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 …
Peg decline at 7.8 percentage points between 2009-10 and 2011-12 The poverty rate has declined by 7.8 percentage points in two years, according to the latest estimates by the Planning Commission. If 29.8 per cent of the population was poor in 2009-10, the figure came down to 22 per cent …
Decides to open regional office in Dehradun, which will serve until permanent steps are taken The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday decided to open a regional office in Dehradun, which will serve the State until permanent steps are taken. At a meeting with Minister for Environment …
A regional MoEF office would be opened in Dehradun for quick disposal of various projects in the wake of the June 16-17 devastation The centre has agreed to relax norms for giving faster clearances from the ministry of enviroment and forests (MoEF) in the floods-ravaged Uttarakhand. Union minister of state …
A day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the party-ruled states to implement national food security Bill in ‘letter and spirit’, food minister KV Thomas on Sunday said the biggest challenge is to improve the existing targeted public distribution system (TPDS) so that highly subsidised foodgrain reaches the masses. “The …
The annual plan for 2013-14 for Jammu and Kashmir has been fixed at Rs 7,300 crore. This was finalised today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Apart from the plan outlay, Rs 600 crore would be considered for …
The Planning Commission today committed the highest ever central assistance of Rs 11, 707 Cr to J&K; including the Plan Outlay of Rs 7300 Cr for 2013-14 besides a special provision of Rs.710 Cr for meeting land acquisition cost for PMGSY roads, Rs 600 Cr for funding the state sector …
The state will launch food security on August 20, birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi celebrated as Sadbhawna Diwas The Delhi government has become the first in India to announce it would launch the food security programme, as cleared by the Union Cabinet in the form of an …
Coal India (CIL) faces an unprecedented task. The miner may now have to act as a bank for storing surplus coal produced from the captive mines of private power companies. The coal so banked, would be returned to the companies once their power projects are commissioned. On the recommendation of …
To get additional Rs 10,000 cr through Central assistance: Ahluwalia The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a whopping Rs 47,000-crore plan size for Karnataka for the year 2013-14, up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal. Planning Commission Deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who held a meeting with Chief …
Nearly 73 per cent households in rural India practice open defecation despite sanitation drives launched by the government, according to an independent evaluation by the Planning Commission. The study considers a household under the open defecation category if at least one member defecates in the open. The ‘Evaluation Study on …
The Cabinet is likely to take a call on the revision in natural gas prices on Thursday The incremental revenue for every $1 rise in natural gas prices would be Rs 706.7 crore, while the government would suffer a subsidy loss of Rs 3,155 crore on fertiliser, according to a …
MARGAO: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday sounded positive that Goa will get a suitable financial package to tide over the mining crisis, even as he said that the Finance Minister P Chidambaram has extended his full support to the State as far as the banking sector is concerned, including …
kolkata : The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has asked Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) to obtain prospecting licence for getting easy forest and environment clearances, crucial for increasing exploration activity for identifying new mineable coal reserves. India, at present, has an estimated proven coal reserve of …
Paves the way for a new policy after CCEA approval The Law and Justice Ministry has favoured a stable, five-year gas pricing formula, and also advocated a single price for all sources of gas. This would be put into effect from April 1, 2014, after approval of the Cabinet Committee …
‘Less Than 25% Solid Waste Generated In Country Treated Scientifically’ Pune: Deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Monday that state governments need to implement the Municipal Solid Waste Rules of 2002 more effectively. “Not even 25% of the 17 million tonne of municipal solid waste generated …
The country has lost $5 billion in foreign exchange owing to the ban on iron ore mining in the state. Had the ore been exported, it would have mitigated the Rupee fall by 25 paise, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed. Briefing media persons after his return from New Delhi, …
Union government is copying some of our schemes such as Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Scheme: Jayalalithaa The plan outlay for Tamil Nadu for 2013-14 has been fixed at Rs. 37,128 crore, which is 32.8 per cent higher than that of 2012-13. The plan size for 2013-14 includes the Central assistance of …
The Maharashtra government has decided to spend `60,000 crores on water conservation and irrigation works in the state, with special priority to draught hit regions, in the next three years, hoping that this would make Maharashtra “tanker-free”. Of the total amount, the state government will spend `30,000 crores from its …
TERI team to visit Odisha soon A team of The Energy & Resources Institute (Teri) is scheduled to visit Odisha soon for conducting a study on equitable sharing of benefits arising from coal mining and power generation amongst resource rich states. Teri is likely to assess negative impact of coal …
Hyderabad: The planning commission has cautioned the state government over the high maternal and infant mortality in one fifth of the state and asked it to take effective remedial measures. It also wanted the government to focus on clearing pendency with regard to the promises made in the previous round …
