2008-09 to 2011-12 without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the contractor under the contractual provisions. Mr. Moily clarified that CAG had not asked Petroleum Ministry to withhold approvals to RIL.
River pollution by industrial discharge (Question raised in Lok Sabha and answered in 10/12/12).
‘All the way from basic guidelines to implementation and monitoring of projects’. From basic guidelines to implementation and subsequent monitoring of projects, the Union Ministry of Urban Development’s
The CAG has pointed out gaping loopholes in the implementation of the JNNURM, the Centre’s flagship urban infrastructure development scheme, ranging from diversion of funds to the tune of Rs115 crore to
With the issue of land reforms and the controversial Land Acquisition Bill dominating the fourth day of the five-day 'Jan Sansad', activists, academicians and hundreds of farmers expressed their reservations
Last year’s Durban conference marked a breakthrough in global efforts to combat climate change. The EU and India played a key role in the final negotiations that unlocked the final agreement. We found
New Delhi: Thanks to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s intervention, the land Bill will see two important changes before it is cleared by the Cabinet and introduced in Parliament. First, there will be a distinction
The Ministry of Health suffered huge embarrassment yesterday when the parliamentary panel examining the feasibility of establishing an overarching health regulator rejected the Bill in this regard.
Europe is set to quash a precedent-setting initiative designed to tackle a disturbing side effect of common drugs — their impact on aquatic life. Nature has learned that landmark regulations intended to
Amidst talks of a no-confidence motion or a vote on the FDI issue, the government has lined up key financial sector Bills including long-pending legislations for pension and insurance sector as well as
