Ministry of Home Affairs

First food: business of taste

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. …

Bhilai Steel Plant to ‘fund barracks’ for paramilitary forces to access ore

CPI-Maoist have formed several committees to oppose the project Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), one of the main steel-producing units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL), ‘will fund construction of barracks’ for paramilitary forces to ensure security for the coming mining project at Raoghat in Kanker, central Chhatisgarh. The construction has …

Rs 900 cr damage to agri-sector due to floods

Central team arrives to assess damage GUWAHATI: The agricultural sector appears to be the worst affected by the devastating floods in the State this year and this is evident by the fact that the total agricultural damage stands at around Rs 900 crore. This figure was arrived upon after an …

Rlys asks for more security to lay track to Bhilai Steel Plant

Facing stiff opposition from the Naxals, the Indian Railways, which is building a track to augment supply of iron ore for Bhilai Steel Plant, has told the Ministry of Home Affairs that contractors are threatening to abandon the project and certain measures need to be taken with immediate effect. Among …

Ibobi presents surplus Manipur budget

IMPHAL, July 2 – Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh presented the budget estimates for the year 2012-13 in the State Assembly here today. The total receipts during 2012-13 are estimated at Rs 8,232.66 crores, a jump of 30 per cent over 2011-12 of Rs 6,331.79 crore, Ibobi said while …

UN ready to provide help to flood-hit India, Bangladesh

United Nations The UN is monitoring the floods situation in India and Bangladesh and is ready to provide assistance to the countries where more than a million people have been displaced due to heavy monsoon rains. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that nearly 30 people …

Worker entry curbs in border areas delay solar projects

Arduous & Lengthy Process To Obtain Admin Permission Jaisalmer: Wind and solar power producing companies in the districts of Jaisalmer, Barmer and Bikaner are staring at the bleak prospects of projects getting delayed as they cannot deploy labourers owing to an existing ban on outsiders entering these border areas for …

Bhopal airport unfit to handle Carbide waste?

German company GIZ, which has offered to airlift the highly-dangerous toxic waste from Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant for disposal in Germany, has raised “doubts” about the logistic support facilities at Bhopal airport for handling of such sophisticated cargo to avoid any environment problem. The Centre, which though had decided to …

Delhi may move Supreme Court for Yamuna water supply

We have already written to the Prime Minister: Sheila Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that her government would be approaching the Supreme Court for relief in the matter of Yamuna water supply if Haryana does not change its ways. Ms. Dikshit said she did not want a confrontation …

Govt raises MSPs of major crops

The government on Thursday raised minimum support prices (MSPs) of primary kharif crops for the 2012-13 crop marketing year by up to 53 per cent, leading to concern this could further raise food inflation. “The government has accepted the suggestion made by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP), …

CM: Will go to PM over water row

With Delhi reeling under acute shortage of water, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday sought an early solution to the Munak canal dispute with Haryana and said she would seek Prime Minister’s intervention on the matter. The comments by Ms Dikshit came a day after Haryana turned down Delhi government’s …

Multi-level car park opens near CP

The state-of-the-art facility can accommodate more than 1,400 cars By asking you to ‘Let your car wait in style', Capital Point, the city's newest automated multi-level car park near Connaught Place, seems to be all about providing comfort for your car. Flanked by Hanuman Mandir and Gurdwara Bangla Sahib on …

Decision on toxic waste on June 8 Center to take over Bhopal Memorial Hospital

Union home minister P Chidambaram, who is heading a Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal gas disaster, said here on Tuesday the group will meet on June 8 decide on the remediation of 390 metric tonnes of toxic waste lying in closed entity of Union Carbide India Limited (now represented …

PC: 3 states refused disposal of toxic waste

Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the toxic waste lying at the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant in the state capital has not been disposed of till now since three state governments refused to allow the disposal of hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste in their territory. …

‘Group of Ministers should keep promises made to Bhopal victims'

Alleging that the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas tragedy had failed to keep the promises made to victims, victim organizations urged GoM chairperson and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to present correct figures of death and injury to provide adequate compensation, and also to treat environmental remediation …

Delhi, Haryana meeting with Centre over Munak canal row

Almost six years and Rs. 414 crore later, Delhi and Haryana are still wrangling over the Munak canal and the water that it was supposed to bring to the Capital. The impediments that got in the way included environmental clearances, monetary disagreements and bickering over how much water Haryana is …

Cairn deal: SC notice to govt, ONGC, others

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Centre, ONGC and others on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the $8.48-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal, besides a direction to the government to cancel its approval for the deal on the ground that the country would lose over Rs …

New law soon to check scavenging

No conviction under the old law in 19 years, says minister. Not a single person has been convicted under the anti-manual scavenging law that the country passed 19 years ago. This admission was made by none other than Mukul Wasnik, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, at a national workshop …

Rajasthan GoM to look into relief for farmers

The Rajasthan government has appointed a Group of Ministers to look into extending relief to farmers suffering heavy losses due to crops damaged by the harsh winter. The disaster relief norms at present do not take into account cold wave and frost. Minister of State for Disaster Management Brajendra Singh …

“Decision to commission KKNPP final”

The adoption of the US-sponsored resolution on the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council reflects the success of the diplomatic approach adopted by India, said Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram here on Saturday. “It was a complex issue. We needed a resolution acceptable …

The real ‘foreign hand’

The government’s paranoia about protests against large projects has gone out of all proportion. (Editorial)

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