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- Government unveils bill for time-bound public services
New Delhi, Nov 2: With Team Anna threatening to renew its agitation for a strong Lokpal bill, the government today unveiled a bill to check graft and to ensure time-bound public service and gri....
- 12 thousand courts to be computerised by March next year
New Delhi, Sep 5: The union government has said it will computerise 12,000 courts in 2,100 complexes in India by March 31, 2012, under its e-Courts Mission Mode Project, and hopes it will help ....
- 12 thousand courts to be computerised by March next year
New Delhi, Sep 5: The union government has said it will computerise 12,000 courts in 2,100 complexes in India by March 31, 2012, under its e-Courts Mission Mode Project, and hopes it will help ....
- Coming soon, new faces at top of bureaucratic pyramid
New Delhi, May 15: A near overhaul of the top brass of the Indian bureaucracy is on the anvil as a spate of retirements of top secretaries starts at the end of May.
It will leave the ....
- Home ministry's plan for umbrella intelligence body finds no favour
New Delhi, Feb 24: The Indian home ministry's plan to have an over-arching body for intelligence sifting has found no favour with two security think-tanks that worked separately to promote ....
- Government effectiveness key to competitive advantage: Top official
New Delhi, Feb 22: The government's effectiveness is the key determinant of a country's competitive advantage in the increasingly globalised world and citizens should get services in ti....
- India is most over-regulated country, China comes second
Singapore, Jan 27: A recent survey on Asian countries conducted by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd (PERC) revealed that India has scored the worst in terms of regula....
- Feverish speculation ahead of cabinet reshuffle today evening
New Delhi, Jan 19: Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily was amongst the leaders who called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi today as speculation intensified over the reshuffle of ministries b....
- Cabinet reshuffle today, new faces likely
New Delhi, Jan 19: In the first-ever reshuffle of the 19-month-old United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II government scheduled for today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to induct some ne....
- States should resolve disputes through zonal councils: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Oct 28: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today called upon the states to use the forum of zonal councils to resolve inter-state disputes instead of taking recourse to litigation.
- State governments to help regulate illegal migration
New Delhi, Oct 28: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi today called on state governments to partner his ministry in helping regulate illegal migration of workers from the country.
- CAG seeks debate on probing government policies
New Delhi, Sep 13: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai today threw open to debate whether government polices can be probed and scrutinised by the country's audit watchd....
- P.J. Thomas is new Chief Vigilance Commissioner
New Delhi, Sep 7: Indian President Pratibha Patil today appointed P.J. Thomas as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner, officials said at Delhi.
Patil administered the oath of office t....
- MPs' emoluments-hike likely to be more than decided by cabinet
New Delhi, Aug 21: The government is likely to consider increasing the emoluments of MPs marginally more than what was cleared by the cabinet on Friday following a meeting of Finance Minister P....
- MPs oppose new arms licensing policy
New Delhi, Aug 19: After criticising Home Minister P. Chidambaram over his policy to tackle Maoists, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has now found fault with the home ministry's m....
- Government approves panel to check illegal mining
New Delhi, Aug 16: The government today cleared a proposal to set up a commission to check illegal mining, following reports of large-scale illegal mining in Karnataka.
According to s....
- Scheme for empowering girls gets cabinet nod
New Delhi, Aug 16: The union government today accepted a proposal to provide nutritional diet and financial aid to empower girls between ages 11 and 18 in 200 districts and the union territorie....
- Government mulling infrastructure status for warehouses
New Delhi, Aug 10: The government is considering giving infrastructure status to warehouses to lure the private sector into the field in a bid to increase storage space and help stop the rottin....
- Indian missions asked to give long-term visas to PIOs
Panaji, Aug 10: Indian missions have been advised to issue long-term extendable visas, and not short duration tourist visas, to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) who are keen on visiting India, Ed....
- 3,516 avail visa on arrival facility till July
New Delhi, Aug 9: A total of 3,516 visitors availed the Visa on Arrival (VoA) scheme of the government, intended to attract more foreign tourists to India, between January and July, officials s....
- Rs.120 crore earmarked for monument upkeep
New Delhi, Aug 5: India will be spending over Rs.120 crore this year for the upkeep of historical monuments, including constructing public amenities, to make the sites more tourist-friendly, th....
