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
New Delhi Consumers may have to brace for steep hikes in the prices of petroleum products such as diesel, kerosene, cooking gas and petrol after Parliament’s monsoon session ends on September 7. Sources
“They need to be dealt with firmly and their blocks de-allocated as per the terms” The Coal Ministry has acknowledged that the conduct of the coal block allottees, some of whom are among those who were issued show-cause notices and raided by the CBI, had not been above board as they diverted coal for sale in the open market in violation of the condition of allotment and sold their companies at a heavy premium after getting a coal block. This acknowledgement came in its internal note on coal policy.
The government conceded in Parliament Wednesday that the accuracy of long-range monsoon forecasts in the last four years had only been about 50 per cent, an admission that is expected to strengthen critics
New Delhi Castigating municipal bodies for the high level of pollution in cities, Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai said on Wednesday the urban bodies must cleanse and update their books of accounts in order to tap the bond market as it is the practice in developed and emerging economies. While cities have emerged as engines of growth, rapid population growth and urbanisation has posed a challenge for municipalities in preventing environmental degradation and infrastructure development.
GAIL pulled up for undue benefit of Rs 246 crore to private firms The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for hiring a drilling rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) without calling for competitive bids. It also indicted GAIL (India) for giving over Rs 246 crore of undue benefit to private power companies by selling natural gas at subsidised rates.
Ahir alleges 2 ‘Coal To Liquid’ project allocated in 2009 without panel nod BJP has punched holes in the government’s claim that all allocations of coal blocks were cleared by the steering committee.
NEW DELHI, 4 SEPT: Under attack from the BJP on the coal block allocation issue, the government today said the policy followed by it in allotting the mines was “100 per cent correct” and those who resorted
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday rejected the Opposition demand for cancellation of coal blocks that have come under the CAG scrutiny, saying the government had to hear out the allottees and could not enforce cancellation by diktat. “A fair procedure has to be followed and this is already under way,” he said. The final week of the monsoon session of Parliament started with the Opposition closing ranks over its demand that the government forthwith cancel allocation of coal blocks. The BJP, which until two days ago was insistent on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation, aligned itself with the rest of the Opposition, and said it would return to the House if the government cancelled all 142 allocations made by it since taking office in 2004.
New Delhi: In the cleaning of nearly 13 lakh insanitary dry toilets across the country, human beings and animals play an almost equal role, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. In what could deal a severe
Sushma Swaraj said the BJP would allow Parliament to function if the coal block allocations were cancelled Despite the Opposition pressure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has categorically ruled out the possibility of cancelling the allocation of controversial coal blocks and ordering a judicial probe into the alleged scam. Earlier in the day, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would allow Parliament to function if the coal block allocations were cancelled and an independent inquiry was ordered.
