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:The Union Cabinet is set to approve a law that will provide more rights to tribals for the beginning and end of mining activity besides providing Rs 10,000 crore annually to 60 tribal-dominated districts. The bill for the new mining law and the repeal of the Mines and Minerals …
New Delhi Stumped by political opposition to letting private companies into commercial coal mining, the government has found a way to achieve almost the same without having to face Parliament. It is planning to allot captive coal blocks to private miners like BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Sesa Goa on …
New Delhi: Goa CM Digambar Kamat’s fate depends on the independent commission probing illegal mining in the state, as the Congress is reluctant to act on the basis of the state’s Public Accounts Committee’s report which has an eerie similarity to the goings on at the Centre. Kamat is facing …
“The sector has over 345 reactor years of safe operation” In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the emergency response and preparedness measures in India's nuclear facilities had been strengthened and several recommendations of the safety reviews mandated by the government of India had already been implemented, said Srikumar …
Almost a fortnight after the government introduced a Bill in Parliament to set up a nuclear safety authority, the CPM on Wednesday picked several holes in the legislation and demanded that it be scrapped. The party claimed the legislation in its present form seeks to set-up a body which is …
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan and his team of lawyers spent considerable time deliberating different versions of the land acquisition drafts and comparing them. Related Articles • Land bill gets diluted on way to Parliament • Is new land bill up to mark? • Bias is in the law • Acquisition …
Shillong, Sept. 16: Social organisations in Meghalaya today sought the intervention of chief minister Mukul Sangma on the Centre’s Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, as it did not cover areas falling under the Sixth Schedule and also to exempt the application of the bill in the entire state. …
On September 7, a draft of the Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill of 2011was tabled in Parliament which was different from the one published in July for public comments. The changes in the draft now seem to favour agencies acquiring land rather than the land owners. Certain features …
Lives of people around the plant are valuable Nearly 10,000 persons accompanied the 127 persons observing an indefinite fast at Idinthakarai against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday. Bishop of Tuticorin RC Diocese Yvon Ambroise, who participated in the fast being held near St. Lourdes Church in the coastal …
The Karnataka government, which is in the thick of controversy over acquisition of land for several big-ticket investors, is in no mood to accept certain changes proposed in the new Land Acquisition and Resettlement & Rehabilitation Bill tabled in Parliament last week. Instead, the government is in the process of …
The 12th five year plan will address the farmers concern regarding UPA’s flagship job guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The plan approach paper says that while the growth in agriculture in the 11th plan is likely to average 3.3 per cent per year, inflation is …
CAG Says Ministry Was Aware Of Flaws In Decision But Didn’t Do Anything The oil ministry turned a Nelson’s eye as its regulatory arm for exploration manoeuvred a U-turn to allow Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd to retain the entire Andhra offshore acreage against the “written word” of the contract …
RIL violated production sharing contract in KGD6: CAG NEW DELHI: The government's auditor has accused Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd of violating terms of the contract for its showcase Andhra offshore acreage and expressed doubt over the costs at which India's biggest private sector oil company contracted goods and services …
The institution has been auditing ONGC and Oil India for several decades The contention of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) questioning the competence and scope of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to carry out an audit of its KG basin facilities was strongly rebuked by the CAG which said the …
New Delhi The coal ministry has requested the ministry of environment and forests to stop rejecting proposals for coal blocks on the basis of its ‘Go’ and ‘No Go’ policy as it has no legal backing, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “They (environment ministry) have also been requested not to …
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the cost of acquiring land for the industry would rise once the new land acquisition Bill was enacted, but the benefits that the law would bring to the people affected by industrial projects would outweigh its costs. He said the …
The process of land acquisition becoming more sensitive to the grievances of the owner earned a better prospect on Wednesday as a Bill was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, setting a base level for compensation to even its dependents. The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, now pending passage in …
With an eye on increasing public confidence in nuclear energy, the government on Wednesday introduced a Bill to set up an independent nuclear regulator in the Lok Sabha. The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011, will establish a legal framework to regulate nuclear and radiation safety and establish an authority …
Bill tabled in Parliament makes land acquisition a less costly affair, relaxes R&R; provisions The government has defended its new land acquisition bill as industry-friendly, refuting criticism that provisions contained in the legislation were retrograde and would push up costs for state-run and private companies. Industry groups had slammed the …
