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 …
If the Maharashtra government is to be believed, only three farmers have committed suicide in the State because of crop failure due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms since January. The government, however, acknowledges that 598 more farmers have taken their own lives during the period, but is unaware of the …
NEW DELHI: The government has consulted states in the National Capital Region and prepared an action plan to check worsening of air quality in Delhi and around, which includes installation of ambient air quality monitoring stations and conversion of coal-based industrial estates into green-based units. "The government has consulted the …
Expressing shock at the continuing discolouration of the Taj Mahal, the head of a Parliamentary panel has asked the Environment Ministry to seek immediate help of international experts to assist the Archeological Survey of India in carrying out the restoration work at the monument. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on crop loss due to natural calamities, 21/04/2015 . The State Governments provide information on suicides by farmers due to agrarian distress. As per the reports received from some State Governments namely, Punjab, Karnataka, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, there have been …
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri g. M. Siddeshwara informed the Parliament that a scheme, namely ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India – FAME India’ has been launched by the Department of Heavy Industry for the initial period …
Combined Opposition attack to be sharper than it was in first half The Narendra Modi government will be up against a combined Opposition onslaught when the second half of the Budget session of Parliament resumes its sitting from tomorrow. The attack from the Opposition is expected to be much more …
Hints at not allowing further amendments to the Bill | Says the Opposition is anti-growth Hardening its stance, the Centre today indicated that it would not allow further amendments to the controversial Land Bill and asserted that it is ready to face the “consequences” even as it acknowledged that Rajya …
Even as the opposition to the Land Acquisition Bill continues in different quarters, the NDA government is determined to bring to Parliament its amended Bill through a fresh Ordinance. The amended NDA Bill to replace the new Ordinance will come to the Lok Sabha first, a Minister said on Wednesday. …
Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday dropped broad hints that the Centre could re-issue the ordinance on the land acquisition bill. Mr Naidu said there were provisions in the Constitution and precedents set by previous governments on re-issuing an ordinance. It was done by the previous Congress governments, he …
Union minister for urban development and Parliamentary affairs, M Venkaiah Naidu, today said the Centre would reissue the ordinance pertaining to the land acquisition Bill if it lapses next month. “The Constitution has provided ways to the government in case a particular Bill was not passed by the Parliament. We …
Congress volunteers staged a demonstration opposite the Head Post Office on Anna Road here on Monday. They demanded withdrawal of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill brought by the National Democratic Alliance government in Parliament on the grounds that it did not contain any provision for obtaining prior consent of the …
Shimla, March 23: The Virbhadra-led Congress regime in the state today decided to enhance the compensation rates for land acquisition in the state as had been proposed by the previous UPA regime at the Centre under the Land Acquisition Bill, awaiting Parliament sanction. The decision was taken by the Cabinet …
With the government under severe Opposition attack over the Land Acquisition Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday tried to reach out to farmers by explaining the finer points of the legislation and also the government’s stand. He urged farmers not to be misled by “rumours and lies” and attacked …
The Centre today said that at least 3172.15 sq km of forest areas is under encroachment in Assam. Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar, in reply to a Rajya Sabha question by Bhubaneswar Kalita, said that protection and management of forests is primarily the responsibility …
The Congress and the Left parties forced the government to defer the mines and minerals Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the ground that states, key stakeholders in the issue, had not been consulted. They asked the government to send the Bill back to the select committee. The …
The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation had a plan allocation of Rs.13237 Cr. during 2014-15. The work relating to the River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation was transferred to this Ministry on 31.7.2014; the Namami Gange project is still at an approval stage. As a result of …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked all states to come out with a solar policy, a move that will help the Centre meet its clean energy target. "The Ministry has requested all states to come out with solar policy. A draft model solar energy policy has …
Uttar Pradesh Government has issued directions to authorities to stop the practice of dumping dead bodies directly into rivers, after 81 bodies were recovered from Ganga in Unnao district of the state early this year, the Lok Sabha was told today. The recovery of the bodies was probably either due …
