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
the cultivable land in the country has come down to 182.5 million hectares during 2009-10 compared to 182.7 million tonnes during 2005-06 Agriculture experts expressed concerns over shrinking of farm land by nearly 0.2 million hectares and suggested enacting strong legislation to stop shifting of land for non-farming purposes. According to government statistics, the cultivable land in the country has come down to 182.5 million hectares during 2009-10 compared to 182.7 million tonnes during 2005-06.
On river pollution (Question raised in Lok Sabha and answered on 14/05/2012).
After patting on the back by announcing that he would give one per cent of the annual budget of the ministry for rural development (`99,000 crores) to the ministry of panchayati raj, Union minister Jairam Ramesh is faced with reality check — that it is not he who can do so, but Parliament only. A few weeks ago, Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh announced that one per cent of his ministry’s annual budget, which would come to about `990 crores, would be given to the panchayati raj ministry.
An examination of the Lok Sabha elections from 1951 to 2011 reveals that there are large discrepancies between the seat and vote shares of political parties in each of the 15 elected Lok Sabhas in independent
A parliamentary panel has pulled up the coal ministry for cancelling allocations to power companies without trying to address the issues that led to delays in developing coal blocks. The ministry had been acting like a big brother, trying to intimidate power companies for reasons beyond their control, the panel noted. “Mere de-allocation of a block is not a solution, owing to the possibility of new allottees finding it difficult to develop these,” the parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, headed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, said in its report on the availability of coal and gas for the power sector.
Under attack over the functioning of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today claimed to have “already taken several steps” to plug the loopholes in the system. Reacting to a standing committee report on the functioning of CDSCO, tabled in Parliament yesterday, the ministry said it was examining the observations. “After receipt of inputs from CDSCO on the report and thorough its scrutiny, appropriate action would be taken by the ministry wherever required,” the statement said.
The government on Wednesday managed to push through a Bill in the Rajya Sabha which will provide for a year’s extension for the board of governors of the Medical Council of India. The Bill was passed by
Nexus To Get Approvals: MPs’ Panel New Delhi: Some drug companies seem to have been writing scientific recommendations of their own products and submitting them to the Drug Controller General of India
‘Purpose Not Being Served As Towns Aren’t Ethnically Diverse’ New Delhi: Smaller cities seem to have become prime target for drug trials. While pharma companies have claimed over the last few years that
Drugs which developed countries have banned or withdrawn from markets over safety concerns are in open and brazen circulation in India. In a damning indictment of the Health Ministry and Drug Controller
