Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (d) of sub-section (2) of Section 32 read with Section 19 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (No. 42 of 2005), the state Government, hereby, makes the following rules the same having been previously published in the Madhya …
People have to go hungry for paying the medicine bill, says Judge The Union Government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it would put in place by mid-November a Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) after the Union Cabinet’s approval. Last week, the Bench asked the Government to spell out …
GUWAHATI, Oct 10 – The Assam Public Works Roads Department (PWRD) today launched a ‘Green Roads Mission’ for the State in association with Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, and Bitchem Asphalt Technologies Limited. The mission was formally launched by PWD Minister Ajanta Neog in presence senior officials from the …
Wants government to firm up a date by which essential drugs will be notified The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Union government that in the name of bringing essential drugs under pricing control it should not alter the price system. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadhaya …
Defending the recent hike in diesel prices and the cap on subsidised LPG, Union Minister for Labour and Employment M. Mallikarjun Kharge has said the State government should offer to bear the subsidy on cooking gas. Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, he said the fuel price hike was inevitable. With …
The Rajasthan Government has issued notices to all major mobile phone operators asking them to keep radiation from their towers within the newly prescribed limits. Installation of towers at school buildings, playgrounds, hospitals and within 500 metres of the jail premises has been banned. State Principal Urban Development and Housing …
Chief Justice Bhaskhar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala while issuing notice also asked the Union government why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for not complying to High Court order Gujarat High Court has issued contempt notice to the Union government for its alleged non-compliance of its …
Central Team Apprised Of Drought-Like Situation Despite Recent Rains Gandhinagar:The Gujarat government has asked the Government of India (GoI) to provide Rs 450 crore as “help” to fight vulnerable nutrition levels in 132 talukas, mainly belonging to Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat, where the government believes a drought-like situation prevails, …
Verdict of 2010 related to applications for leases The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on maintainability of a host of petitions filed by the Union and Karnataka governments, as well as mining companies seeking review of a 2010 apex court verdict. The verdict had directed the Karnataka government …
LUCKNOW: Eyeing a growth rate of 11.2%, with a focus on removing regional imbalances in industrial development, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday cleared the final draft of the Industrial and Service Sector Investment Policy 2012. Among the major provisions of the new industrial policy, the state government has cleared …
The Haryana Government on Monday approved two Rs.120-crore schemes for augmentation of water supply in Hisar and Hassanpur (Palwal) towns under the 13th Finance Commission grants. Chief Secretary P.K. Chaudhery, who chaired a meeting of the high-level monitoring committee, said the fire services would be strengthened during the next five …
Delhi-NCR is fast becoming an “island of heat”, as surface temperatures have risen by 2-3 degree Centigrade in the past three decades, says a new study. With a population of 21 million, Delhi-NCR has become hotter than it was 30 years ago largely due to industrialisation, rising population and massive …
The Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) has expressed its concern with the formation of a sub-group between the governments of India and Bangladesh for conducting joint surveys to assess the issues of Tipaimukh Dam and to facilitate an early construction of the proposed 1500 MW mega dam over …
ITANAGAR, Aug 29 – A delegation of legislators from Arunachal Pradesh called on Union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding early solution to the current stalemate on the Lower Subansiri dam issue, thereby ensuring speedy commissioning of the 2,000 MW hydro …
The Government of India is in the process of setting up a National Bureau of Water Use Efficiency. The bureau would, among other things, take necessary steps to conserve water in agricultural, industrial and domestic use. Disclosing this in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of …
NAGAON, Aug 22 – Addressing media persons at Nagaon Circuit House here today, Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain observed that a vested circle has been trying to create misunderstanding among the people about the recent interim order of the Supreme Court banning tourism in the core areas of tiger reserves until …
