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 …
Tribal affairs ministry finalises changes in rules to correct contradictions and effectively implement the legislation. Sixteen months, a change of minister and massive reshuffle in the top bureaucracy of the tribal affairs ministry, Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has finally managed to have its way on strengthening the Forest …
New Delhi The labour ministry is planning to move a Bill to amend the Mines Act in the Monsoon session of Parliament, which proposes an increase in penalties on mining companies by as much as 100% in case of death of workers due to any lapse in operations, a senior …
With the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) being not in place due to the departure of Pranab Mukherjee from the government, the Petroleum Ministry is contemplating sending a proposal of hiking the prices of diesel, LPG and kerosene to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and leaving the decision …
Just a day after Tata group chairman Ratan Tata tweeted in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while seeking action to restore the credibility of the government, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) chairman C. Rangarajan spelt out what that action could be, and called for decontrol of diesel prices …
The government has in principle decided to expand the coverage of population under the proposed Food Security Bill to include almost 70 per cent of Indians, who will have the legal right to cheap food, against the earlier proposal of 64 per cent of the same. It will also end …
GUWAHATI, July 17 – The State Government is going to move a resolution tomorrow for the sake of a consensus in the State Assembly on the issue of declaring the State’s problems of flood and erosion as the national ones. Disclosing this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka told the …
New Delhi: Groundwater, a precious natural resource, is for all practical purposes private property in India. Anyone can bore and extract water with few rules to restrict over-exploitation. But this could soon change. Plans are afoot to alter laws and regulations to make groundwater a common property resource, whereby communities …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan was felicitated at Kisan Mahapanchayat convened to make available loans to farmers of Madhya Pradesh at zero percent interest rate here today. Lakhs of farmers attended the historic Kisan Mahapanchayat at Jamboree Maidan where demand was raised the Union Government should withdraw hike …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s demand to the Union Government for reduction in fertiliser prices in the larger interests of farmers has drawn support of even non-BJP ruled states’ Chief Ministers. Supporting Shri Chouhan’s stand, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Sushri Jayalalitha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Akhilesh Yadav …
The Parliamentary Committee’s report touches upon some important aspects of unethical drug trials, but health activists say that is not enough. The 59th report of the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, especially its suggestion for a separate report on clinical trials given the unprecedented growth in …
SEZs had lost sheen after imposition of certain levies and proposal to take away tax incentives The government is expected to come out soon with new norms to revive special economic zones (SEZs), which have lost sheen after imposition of certain levies and proposal to take away tax incentives, a …
Evacuees To Get Extra 12% Of Value Annually Till Deal Is Done. Persons displaced by land acquisition would be paid an extra 12% of the cost of land every year in what is seen as the government’s bid to sweeten the deal after insisting on state’s role in buying land …
One-time hike after Prez poll may be followed by deregulation road map Keen to prevent a downgrade of India’s sovereign rating by Standard & Poor’s (S&P;), which could trigger an exodus of foreign investors, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told the Congress party there is no option but to raise …
Cabinet likely to take up the bill for consideration by the end of month, in time for its introduction in monsoon session Special Economic Zones will need to fulfill provisions of the proposed Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, if the rural development ministry has its way. The draft …
In case, a company fails to spend the 2% prescribed, it would have to explain to the shareholders the reason for such a failure A Parliamentary panel has suggested that 2% spending by corporates on CSR activities in the new Companies Bill should be made mandatory to prevent them from …
New Delhi:With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling for cutting red tape to promote investment and to fuel growth, the Centre has decided to retain a government role in acquiring land for private companies, rejecting a parliamentary panel recommendation barring states from aiding private bodies. The rural development ministry dubbed the …
New Delhi Despite the relevant parliamentary standing committee’s unequivocal ‘No’ to government acquiring land for projects involving private money, Jairam Ramesh’s rural development ministry plans to seek the Cabinet’s nod for a proposal to allow such acquisition with caveats: The project should be in “public interest”; 80% of affected families …
When the 16th President is sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhavan in July-end, he can feel proud that his residence has under a unique business partnership, succeeded in bringing down energy costs by almost 25 per cent. The sprawling President Estate’s baseline energy consumption used to be over `70 lakh annually. …
Shillong: The calculated silence on the issue of mining in forest areas and violation of Forest Act, 1980 by cement companies’ in Jaintia Hills or rather by official custodians of forests who have issued no objection certificates (NOC) in such forest lands till now, is being challenged vide a public …
Guwahati, June 27: The Tea Board of India is planning big for small tea growers of the state. “The plan is to make the small tea growers’ sector an organised one, for which big steps have to be taken,” Dinesh Sarma, vice-chairman of the board said at a news conference …
