Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
New Delhi After land acquisition and food security, the National Advisory Council (NAC) has set its sights farther, this time to monitor programme implementation at panchayats. The council led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi feels the ministry of statistics and programme implementation is not doing enough to monitor the panchayat …
The growth in industrial output during February slipped to 3.6 per cent against 15.1 per cent during the same period last year, dragged down by a dismal performance of mining and manufacturing sector along with a continued contraction in capital goods. Experts say that the central bank is expected to …
Concerned over the huge delays in execution of core sector projects, an internal panel of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) has called for better communication between the project authorities and the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The ministry, which is the nodal agency for monitoring the …
JAMMU, Nov 17: After Baglihar, the ambitious Kishenganga hydro project of J&K; too is paying a heavy price for injudicious planning on the part of helmsmen as well as long standing dispute between India and Pakistan over water resources as the cost of this 330 mw project has escalated by …
Rashme Sehgal Aug. 31: Drought conditions across practically half the country are as severe as the two consecutive droughts faced by the country in 1965-66 when hundreds of people died of starvation in Bihar alone claims Dr Pronab Sen, secretary, ministry of statistics and programme implementation. The kharif crops in …
MUKESH RANJAN Despite having only 11 state and Union Territories (UTs) with per capita income below the national average (Rs 33,283), more than one-third of India's population earns almost half of the same benchmark. Proving the stark regional imbalances in the country, the government figures suggest that Bihar, Uttar Pradesh …
Anto Antony NEW DELHI EVEN as the Centre is hiking allocations for infrastructure projects in an attempt to give a boost to the flagging economy, 252 out of 546 central sector projects
Anto Antony NEW DELHI A REVIEW of 800 infrastructure projects by the government has revealed that no project is facing any funding problem, but almost 200 of them have hit roadblocks due to implementation issues such as land acquisition and clearances, a top government official said. Because of these delays, …
