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 government has ensured safe passage for the bill on civil liability for nuclear damage after sealing a deal with BJP on Tuesday by agreeing to a guarantee against private firms running power plants and bumping up the
New Delhi: First, minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi said the chemical oxytocin, which was being injected by farmers to make fruits and veggies look fresh and grow faster, was seriously threatening human health. A few weeks later, he said exactly the opposite
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2008 with Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal assuring the Elders that the public sector will continue to get top priority. He said the Government had no intention to privatise coal mining and PSUs and state …
Pranab Mukherjee NEW DELHI: In deference to the near unanimity among political parties against forcible land acquisition, the Centre on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that the interest of farmers would be protected and a comprehensive legislation formulated. Responding to the 55-minute discussion on the issue of the farmers' agitation …
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday appealed to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to swiftly pass the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill and the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill to bring about a balance between the needs of land owners and the requirements of industry. Referring to the recent firing by …
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee examining the civil liability for nuclear damage bill is expected to finalize its report on Tuesday even as there appears to have been little headway in negotiations between government and the Left and BJP over the proposed legislation. There are strong indications that the …
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday came to a standstill over the firing on protesting Aligarh farmers when anti-BSP outfits joined hands to corner the Mayawati regime over land acquisition for Yamuna Expressway. The Sunday firing saw Congress, SP, BJP and RLD block proceedings in the two Houses of Parliament as …
Neena VyasNEW DELHI: There were strong indications on Monday that the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party were close to arriving at consensus on the proposed nuclear civil liability Bill.The government is
Neena VyasNEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded that the lapsed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2009 be re-introduced in the Lok Sabha as the law will resolve a number of issues arising from government acquiring land for public purposes.The Bill was introduced in the last Lok Sabha, but there …
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to give a 26 per cent share in mining profits to tribal people and to set up a regulatory body to check illegal mining, Union Minister of Mines B.K. Handique informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.The draft of the Mines and Minerals (Development and …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has initiated discussion on regulatory reforms with the belief that setting up an independent and autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) will solve all problems of governance. Misguided as the belief may be, I welcome the discussion because reform in India’s environmental regulations …
THE Opposition on Wednesday managed to put off tabling of the NuClear Liability Bill by at least a week, but unfazed by the lack of consensus over it the government was planning to take up the legislation in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament itself. The standing committee on science …
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee examining the civil liability for nuclear damage bill on Tuesday heard representatives of the Department of Atomic Energy offer their views on the Convention of Supplementary Compensation. The DAE brass did not specifically state whether India was going to become part of the CSC …
The Centre is finding it difficult to fix the criteria for identifying families living below the poverty lineThe National Food Security Bill, which is one of the ambitious programmes of the UPA, is unlikely to be introduced in the current session of Parliament with the Centre finding it difficult to …
Parliament passed a law which will allow a dismissed industrial worker to approach the labour court for redressal of his grievances without any reference from the government. The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which was approved by the LS, provides for a workman to approach labour court after 45 days …
A parliamentary panel examining the controversial Nuclear Liability Bill hopes to finalise its report on Wednesday amid strong indications of difference of opinion with BJP members.The meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on science and technology on Tuesday was a stormy affair with members seeking a string of clarifications from …
