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 …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Allotment, Development and Performance of Coal/Lignite Blocks" relating to the Ministry of Coal.
After weeks of hectic negotiations, the government on Thursday claimed to have clinched a broad consensus on the crucial Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, paving the way for its consideration and passage in the second half of the budget session of Parliament beginning April 22. "We have reached …
The government on Thursday claimed it had reached a broad consensus over the Land Acquisition Bill after it agreed to two major demands of the opposition parties, clearing the way for its passage in Parliament. The changes include a clause which would allow states to ‘lease’ rather than acquire land …
In a push to the contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill before the all-party meeting on April 18, the Centre is reaching out to various political parties in an attempt to forge consensus. It hopes to ensure the Bill's smooth passage in the second half of the Budget …
To speed up the process of consultations on the controversial Land Acquisition Bill and enact it in the current session of Parliament, the Centre today asked political parties to send in their suggestions by April 15, amid a standoff over demand from the Opposition to refer the proposed legislation to …
The National Environment Act will undergo a complete overhaul to rectify its loopholes and strengthen its provisions, Central Environment Authority (CEA) Deputy Director (Legal) D A Ruwan Pathirana said. Addressing a workshop on the Environmental Law organized by the National Environment Educational Institute at the CEA auditorium on Friday, he …
The new mines act will tighten supervision of mines and on coal companies outsourcing labourers in the restricted area, Union minister of state for Labour and Employment K Suresh said today. “The act will give lethal power in supervision of mines and help in fixing ultimate responsibility for accidents,” Suresh …
Does not bar any state or the Centre from continuing or launching other food-based schemes. The revised National Food Security Bill (NFSB) gives greater flexibility to states. For one, NFSB, cleared by the Cabinet last week and due to be presented in Parliament, allows states to choose the timing of …
New Delhi: The government has provided a back-door entry for contractors and the food industry to corner the lucrative ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) food supply budget through the National Food Security Bill — a move that had seen controversy earlier too but could now become part of the law …
In what could be a slight setback to the government's programme to bring safe and adequate drinking water to all rural households, only around 67 per cent of the targets have been met under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in 2012-13, as against the over 90 per cent …
It has been three days since the farmers gathered at Parliament Street for a 'mahapanchayat' under the banner of Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements - the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and the National Alliance of Peoples Movements here. Firm on their demands, they rejected the government's …
New Delhi: The budget session on Thursday witnessed uproar over an allegation by Palam MLA Dharam Dev Solanki that the government has been diverting water meant for area residents to hotels in airport zone under influence of corporates. The BJP demanded a committee probe the matter. Solanki offered his resignation …
Mindful of the fiscal challenge the national food security law is likely to bring, the government proposes to give itself the option of raising the price of foodgrains three years after the law is rolled out. To ensure that the UPA's showpiece welfare legislation is not grounded because of opposition …
New Delhi: MPs united across party lines to express concern over pollution in the Yamuna after leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the issue, saying the river had become thoroughly polluted despite thousands of crores being spent on cleaning it. Congress, BJP, SP, BSP and RJD members …
The members of Rajya Sabha expressed their concern on the increasing pollution in various rivers across the country, particularly Ganga and Yamuna. Read text of this debate. Debate on river pollution in the Rajya Sabha on 11 March 2013. See Also In-Parliament: Pollution level in the major rivers of the …
A Bill to provide for establishment of an Authority for prevention, control, eradication and management of pests and diseases of plants and animals and unwanted organisms for ensuring agricultural biosecurity and to meet international obligations of India for facilitating imports and exports of plants, plant products, animals, animal products, aquatic …
Having been delayed by over a year, the first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is likely to get operational sometime next month, the government said on Wednesday. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayansamy told Parliament in a written reply to a question that all …
New Delhi: A decade after a CAG audit revealed how a scheme to help infants and young children was failing, a fresh report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday says the number of malnourished children exceeds the 40% mark in 10 states as on March, 2011. The audit of the flagship …
New Delhi: The Rs 52,000 crore farm debt waiver scheme of the UPA has fallen flat, with the government’s official auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), pointing to “serious lapses” in disbursal of benefits as well as specific instances of siphoning of funds under the scheme. The CAG performance …
The government on Monday placed a bill in parliament to restrict the use of tobacco, which kills 57,000 people every year, also inflicting an annual financial loss of around Tk 5,000 crore to the economy. The health minister, AFM Ruhal Haque, placed the ‘Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (control) Bill-2013’ …