- States wary of 'one-size-fits-all' central schemes
New Delhi, July 25: An increasing number of states today are growing restive about the central government's increasing tendency to impose its schemes on them irrespective of their efficacy ....
- PM to constitute panel on urbanisation
New Delhi, July 24: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a sub-committee of the National Development Council, the top policy forum of the country, will examine all aspects of urbanisation.
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- Punjab to implement 75 percent administrative reforms by year-end
Chandigarh, July 23: The Punjab government today announced that it would carry out 75 percent of the administrative reforms by the end of this year.
A committee on administrative refo....
- India's top policy forum meets on Saturday amid farm sector woes
New Delhi, July 22: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Saturday preside over a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), the country's top policy forum, for a mid-term review of....
- Funds approved for phase two of unique identification number project
New Delhi, July 22: The authority set up to collect data for the issue of tamper-proof biometric identity cards to each of India's 1.17 billion citizens has been granted Rs.3,023 crore for ....
- Cabinet approves new rupee symbol
New Delhi, July 15: The union cabinet today approved the new symbol for the Indian rupee - an amalgam of the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' without the stem. The symbo....
- Manmohan Singh likely to reshuffle his cabinet this month
New Delhi, July 6: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his cabinet before the monsoon session of parliament later this month, informed sources said today, a day after Agricultu....
- Feedback to redraw compensation rules for flight delays sought
New Delhi, June 21: India's commercial aviation regulator today invited people's suggestions to fine tune the norms governing the compensation paid to passengers by airlines due to dela....
- Geriatric wards, national commission in offing for the elderly
New Delhi, June 18: With nearly 90 million people in the ranks of senior citizens in India, the government is looking at a policy for them that involves creation of geriatric wards in all hospi....
- Sufficient stocks of foodgrains: Government
New Delhi, June 17: The government today said the country has sufficient stocks of foodgrains and the food and public distribution department has been asked to constantly monitor the prices of ....
- Guidelines for solar plants released
New Delhi, June 16: The government today announced guidelines for off-grid solar applications, as well as roof top and other small solar plants.
"The guidelines that we have relea....
- New land acquisition policy to protect seller's interests: Reddy
Bangalore, June 15: A new land acquisition policy under the central government's consideration favours adequate compensation to an owner or a farmer if land is acquired for industries or in....
- New law to end ambiguity on marriageable age
New Delhi, June 13: To put an end to ambiguity over the minimum age of marriage mentioned in numerous laws, the government is contemplating a new law that will spell it out as 18 years for wome....
- National advisory council to focus on food security bill
New Delhi, June 10: The newly-constituted National Advisory Council (NAC) today held its maiden meeting here and decided to focus on pushing pro-poor initiatives including food security bill an....
- Cabinet decides to computerise all state treasuries
New Delhi, June 10: In a significant step aimed at enhancing the "efficiency and transparency of various state governments' financial administration", the union cabinet today decide....
- Irretrievable breakdown of marriage made ground for divorce
New Delhi, June 10: The cabinet today approved an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act to make irretrievable breakdown of marriage an additional ground for divorce.
"This would pro....
- Need law to fix liability for disasters: Chavan
New Delhi, June 8: A legislation for fixing civil and criminal liability in case of disasters like the Bhopal gas tragedy is urgently needed, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithv....
- Funds for farm growth unused, but allocation raised
New Delhi, June 7: Even as the central government increases allocation under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) for the current fiscal, a major chunk of the funds allocated to states duri....
- Central aid to uplift northeast's poor
New Delhi, June 7: The rural development ministry today released aid to four northeastern states under a government scheme that aims to organise the rural poor into self-help groups and ultimat....
- Government plans "monitoring system" on food subsidy
New Delhi, June 7: The government is considering setting up a "monitoring system" to ensure effective utilisation of the food subsidy given to the states under the targeted public distr....
- Nita Kapoor is new secretary-defence finance
New Delhi, May 31: Nita Kapoor, a 1973-batch Indian Defence Accounts Services (IDAS) officer, today took over as the new secretary, defence finance, replacing Indu Liberhan who retired today, a....
- Cabinet will decide on caste-based census: PM
New Delhi, May 25: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government had not taken a decision on caste-based census and the issue will be deliberated in the cabinet. "I made a sta....
- Now, a regulatory mechanism for wetland conservation
New Delhi, May 23: The central government is planning to set up a legally enforceable regulatory mechanism for conservation of wetlands, a senior official of the environment ministry said today....
