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 …
Nexus To Get Approvals: MPs’ Panel New Delhi: Some drug companies seem to have been writing scientific recommendations of their own products and submitting them to the Drug Controller General of India after getting them endorsed by top doctors, according to a report by the parliamentary standing committee on health …
‘Purpose Not Being Served As Towns Aren’t Ethnically Diverse’ New Delhi: Smaller cities seem to have become prime target for drug trials. While pharma companies have claimed over the last few years that most of their drug trials were taking place in “cosmopolitan towns” which have a heterogeneous population, comprising …
Drugs which developed countries have banned or withdrawn from markets over safety concerns are in open and brazen circulation in India. In a damning indictment of the Health Ministry and Drug Controller General of India for compromising safety of Indians by disregarding regulatory procedures in respect of new drugs discovered …
June may turn out to be the luckiest month for government oil marketing companies for the third year in a row. Like the last two years, this June is also expected to see a round of price hikes in controlled fuel products. Price hikes of controlled petroleum products such as …
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to the food ministry’s proposal for providing grain as part-payment of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). “The work carried out under the food-for-work programme was really of bad quality and we do not want …
The government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha about the expansion of the scope of activities permitted under the rural job guarantee scheme by including 30 new activities. These will supplement agricultural and animal husbandry operations along with flood management and sanitation-related works in rural India. According to the copy …
India on Monday assured Bangladesh that the government was working “very hard” to develop “political consensus” on two bilateral agreements — the Teesta water-sharing treaty and the land boundary pact — but did not commit to a time-frame, sources told The Indian Express on Monday. A worried Bangladesh government has …
New Delhi: East Delhi is the capital’s most developed district by most standards, newly released Census data shows. However, large swathes of the city, especially in its north-east and southwest, have standards of living more comparable with a small town than with a megapolis. Varsha Joshi, director of Census Operations, …
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday expressed reservations about the new Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, saying it would in particular pose hurdles in setting up industries and creating new dams. The Bill was cleared by the Union cabinet in September and has now been sent …
The government today said there was no proposal for privatisation of water resources, but would encourage public-private partnership (PPP) mode for effective utilisation of the scarce natural resource. "Privatisation is not being done and it cannot be done," Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in the Rajya Sabha during …
NEW DELHI: Rapping the rural development ministry's land resources department for the "inordinate delay" in finalising a bio-fuels programme, a parliamentary panel has sought for the matter be placed before the cabinet at the earliest for a decision on its continuance. The Standing Committee on Rural Development, in its report …
The four years of ‘black gold rush period’ from 2006 was in no way less a scam than the 2G spectrum allocation: BJP The Opposition criticised the functioning of the coal ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, alleging irregularities in coal block allocation in 2006-2009. BJP charged that the …
Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are becoming unfit for drinking, according to the government’s own figures. Depletion of groundwater and its increasing pollution could be leading to a silent, nationwide public …
NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary panel has asked oil ministry and DGH to closely monitor Reliance Industries' flagging KG-D6 gas fields saying any production decline should be supported by proper evaluation. RIL's KG-D6 fields have seen output drop by about 45% to less than 34 million standard cubic meters per day …
The contentious issue of India’s poverty estimates is all set to get a relook, with the government informing the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it will soon be appointing a technical group to “revisit” this matter. The government also told the House that the expert panel will be constituted and …
After rejecting recommendations of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) to strengthen Forest Rights Act, the Centre has decided to take all suggestions on board and introduce an amendment bill in the current Parliament session. The tribal affairs ministry will bring the amendment bill to correct basic contradictions within …
The environment ministry will not accept any proposal for new and expansion projects in four major coal fields — Korba, Asansol, Chandrapur and Dhanbad — as no measures have been taken to reduce environmental pollution. The four coalfields are among the 18 industrial clusters with a high environmental — air, …
Hyderabad-based Administrative Staff College to work with ministry officials and give suggestions The government has started work on the rules and bylaws of the proposed Food Security Act, even as the Bill is being debated by a standing committee of Parliament. The food ministry has appointed Hyderabad-based Administrative Staff College …
It is probably the most important battle of our times, the battle for natural resources like land, natural gas, telecom spectrum and coal mines. Who owns them-the state, citizens or private players? How to make the best use of them? A series of supreme court judgements on one hand several …
India will raise retail prices of subsidised fuels, including diesel, once parliament approves the finance bill for the current fiscal year early next month, a senior government source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Parliament is expected to consider the finance bill on May 7 and approve it …
