Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
New Delhi Poverty in India has come down to 26 per cent as per the latest data of household expenditure prepared by the NSSO for 2011-12, the Planning Commission said today. "Many of the academicians...said that poverty in 2011-12 using the Tendulkar line would probably be around 26 per cent …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanti Natarajan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to expedite the pending forest clearance of the Tawang Basin Hydro Power Project of NHPC, stated a release. The …
To break the long deadlock by shipping out minimum 80% of the contracted quantum Coal India will modify fuel supply pacts before signing them with power companies to incorporate the changes that have been proposed by its board at this week's meeting, thereby breaking the deadlock over the issue of …
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water …
In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects. That such a law would be made is buried in …
The average household in rural India spends just 43 rupees (77 US cents) per head a day, with their urban equivalents consuming almost double, according to new government data. The latest study from the National Sample Survey Office, a huge undertaking every two years, shows that average monthly per capita …
KOLKATA: Coal India Board today reached a consensus on supplying a minimum of 80 per cent of the contracted quantity of the fuel to power firms, meeting 15 per cent through imports. As a result, the state run firm will import around 20 million tonnes of coal this year. "The …
The contentious issue of the fate of the Dhari Devi temple at the hydroelectric project in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, along the Ganga has reached the high-level panel led by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi, which had its first meeting last week on Thursday. It is learnt that one of the …
New Delhi The labour ministry is planning to move a Bill to amend the Mines Act in the Monsoon session of Parliament, which proposes an increase in penalties on mining companies by as much as 100% in case of death of workers due to any lapse in operations, a senior …
A meeting of the nine-member ministerial panel set up to frame the powers of the proposed regulator for the coal sector remained inconclusive today. However, a general consensus emerged on the contentious issue of assigning pricing power to the proposed authority. This, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India Ltd …
July 25: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is trying to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in its new building bylaws for the city, a source said. “The new building bylaws are in process and will take at least a couple of months to draft. In general, there will be some …
Ranchi, July 24: Jharkhand has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the worst performers in climate and environment protection, faring poorly in a survey carried out by the Planning Commission. The report card showing Jharkhand in 20th position on the Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2012 was sent by …
PANJIM: In its commitment towards promoting agriculture and boosting production, the Government is proposing a new legislation to ban the sale of agricultural land. The Government is also open to taking an all-party delegation to the Centre to push for Special Status for Goa. This was disclosed by Chief Minister …
Agartala: The Central government has provided additional quota of rice at a subsidized rate for the poor living in 12 backward districts in the Northeast, a State government official said here on Monday. “The union ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution on the direction of the Supreme Court …
Dam safe for increasing water level, says report The Supreme Court will consider on Monday the report of the Empowered Committee — headed by the former Chief Justice of India, A.S. Anand — which has said the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam (MPD) “is hydrologically, structurally and seismically safe for raising the …
New Delhi A suo motu study on drug pricing by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revealed exorbitant profit margins on 21 common drugs manufactured by Indian companies. Though pricing regulations of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) say that companies can keep a profit margin of maximum 100 per …
A suo motu study on drug pricing by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revealed exorbitant profit margins on 21 common drugs manufactured by Indian companies. Though pricing regulations of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) say that companies can keep a profit margin of maximum 100 per cent over …
Just a day after Tata group chairman Ratan Tata tweeted in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while seeking action to restore the credibility of the government, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) chairman C. Rangarajan spelt out what that action could be, and called for decontrol of diesel prices …
New Delhi: It’s not just groundwater regulations that the Centre is looking at changing. The UPA has proposed an overhaul in the entire water distribution regime by setting up state-level authorities that will decide price for water supply — on the lines of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices …
New Delhi THE government’s promise of another reform-linked mega-bailout for power distribution companies comes even though there is little evidence that such largesse prompts states to mend their ways and restructure the sector. In July 2008, the Centre had launched the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) scheme to …
