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: There is no provision for the proposed National Food Security Bill in the budget proposals for 2011-12. The Bill will necessarily enhance the food subsidy as wheat and rice are to be made available at Rs.2 and Rs.3 a kg to the beneficiaries, but the budget does not …
The Mid-Term Appraisal of the Eleventh Plan calls for exploration of the possibility of converting existing private institutions into public partnerships. The government believes that strict regulation and enforcement will ensure that the private sector contributes significantly to equitable education. However, the government's record until now in terms of both …
President Pratibha Patil on Monday said the Centre is consulting state governments on the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), which will give the poor a legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains.
India has set itself an ambitious target by committing to reduce the energy intensity of its GDP by 20 to 25 per cent by 2020. The promise is entwined with outcome of the recent Cancun climate meet that marked a major shift in burden-sharing in climate mitigation, with developing nations …
To ensure proper use of its Rs. 86,553 crore annual rural spending, an ambitious curriculum to train and educate all those involved in the execution of the programmes concerned is on the anvil. This mass-based decentralised capacity building process, the first of its kind among developing countries, intends to develop …
Ambika Soni, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab, has released a total of Rs 3.20 crore during the year 2010 under the MPLADS (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) fund for various projects in different districts of Punjab. The funds have been released …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that the government was committed to bring to Parliament a Right to Food Act which would serve as a viable safety net for the poor and the vulnerable sections among whom malnutrition was particularly high. Addressing an international conference on
New Delhi: India Inc should brace to set aside some of its profit on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The ministry of company affairs, which is finalizing the new Companies Bill, has accepted a parliamentary standing committee
Finland consumes nearly 17,000 units of electric power per capita annually; its share of nuclear electricity is about 28 per cent. Though its nuclear power programme is very modest compared to that of U.S. or U.K. it is far ahead in its universally applauded plans for nuclear waste management. The …
In the season of scandals and wrongdoing, all other frauds have been overshadowed by the gargantuan 2G swindle because it has been accompanied by murky disclosures of how businessmen and politicians subverted every pillar of our democracy. Naturally, everything else pales in comparison. But there are more scary skeletons in …
The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Science and Information Technology on Tuesday recommended that the proposed nuclear power plant, scheduled to be set up in Pabna, should be built to the international standard. The committee at a meeting also disclosed that the construction of the 2,000MW nuclear power …
If forests belong to the forest-dwellers, then the coastal areas should belong to the fishing community. Acting on this line, the government is proposing to bring in a new law
NEW DELHI: The much-amended coastal regulation zone notification could soon be replaced by an Act of Parliament, preventing frequent instances of one-off exceptions to the rules. At a meeting with leaders from the fishing community on Wednesday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
IT HAS been drafted several times in the past six years. The Union agriculture ministry is confident the seeds bill will make it through Parliament this winter session. But opposition parties, and some MPs from the ruling Congress Party, are getting ready to corner the ministry over legislation. The Seeds …
The parliament yesterday adopted a resolution for implementation of Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant Project to resolve country's power crisis. Taking part in the discussion on the motion, Awami League lawmakers said there is no alternative to going for nuclear power to meet the country's growing demand. They said the conventional …
This policy brief aims at: familiarizing you with the main provisions of the NREGA; providing a few glimpses of NREGA implementation from the states; highlighting some of the weak aspects of NREGA; and suggesting how you, as a Member of Parliament, can intervene to improve things.
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has asked the government to consider incentivising private players to set up grain storage facilities as it prepares to implement the right to food. The government will require around 620 lakh tonnes of foodgrain annually to implement the food security law. The official procurement stood at 539.75 …
KOCHI: A.C. Jose, former MP, said here on Thursday that the State government must and could initiate action against the use of Endosulfan in the State. Instead, it was blaming the Centre for not banning the harmful pesticide that was used mainly in cashew farms owned by the Plantation Corporation …
