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 …
NEW DELHI: Putting up a brave front after it failed to muster the numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Friday said the Lokpal Bill will "definitely" be brought before the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session even as Congress leader Digvijay Singh defended the move saying extension of …
Following criticism regarding the dismal performance of the national river cleaning projects by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its audit, the Environment Ministry is preparing a reply saying that the cleaning of rivers is not the job of one ministry alone and it requires much more …
India will not sign any legally binding global agreement for emissions reduction, as the country needs to eradicate poverty through economic growth, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said today. "There is no question of signing a legally binding agreement at this point of our development. We need to make sure that …
Eleven hours after an often stormy debate, the Lok Sabha late tonight passed the Lokpal & Lokayukta Bill, 2011 after incorporating several amendments. The MPs continued to debate the other Bills related to Whistleblowers’ protection etc. even as the clock struck the midnight hour. But the UPA suffered a setback, …
‘Canalising’ iron ore exports is not a solution to illegal mining. Only strict regulation is The government is reportedly considering temporarily “canalising” – routing through a public trading agency – the export of iron ore, before putting in place a proper and suitably elaborate mechanism to control and reduce the …
‘Landmark social legislation’ to guarantee grain at cheap rates to over half of the population The government on Thursday introduced the muchanticipated National Food Security Bill — a legislation aimed at shoring up the UPA’s support base — in Parliament. The “landmark social legislation” will guarantee grain at extremely cheap …
The National Food Security Bill — promised by the Congress in its 2009 General Elections manifesto to provide legal foodgrain entitlement to over 63 per cent of population — was introduced by Food Minister K V Thomas today. The Bill is likely to be referred to the Standing Committee of …
New Delhi: The Food Security Bill has put in a clause to restrict the diversion of agricultural land, a move that can become a headache for industry. The Bill also says the Centre will bear the expenses on giving grain at subsidised prices to 75% of the rural households and …
A Parliamentary panel has expressed concern over massive rejection of title deed claims of forest dwellers by the State Governments. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment tabled its report on ‘Implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006’ in both …
Even as the government decided to introduce a new Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha tomorrow and extend the winter session of parliament by three days from December 27 to 29 to enable its discussion and possible passage, there were indications that the bill could have been reworded today to …
New Delhi With more than 1,800 projects awaiting forest clearance in the country, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has cited non-submission of essential information and documents by the respective state governments for the delay. While Punjab and Haryana lead the pack with the former waiting for the forest …
The government on Monday proposed the setting up of a parliamentary panel to go into the issue of farmer suicides in the wake of contradictory figures emerging from the States and the Union Home Ministry's National Crime Records Bureau. The suggestion came after the government was cornered in the Rajya …
Draft passed unanimously; disagreements may be sorted out by a standing committee. The Union Cabinet tonight cleared the much-awaited draft food security Bill, brightening the prospect of providing legal entitlement of food to three-fourth of the country’s rural population and half its urban dwellers. Food minister K V Thomas said …
Sonia’s ‘aam aadmi’ proposal likely to be introduced in Parliament today Brushing aside fears of food scarcity and inflation, the Union Cabinet tonight cleared the much-awaited National Food Security Bill, taking the Manmohan Singh government a step closer to fulfilling the promise made to the “Aam Admi” in the Congress …
NEW DELHI, 18 DEC: With divisions still persisting over the issue of inclusion of the Prime Minister in the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill and social activist Anna Hazare threatening to go on a fast if the Bill is not passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament, the …
Coal The Government hopes a consensus will soon evolve on opening of coal sector for commercial mining, a bill for which has been pending for past seven years, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said today. The bill will come up for consideration of the House after "consensus is built," he said …
– India's federal cabinet Sunday approved a draft law on food security aimed at providing low-priced staples -- mainly rice and wheat -- to roughly two-thirds of the country's 1.2 billion people. "The Cabinet has decided to introduce the [draft law] in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament," Food …
New Delhi The Cabinet will discuss the National Food Security Bill, 2011, on Monday, in a bid to introduce the proposed legislation in the current session of Parliament. Food minister K V Thomas on Friday said discussions on the food Bill in the Cabinet which was deferred earlier this week …
Bill will be referred to standing committee after its introduction in Parliament. Sonia Gandhi’s pet programme — the food guarantee scheme — will be cleared by the Cabinet on Monday. The decision has been taken after discussions with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who has been seeking detailed deliberation on the …
JAMMU: Arguing the case of a healthy annual plan for next financial year and extension of Prime Minister’s Re-construction Plan for another year to facilitate completion of development works, the State Government today sought a special power grant for Jammu and Kashmir from the Planning Commission of India. In its …
