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 …
The party has objected to certain provisions of Mines and Minerals Development & Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, citing that the Centre has unilaterally decided on these issues without consulting the state government Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to oppose ordinances of the Central government relating to auction of major …
Opposition to amendments in the Land Acquisition Act that were brought through an ordinance by the Modi government recently is growing. Political parties, farmers’ organisations affiliated to political parties as well as civil society movements across the country have expressed their reservation to it. On Wednesday, the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya …
MYSURU: Leaders of various farmers' organizations and political parties from the region on Sunday opposed the Centre's move to take the ordinance route to amend the Land Acquisition Act. In a symbolic opposition to the UPA-led government's plan, they burned a copy of the ordinance. They also appealed litterateurs, who …
Eminent persons want him to advise Centre to table it in Parliament A group of concerned citizens has written to President Pranab Mukherjee to “rethink and reject” the ordinance which seeks to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013. In a letter to the President, the group urged him to advise …
The aim of the bill is to provide for adequate protection of the interests of consumers and for prevention of unfair trade practices and for the said purposes to make provisions for establishment of the Consumer Protection Councils and other authorities for better administration and for timely and effective settlement …
Paving the way for plying of e-rickshaws on roads of national capital region, the Cabinet on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance as a bill in this regard could not get through Parliament. E-rickshaws or battery-operated three-wheeler vehicles had gone off roads after the Delhi high court banned their plying …
In a move that will provide relief to lakhs of residents in poll-bound Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, the Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that will give residents of these unauthorised colonies protection from demolition for three years, with the government saying it is in advanced stages of regularising 1,200 such …
PUNE: The parliamentary standing committee on urban development has said the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) plan for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad must be put on hold immediately. The committee in its report to Parliament last week said the future course of action on the system, which is in the …
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 15, 2014 by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways. The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
