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 …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) chaired by Pranab Mukherjee is expected to finalise a methodology for sharing of mining profits with local residents when it meets on July 7. The meeting, likely to be the last, will decide if miners should part with a percentage of profits or continue to …
Sparring Points Besides Lokpal Bill, politicians have sparred with civil society on four key pieces of legislation RTI Act: Various arms of government first block it, now place conditions designed to strangle transparency Right to Food: The Planning Commission differs with activists on what percentage of poor should be covered …
A day after it engaged in a heated exchange of words with civil society representatives, the government today acknowledged that discussions with Team Anna in the joint committee had ensured in vastly improving the provisions of the Lokpal Bill that it had originally drafted. At the same time, it suggested …
On May 30, as the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the fifth time in the conference room of the ministry of finance in North Block, trouble was already brewing. In the last four meetings, the contentious issues had been put on the backburner and the government’s …
In a move that took many by surprise, the National Advisory Council (NAC) huddled into a seven-hour discussion on the land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement bills on Wednesday, and emerged with a sweeping document that reaffirms the government’s will to keep a strong hold over all matters linked to …
A day after UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) finalised its recommendations to the Centre, the government on Thursday repeated its commitment to bring in the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill in the next session of the Parliament beginning sometime in July. It also reiterated that long-awaited Communal Violence …
The negotiations on a draft Lokpal Bill today gained momentum with the government and civil society members agreeing on a number of basic principles of the proposed law and deciding to meet more often. Emerging from a three-hour meeting, Union Minister Kapil Sibal expressed confidence draft Lokpal Bill would be …
After initiating discussion on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, Union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday expressed confidence that the Central government would be able to take the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress on board on the issue. He reiterated that the Centre would be able to draft a
WATER resources and planning may shift from the State to the Concurrent List of the Constitution. The Ashok Chawla committee will make this suggestion when it tables its report before the Cabinet in June this year, sources say. The committee was set up in February this year to draw a …
With a controversy raging over land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre today said it plans to introduce a Bill in this regard in the next session of Parliament as there appears to be
The Centre today said the Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill would be introduced in Parliament in the monsoon session. The introduction of the Bill was stalled for almost two years due to political differences within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). P Chidambaram Home minister P Chidambaram, in his first press conference …
Cong to consider service while issuing tickets Chikmagalur, MP and AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes said Food Security Bill will be tabled before the Parliament at the earliest. Speaking to presspersons, he said the Bill will help in distributing rice at Rs 3 per kg and wheat at Rs 2 …
Mumbai Japanese Parliament is likely to give approval to the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Cepa) with India by the end of June this year, Japanese ambassador to India Akitaka Saiki said. India and Japan signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in February which is expected to give greater market access …