- India seeks more private funds in scientific research
New Delhi, May 20: India wants private sector to play an active role and invest more in scientific research and development, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said ....
- MPs, MLAs can again travel on toll highways for free
New Delhi, May 20: MLAs and MPs can once again enjoy the freedom of traveling on toll roads and highways completely free of charge. Such a facility was available to them two years ago but due t....
- CNG prices to rise 20 percent; PNG unaffected
New Delhi, May 19: The price of compressed natural gas (CNG) is expected to rise by 20 percent but that of piped natural gas (PNG) will be unaffected with the cabinet doubling the rate at which....
- Home secretary reviews airport security
New Delhi, May 19: Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai today reviewed the country's airport security and discussed enhancement of existing measures, officials said.
Pillai reviewed a....
- Home secretary reviews airport security
New Delhi, May 19: Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai today reviewed the country's airport security and discussed enhancement of existing measures, officials said.
Pillai reviewed a....
- Pictorial warnings on tobacco packets deferred to Dec 1
New Delhi, May 18: The depiction of new pictorial warnings on tobacco products from June 1 has been deferred by the government by six months - to December 1 - a leading health NGO said today.
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- Unique ID authority's approach for data collection finalised
New Delhi, May 18: A cabinet panel today approved the approach to be adopted by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for collecting demographic and biometric data, the authority....
- Pharmacopoeia commission for traditional medicine approved
New Delhi, May 13: The cabinet today sanctioned Rs.14.08 crore for establishing a pharmacopoeia commission for traditional medicine to set and maintain standards in the sector.
"T....
- Cabinet approves 35 National Advisory Council posts
New Delhi, May 13: The cabinet today approved the creation of 35 posts for the National Advisory Council (NAC) that is headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and serves as the watchdog of th....
- Government to have a say in medical council
New Delhi, May 11: The government will play a more active role in the functioning of the scandal-hit Medical Council of India (MCI) in order to prevent concentration of power that can lead to c....
- One permit to allow trucks travel across country
New Delhi, May 9: A new regime permitting goods carriers access to the whole country on a single permit came in force today after hectic negotiations between transporters and the government.
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- India Post to deliver unique identity numbers
New Delhi, May 8: The Department of Posts and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have entered into a two-year agreement under which India Post will deliver the unique identity....
- New law to replace emigration act soon
New Delhi, May 5: The government will shortly introduce the Emigration Management Bill, 2010, to replace the existing Emigration Act, 1983, to fight illegal migration and human trafficking, Min....
- Bill cleared for quick disposal of environmental issues
New Delhi, May 5: Parliament today approved a bill that seeks to provide effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environment protection, conservation of forests and other natura....
- 'Not Maoists, procedural hassles pose roadblock'
New Delhi, May 5: Procedural hassles and not Maoist guerrillas have caused delay in road construction work in the Left extremism-hit areas of central India, the chief of the Border Roads Organi....
- Paswan favours headcount on caste basis
New Delhi, May 5: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today supported enumerating the population on the basis of caste, saying that it is a reality in Indian society and having cas....
- Census to begin in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh on Saturday
New Delhi, April 30: The first phase of the Census 2011 will begin in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh on Saturday along with five other states of Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, a ....
- India to set up DNA data banks
New Delhi, April 29: India will set up several DNA data banks at the national and state levels to strengthen forensic investigation, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan told parli....
- Starting with Pakistan, India begins tuning online visa process
New Delhi, April 28: A Pakistani national could go to the website of India's Ministry of Home Affairs, fill the online visa form, click submit, show the relevant documents to the local miss....
- Centre urged to accord mega power status to Khandwa project
Bhopal, April 23: The Madhya Pradesh government has urged the centre to accord mega power status to the 1,600 MW thermal power project in Khandwa, a joint venture between Bharat Heavy Electrica....
- CIC wants details of Delhi's illegal constructions online
New Delhi, April 21: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to put up on its website a complete list of all existing and on-going unautho....
- Government extends visa for stranded tourists
New Delhi, April 20: The government today said it has allowed special landing permits and extension of visa for a maximum period of 14 days to tourists stranded in India due to cancellation of ....
- Panel on centre-state relations submits report
New Delhi, April 19: A government-appointed panel tasked to review the balance of power between the central and state governments submitted its report to Home Minister P. Chidambaram today.
