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 political positioning on civil liability for nuclear damage bill became clearer with BJP presenting what it said were fundamental objections to the proposed legislation with regard to a law when liability for a nuclear accident was to be borne by either the government or a company owned …
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS): Completion of projects in the North-east depends on the release of funds by the State governments, as well as the utilization of Central funds, the Parliament was informed on Monday."The completion of the projects depends, inter-alia, on the utilisation of funds by the State governments …
New Delhi: The parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has suggested measures like increasing the number of drugs under price control, a blanket cap on profit margins and promoting the use of generic drugs to make drugs more affordable and accessible to the common man. In a report …
Every time the State is hit by floods, the political temperature rises and the clamour for revamping Brahmaputra Board reverberates, but the original proposal mooted in 2004, is yet to take first step in its legislative journey. The proposal envisaged to redefine and widen the objective of the Board, so …
THE government has proposed to further strengthen regulations concerning people affected by mining projects in the new draft Mining Bill being finalised by the mines ministry for approval of Parliament. Mining companies would now be asked to not only share a portion of their profit and offer free shares to …
WHILE Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is keen on getting the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill passed, his enthusiasm on the subject is not shared by his party. As Congress engages its main political adversary in a pitched battle, the prime minister
New Delhi: With the fate of civil liability for nuclear damage bill getting enmeshed with stalemated ties with Left and fresh hostilities with BJP, the government is open to defining responsibilities for a nuclear accident more closely. The government is open to inserting clauses that will cover eventualities like accidents …
Gargi Parsai Demand for setting up regulatory mechanism on pricing of seeds Appellate committee for grievance redressal to be quasi-judicial in nature NEW DELHI: The government failed to reach an agreement with the Members of Parliament, who moved for amendments to the Seeds Bill on the issue of price regulation …
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday admitted in Parliament that it could soon reduce the green belts, where coal mining is not allowed. Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh, who had earlier made a strong pitch for declaring `no-go' areas, where coal mining would …
Even as the Opposition rocked Parliament over price rise, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said wastage of even a single foodgrain in a poverty-ridden country is a
The government on Tuesday stepped up moves to ease potential hurdles before the Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament by holding consultations with Opposition leaders with the assurance that all
THE Andhra Pradesh government on Monday requested the Centre to incorporate provisions for regulation of seed sale price and also royalty in the Central Seed Bill, which is expected to be passed in Parliament in the current monsoon session. Appreciating the Centre's initiative in moving the Seed Bill, state agriculture …
The Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act, 1996, or PESA has been hyped as a weapon to empower the tribals in Maoist hotbeds, but the ground reality is something else. When Parliament passed PESA, the goal was to protect the resources of communities in Schedule V areas by upholding their …
Giving in to pressure from Opposition members, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday postponed deliberations on the Nuclear Liability Bill. The committee, which had earlier decided to hold clause by clause deliberations on the Bill on Thursday and then bring it before the Lok Sabha, has now …
Experts Favour Regulatory Mechanism To Monitor Implications Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI EVEN as the fate of Bt brinjal hangs in balance, the parliamentary standing committee attached to the agriculture ministry has started examining the pros and cons of introducing genetically-modified food in India, with a panel of experts coming out …
