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 …
Jean Dreze, former member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, said on Monday it would be a “blunder” if the government introduced its draft National Food Security Bill in Parliament. “The current Bill is not ready to meet the desired objectives. It will be a blunder to table it …
It is not just political parties that are unhappy with the way the government has gone about the business of opening up FDI in multi-brand retail, dissent against the controversial move has now come from one of the most respected names in Indian agriculture, MS Swaminathan. Sounding a word of …
The Kerala government on Monday gave an undertaking to the Centre that it would continue to provide the same quantum of water to Tamil Nadu, as is being given now, if a new dam was constructed in the place of the existing 116-year old Mullai Periyar dam in the Idukki …
The Punjab Government has urged the Centre to provide financial and technical support to the state for scientific storage of foodgrain to be distributed under the proposed Food Security Act. The proposed Food Security Bill is likely to be passed in the current winter session of Parliament. On the proposed …
BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury yesterday said his party would raise strong protest in the parliament as well as on the streets against the government's inaction over India's move to construct Tipaimukh dam. He said the government did not clear its position even after signing the contract on Tipai dam. …
BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury yesterday said his party would raise strong protest in the parliament as well as on the streets against the government's inaction over India's move to construct Tipaimukh dam. He said the government did not clear its position even after signing the contract on Tipai dam. …
Will streamline corporate sector: India Inc The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Companies Bill, 2011, a move that will help improve efficiency and increase accountability of the corporate sector. “The Cabinet has cleared the Companies Bill, 2011…it is likely to be tabled (for consideration and passage) in the ongoing …
New Delhi: The landmark bill on land acquisition and rehabilitation is facing stiff hurdles with farmer groups objecting to what is intended to be an “empowering” provision — consent of 80% of a gram sabha or village assembly — on the ground that this may be a disadvantage to land …
New Delhi: The landmark bill on land acquisition and rehabilitation is facing stiff hurdles with farmer groups objecting to what is intended to be an “empowering” provision — consent of 80% of a gram sabha or village assembly — on the ground that this may be a disadvantage to land …
“The HIV/AIDS Bill that is still pending with the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry should be tabled and passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.” This was a sentiment echoed by social activists and People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) who had gathered in the Capital for …
New Delhi Claiming that the Land Acquisition and Relief & Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill introduced in Parliament is quite different from what was agreed upon by the Jairam Ramesh-headed rural development ministry, National Advisory Council (NAC) member NC Saxena has said that several new clauses have been added under pressure, which …
KOLKATA, 23 NOV: As many as 10 former Supreme Court judges, several members of Parliament, over 200 organisations and one lakh citizens have asked the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, to scrap the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill in its present form that is set to be …
A meeting of the state Cabinet will be held tomorrow to discuss various important issues. Highly placed sources told The Tribune that the Cabinet would discuss the National Food Security Bill, 2011, circulated by the Union Government to all the states for their comments. The Central government has circulated the …
New Delhi Cutting across party lines, most state governments have objected to the National Food Security Bill proposed by the Centre, which is likely to be tabled in the Winter Session of Parliament. Their objections range from seeking powers to decide on criteria that would make a person eligible as …
The all-crucial Below the Poverty Line (BPL) survey will not be completed ahead of the start of the 12th Five-Year Plan and consequently the execution of the promised food security entitlement, for which the government intends passing legislation in the coming Parliament session, will suffer. Following a review meeting with …
The government will not go for an immediate increase in the prices of regulated petroleum products like diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention has prompted authorities to seek ways to provide relief to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) — through a cash compensation of …
Karnataka has joined the movement against the implementation of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) which is to be tabled in the Parliament’s winter session. The Bill formulated by the Science and Technology Ministry is a blatant attempt to bulldoze public resistance and genuine concerns over genetically modified crops, …
The Finance Ministry had approved the changes in the draft National Food Security Bill that were incorporated after taking the views of the Department of Women and Child Development as well as those posted on the Food Ministry's website, Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution K.V. Thomas said …
The nuclear industry is divided over the new notification on civil nuclear liability law. Some believe there has been a dilution of the law and violation of the spirit; others feel suppliers from abroad would still not be happy. The communist parties are expected to take up the issue in …
Recourse claims limited to accidents in first five years but tort claims untouched The government has finalised rules for the implementation of the country's new nuclear liability that aim to meet the concern of American nuclear suppliers wary of being exposed to unlimited liability in the event of a Fukushima-type …