- Pilot projects in social sector inefficient, say experts
New Delhi, April 19: Pilot projects which the government often resorts to in order to test the efficacy of what can become a potentially big scheme, hardly serves any purpose and dissipates in ....
- Government gets 3 weeks to explain why no OBC census
New Delhi: The central government today assured the Supreme Court it would respond within three weeks to a public interest lawsuit that seeks a separate headcount of people belonging to backwar....
- Debate on crisis of governance in country is on: Ansari
Chandigarh: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said the public domain is witnessing a debate on the crisis of governance in the country in recent years and the focus of this debate is on ....
- EPFO defers decision on PF interest rate
New Delhi: The Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) today deferred a decision on paying a higher interest rate on provident fund deposits for the 2010-11 fiscal....
- '12 mn illegal Bangladeshis could get listed in census'
Guwahati: A minority group in Assam today claimed that names of an estimated 12 million illegal Bangladeshi migrants would get enlisted in the ongoing census in the state.
"We hav....
- Indian government kicks off census
New Delhi: India has begun the census – the process whereby it would be taking the photographs of each of its inhabitants who are more than 15 years old, besides taking their fingerprints. They....
- You are being counted... for your benefit
New Delhi: Over the next six months when officials visit you and seek details of your family, do cooperate. That is the message for the 120 crore (1.2 billion) people of India who are being enu....
- Publicity drive launched in Orissa for census 2011
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government today launched a massive publicity drive for census 2011, spreading awareness among people about the importance of providing necessary data for the operation,....
- India embarks on headcount operations from April 1
New Delhi: India will begin from April 1, the process to count its estimated 1.2 billion population and create a data base of each citizen. President Pratibha Patil will be the first citizen of....
- Uploading balance sheets to be made compulsory
Kolkata: The government is planning to make it compulsory for companies to upload their balance sheets and other statutory communications on websites so that they can be accessible to sharehold....
- Government to decide on cooking gas, kerosene price hike
Chennai: The central government will take a decision on hiking the cooking gas and kerosene prices on the lines recommended by Kirit Parikh committee, an official said today.
"The....
- Decision on new toll collection system likely by July
New Delhi: The government is likely to decide on a new common toll collection system for highways by July.
The government is planning to launch a system using technology that will ena....
- Population register biggest work in history: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Describing the preparation of a National Population Register (NPR) that will collect specific information of each person residing in India as "the biggest work since humankind ca....
- Passport office staff demonstrate against outsourcing
New Delhi: Employees of passport offices across the country today demonstrated for an hour during the lunch break, protesting against the government's move to involve a private firm in the ....
- Preparations on for conducting 2011 census, says minister
New Delhi: Preparations for conducting the 2011 population census have commenced, and the process will begin this April, parliament was informed today.
"The formal notification of....
- Nationwide database of licensed arms holders soon
New Delhi: The government will review the Arms Act and prepare a nationwide database of licensed weapon holders and manufacturers in India, the parliament was told today.
Various prov....
- India to have stiffer road safety laws to check accidents
Bangalore: India, which accounts for 10 percent of global road deaths, will soon have a stiff law to enforce safety on the roads and check the alarming rate of casualties in driving accidents, ....
- PM's council for cautious exit from fiscal stimulus
New Delhi: India must initiate fiscal correction in the upcoming budget, but also tread carefully while exiting stimuli packages as it must not crowd out expenditure on infrastructure, the Prim....
- PM's council for clear policy on genetically modified crops
New Delhi: India must take note of the success of Bt cotton in the country and formulate clear-cut policy on genetically modified crops, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council said in a....
- India takes step towards nutrient based fertiliser subsidy
Chennai: Despite strong reservations expressed by the DMK, an important ally of the Congress-led central government, the union cabinet today approved migration towards Nutrient Based Subsidy (N....
- Cabinet approves extension for anti-scavenging scheme
New Delhi: The union cabinet today approved a revised time frame for rehabilitating the manual scavengers left out of the ongoing scheme.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika ....
- Cabinet approves computerising tax administration in states
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved a project to computerise administration of commercial taxes in states.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the project w....
- Bureaucrats will not rate ministers, says PMO
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) today denied that the performance of ministers would be judged by bureaucrats.
"It is not factually correct to say that serving of....
