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 …
Cabinet has already approved the Bill. Union Rural Development Minister C P Joshi today said the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, certain provisions of which were earlier opposed by Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, was ready to go to Parliament any time. He told reporters here that the …
After reports of Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee having stalled the Bill seeking amendment to the Land Acquisition Act in the Cabinet, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi on Tuesday said that the Bill had been cleared by the Cabinet and it is only a matter of procedure before it …
A bill to create a green tribunal was tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 31. Will it ease the burden of courts like the government claims? Lawyers and activists Sumana Narayanan spoke to believe the bill in its present form will centralize legal recourse to environmental matters Sanjay Parikh, …
CHENNAI: The Central Government will soon introduce a bill to make rain water harvesting compulsory throughout the country. The bill is being fine-tuned by the Ministry of Water Resources for introduction in Parliament, said N. Vardraj, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, here on Friday. Participating in a workshop on
Chinese legislators said on Thursday that their country will "strive to control greenhouse gas emissions" and consider new laws to fight climate change, while warning against using the issue to raise trade barriers. The positions were laid out in a resolution passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi August 26, 2009, 0:21 IST Though the country is facing drought and low agricultural output, political parties seem to be reluctant to take up responsibilities to head the parliamentary panel on Agriculture. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the chairman
Our politics of poverty is characterised by our poverty of politics. Although poverty is the overwhelming fact of our national life, it is hardly the theme of our politics. It is stunning rates of GDP growth that command the attention of Parliament and the media, hardly the accompanying deterioration in …
CHENNAI: A draft Fishermen Rights Bill will be introduced in Parliament in December to protect the traditional rights of fishermen. It will be modelled on the Forest Rights Act, or The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Union Minister for Environment and Forests …
The proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), which aims to provide 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg to every family below poverty line, is likely to be delayed. Busy charting out strategies to deal with the drought, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar …
Bangladesh and UK Parliamentary Groups have launched a joint inquiry on climate change to find out how Bangladesh and many other very low carbon dioxide footprints have been prevented from benefiting from mechanisms like the Clean Development Mechanism. The All-Party Bangladesh Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Environment of Bangladesh …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi August 7, 2009, 0:18 IST The long-awaited Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2009 is in more trouble, with the government scrambling today to withdraw a copy of the final Bill that it circulated to MPs this morning ahead of introducing it in the Lok Sabha. The …
MPs will head committees which will be set up to monitor various rural development schemes of the Centre, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said answering supplementaries during Question Hour. "Orders in this regard would be issued soon," Joshi said amid thumping of desks by members. Members had long been …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi August 06, 2009, 0:15 IST Ally Mamata Banerjee wants major changes in the contentious Bill. Congress managers have left it to party president Sonia Gandhi to take the final call on introducing the contentious land acquisition amendment Bill during the current session of Parliament. As …
Parliament Passes Right To Education Bill For Children Between 6 & 14 PARLIAMENT on Tuesday gave its stamp of approval to a historic legislation providing for free and compulsory education for all children between 6 and 14. The bill will become law as soon as President Pratibha Patil gives her …
Murli DeoraThe dispute between Mukesh and Anil Ambani over the supply and price of natural gas from the D6 field in the Krishna Godavari (K-G) basin forced the Lok Sabha to adjourn at least once with Petroleum Minister Murli Deora asserting that the government did not have anything do with …
Maitreyan said there was a perception that the ministry acts only at the behest of the judiciary, adding that this wasn't a healthy trend Rajya Sabha expressed concern over depletion of forest resources and wildlife besides issues like global warming. Initiating a discussion on the working of the ministry of …
New Delhi, July 31 The National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, which provides for the setting up of a tribunal, with powers of a civil court, for expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Bill, introduced by …
