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 …
REFORMS DEFICIT STAYS EVEN AFTER 2 DECADES This Time,FM Pranab Has His Plate Full TK ARUN THE Budget of 2010-11 would be the 20th reform budget, and, in a telling commentary on the progress made in some key areas, is likely to echo many of the concerns raised by Mr …
on december 16, Rajya Sabha passed the sugarcane bill that protects the interests of farmers. The bill ensures mill owners continue to pay farmers the price difference between the fair remunerative price (frp), fixed by the Centre, and the state administered price (sap), which is higher. The Essential Commodities (amendment) …
THE government is considering a proposal to restrict mining by private sector companies in tribal areas, in a move that could severely impact investments of domestic and foreign majors such as Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Vale, Sesa Goa and MSPL. The latest version of a legislation on India
Over 4 Months After Parliament Cleared It, Historic Act Yet To Be Notified New Delhi: The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act was billed to be a giant leap towards universalization of education in India. However, it has acquired the dubious distinction of being the only fundamental right that …
The BJP on Monday alleged that environment minister Jairam Ramesh "misrepresented" facts before Parliament on the climate change issue after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "admission" that the Copenhagen summit was not satisfactory. The party's national spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said, "The Prime Minister has wittingly or unwittingly admitted that the Copenhagen …
When the debate on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference took place in the Rajya Sabha, the Opposition charged the government with having slid back from the earlier commitment made to Parliament, and said that the country
Demand stoppage of process till the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed Greater Noida, December 23 Farmers from Bisrakh, Dankore and Dadri blocks today held a panchayat to discuss the land acquisition process. Before this, on Tuesday, hundreds of farmers had demonstrated outside the Greater Noida Authority office demanding …
Acknowledgement By Minister As Oppn Blasts Hagen Deal In Parliament TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In the face of a sharp attack from the opposition led by BJP, the government on Tuesday admitted that the Copenhagen climate accord provides for an alternative alignment to the Kyoto Protocol that developing nations …
NEW DELHI: Getting down to implement a comprehensive domestic agenda of adaptation and mitigation and seeking to reduce the emission intensity of gross domestic product by 20-25 per cent by 2020, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the Planning Commission to set up a group of experts …
Text of the debate on outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Summit in Rajya Sabha on 22.12.09. Jairam Ramesh said that Copenhagen accord was not legally binding. But Arun Jaitley said that government has been "outwitted" in drafting of this accord. This document presents the text of the statement by the …
New Delhi: Even though the final document in Copenhagen contained no legally binding commitment by anybody, US officials are claiming the right to unilaterally verify or review what India and other countries are doing towards emission goals. Under pressure to defend the deal, White House senior adviser David Axelrod told …
Having stitched together a climate deal at Copenhagen with a select group of countries, the government will have to do some explaining in Parliament on Tuesday on some provisions in the Copenhagen Accord, especially those relating to international verification of voluntary action taken by India on climate change. The government …
Fresh from the world climate change talks which reached a last-minute non-binding deal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh will make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday where he is expected to say that India
