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 …
Upset at the Trinamul Congress chief, Miss Mamata Banerjee, stalling the food security Bill, the food ministry has dismissed her objections and said since all the issues raised by the West Bengal government were addressed in November, the chief minister has “no solid ground or locus standi” to oppose the …
New Delhi: Farmer suicides and the agrarian crisis have been the reason for many disruptions in Parliament, but when the time comes to discuss the issue, hardly anyone bothers to attend, as happened in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when not even 60 MPs were present. In fact, there were …
Union Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises Condoning the illegalities of the past, the Union Urban Development Ministry wants Delhi of the future to be a vertical city where people are housed in high rises with quick access …
New Delhi The ambitious Food Security Bill of the UPA government was on Tuesday deferred by the Cabinet, apparently spooked by the huge financial commitment it entailed. With every economic indicator plummeting and the GDP growth rate for 2012-13 expected to be only about 6%, it was decided to hold …
Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (special provision) second bill, 2011. Replying to the debate on the bill, Union urban development minister Kamal Nath promised to prepare a visionary plan that will take into account the requirements for the next 25 years. Conceding that …
New Delhi Just two days ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting to clear the UPA-II government’s National Food Security Bill (NFSB), food minister KV Thomas on Sunday said the country’s food subsidy would not go up significantly following implementation mega initiative, which aims at giving legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains …
The Sri Lankan government has withdrawn the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill presented to the parliament. Chief Government Whip, Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has withdrawn the Bill Wednesday following a Supreme Court determination that the legislation needed to receive the approval of the provincial councils first. The amendments to the …
To stay on the right side of the Trinamool Congress, the Centre has opened its coffers for West Bengal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday cleared a Rs 8,750 crore package for the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had sought Rs 19,000 crore. The package comprises a …
The Supreme Court has made it clear that it would not go into the policy aspects relating to the safety of all nuclear plants in the country as it was the domain of Parliament and a Bill was already pending consideration. However, the three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, …
But with dissent notes on 18 items, it may not be a smooth affair The Abhishek Singhvi-headed Parliamentary Standing Committee will meet on Wednesday to adopt its draft report on the Lokpal Bill but with dissent notes on as many as 18 items appended, members say it is unlikely to …
The US continues to be the biggest donor for Indian NGOs, contributing a little less than one-third of the total Rs 10,337 crore received by various NGOs. NEW DELHI: The US continues to be the biggest donor for Indian NGOs, contributing a little less than one-third of the total Rs …
The Supreme Court on Monday stated that if a viable proposal for a nuclear regulatory authority was brought before it after a public debate, it might recommend the suggestions to the government. But it declined to go beyond that. “The Supreme Court will remain Supreme Court; not Parliament or government,” …
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, is likely to be tabled in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament at the earliest, Lok Sabha was informed today. The Bill, which was approved by the Cabinet on September 30 provides for coal miners to share 26% of their net …
Bhubaneswar: Finance minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei on Friday said that the MMDR Bill, which was passed by Parliament and is now waiting for the approval of the President, is far short of the expectations of the minerals-rich states of the country. Speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural session …
Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu and Kerala hold protest outside Parliament House Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu and Kerala staged protests inside and outside the House over the Mullaperiyar dam issue here on Thursday. The Kerala MPs from both the Houses, who forced adjournments on the issue, later …
The greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels have been under discussion for years. Now studies commissioned by the European Union are putting pressure on biodiesel in particular.
Cutting across party lines, several members of Parliament backed a universal public distribution system to ensure food security for all citizens “as a right” on Tuesday and vowed to oppose the ‘targeted' food security Bill in Parliament. Among the participants at a Jan Manch organised by the Right to Food …
With the government hurrying up internal deliberations to push its National Food Security Bill in the current session of Parliament, activists under the ‘Right to Food Campaign’ on Tuesday got MPs across party lines to support their demand for uniform universal foodgrain entitlement under the proposed law. A clutch of …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for formulating a legally binding agreement on specific greenhouse gas emission cuts in the Durban summit on climate change. The prime minister made the appeal when the visiting Chair of the standing committee on environmental affairs of Danish parliament Steen Gade paid a courtesy …
Islamabad—The government will table a National Water Policy (NWP) in the parliament within next two months aimed at evolving consensus among provinces on major issues. “Increasing shortages, low storage capacity, productivity and costing, higher recovery of water rates (abiana) for investments in operations and maintenance and reservoir sedimentation will be …
