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 Affairs Secretary told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs. In its report on the …
CALLS TO REGULATE PRICING AND INTRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC CROPS ARE GETTING LOUDER AS THE SEED BILL 2010 LOOKS SET FOR MONSOON SESSION Jayshree Nandi | TNN The fraught issue of introduction of Bt Brinjal has been shelved but all eyes are now set on the controversial Seed Bill 2010, likely …
16 villages of Raisen parliamentary regin where I got maximum votes during elections would be developed as model villages. These villages will have all those facilities which are found in towns. These views were expressed by region's MP Sushma Swaraj in a programme organised at Bahmori. Though I have been …
BHUBANESWAR: The direct talks between Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) has opened the way for the establishment of the 12million tonne capacity steel mill by the South Korean company Posco. The softening of stand by both the sides will no doubt ease tension in the …
Faced with stiff opposition from the BJP and the Left, the government today dropped plans to dilute a key provision in the Nuclear Liability Bill, as its top officials were grilled by the Parliamentary Committee. Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Srikumar Banerjee, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and a number of …
With all eyes focused on the Parliamentary Sanding Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, which is seized of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, the BJP has made the first strategic move to counter the Government game-plan. The party has replaced its rather low-profile representative on the panel, Bhagirathi …
The government introduced the copyright amendment bill in the Rajya Sabha on April 19. The bill gives independent rights to authors, film directors and musicians and makes it difficult for Internet users to access works protected by copyright. G R Raghavender, registrar of copyrights, said the amendments are necessary as …
Weightage will be numerical in l character and enable a composite ranking based on the bid price and marks assigned for each criterion SEEKING to fulfill a long-felt need for a transparent mineral concession regime, the government is all set to empower the states to start competitive bidding for granting …
EGoM To Take Call On Monday PETROL and diesel prices could rise by up to Rs 3 a litre next week as per a key proposal favouring free auto-fuel rates that awaits the approval of a panel of ministers meeting on Monday. If the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) passes …
There are no simple solutions in the environment-development tussle, only intelligent, difficult and sometimes unpopular choices says Jairam Ramesh here is a general belief particularly in the
Offers 50 pc subsidy to domestic users Ludhiana : The Centre has asked the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) to switch over the Parliament House on solar energy for which the surveys have already been conducted. Besides, PEDA will start work on putting Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, on solar system from …
After facing the Opposition-sponsored cut motions on urea price and fuel price hike during the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament, the government has now decided to speed up the process of implementing nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime. The Committee on Optimisation of Fertiliser Usage, constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat to …
The controversial Seeds Bill is lying in Parliament. It is anti-farmer, pro-industry and needs a drastic rewrite IF DISRUPTIONS over phone tapping and the India Premier League controversy had not taken Parliament sessions hostage, the Rajya Sabha may have passed the controversial Seeds Bill in the week of April 26, …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has referred the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. The committee is chaired by T. Subbarami Reddy. As per the Rajya Sabha notification, the Chairman referred the Bill …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 14, 2010, 0:36 IST The Centre has decided to put the onus on state governments for ensuring safety and maintenance of dams across the country. The Union Cabinet today approved a draft legislation on dam safety measures that was earlier circulated to all states. …
The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) funded by the Centre has not achieved the desired results even after spending Rs 26,000 crore to boost agriculture, the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said. The report also observed that the dams constructed on the Narmada did not …
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The Bill to set up a regulator for the mining sector will be tabled in Monsoon Session of Parliament, effectively fast tracking the legislation as a result of the RIL-RNRL case. Talking to FE on Wednesday, law minister M Veerappa Moily confirmed that the Mines and …