- JMM demands roll back of VAT hike on diesel
Ranchi: Jharkhand's ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) today demanded the government roll back the 5.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on diesel, which takes its price up by Rs.2 per....
- Cabinet did not discuss fuel price hike: Chidambaram
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) that met here today did not discuss the issue of hike in petrol and diesel, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said. Following a recommenda....
- Uncommon furore over common brinjal
New Delhi: India's decision today to place an indefinite moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal followed months of heated debate over the advantages and risks of growing the wor....
- Bihar to teach SMS-based monitoring system to Rajasthan
Patna: Impressed by e-governance in Bihar, the Rajasthan government has sought help from the state to launch an SMS-based monitoring system. Now a team of officials in Bihar will teach Rajastha....
- Northeast chief ministers meet to boost development
Shillong/Agartala The North Eastern Council (NEC), a regional planning body, will meet in Assam capital Guwahati on Tuesday to study developmental schemes and finalise strategies to carry out &....
- Government yet to announce new NIA chief
New Delhi: The government has yet to announce the successor to R.V. Raju, whose term as director of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) ended on Jan 31.
CBI special director S.C. ....
- Cabinet approves national tobacco control programme
New Delhi: The union Cabinet today approved the national tobacco control programme (NTCP) at a cost of Rs.182 crore, which aims at creating public awareness against tobacco use, setting up of t....
- Cabinet approves Rs.7,296 crore for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) today approved projects worth Rs.7,296 crore for the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai and upgrading a coal handling facility....
- Increase health expenditure in India: experts
New Delhi: Experts today asked the Indian government - which spends just one percent of GDP on health - to increase the expenditure on health facilities in the country.
"India spe....
- Higher farm productivity must to check prices: President
New Delhi: With food inflation at a high of over 17 percent, and potatoes, pulses and sugar costing twice as much as they did last year, President Pratibha Patil today said time had come to thi....
- Government refuses to react to NSA shift as governor
New Delhi: The central government today refused to react to reports that National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan was being considered for a governor's post.
"We have not hear....
- Ministerial panel recommends death for hijackers
New Delhi: Hijackers should get the death penalty. That is the recommendation a group of ministers (GoM) on aviation security made today while it cleared amendments to the Anti-Hijacking Act of....
- Now the assets of the public servants come under RTI
Mumbai: It is not only the politicians and judges of Supreme Court whose assets will come under scanner talks have started to put the assets of the public servants under the Right to Informatio....
- Allotment of unique IDs to start Feb 2011: Nilekeni
Bangalore: The process of allotting unique identification numbers in the country will begin in Feb 2011, head of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekeni said here t....
- $1-bn World Bank loan sought for urban development
New Delhi: India has approached the World Bank for a $1-billion loan to fund urban development projects, Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy told the Lok Sabha today.
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- Indian missions' commercial wings being improved: Krishna
New Delhi: The government is strengthening the commercial wings of Indian embassies so as to help in improving economic linkages and promote Indian business globally, External Affairs Minister ....
- Manmohan Singh: urban reforms necessary to check chaos
New Delhi: Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, feels that the conditions in towns and cities in the country is not entirely ideal. He says that Indian economy is developing at a pretty q....
- No passports to babies of surrogate Indian mothers, apex court told
New Delhi: The central government today told the Supreme Court that babies born to surrogate Indian mothers but alien biological fathers are not entitled to Indian passports which can only be i....
- Chidambaram approves 8,800 new houses for CRPF personnel
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the government was committed to providing housing facilities to personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and has approved the cons....
- Deeply concerned over rising food prices: Mukherjee
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government was "deeply concerned" about rising food prices and would take fiscal and monetary steps to deal with the issue.
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- States also have responsibility to control price rise: Pranab
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that state governments too have a responsibility to control the shooting prices of essential commodities.
Intervening in the di....
- Firmly separate politics and religion: Liberhan
New Delhi: Retired judge M.S. Liberhan, who probed the razing of the 1992 Babri Masjid, has called for a firm separation of religion and politics and sought "exemplary punishment" for t....
- Government plans polymer bank notes
New Delhi: In a bid to check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 denomination o....
- Poor skill certification among workforce in India: President
New Delhi: Indian government has witnessed a major drawback in the segment of skill certification as the country lags behind the developed countries when it comes to measure the percentage of w....
- Activists demand transparent system for appointing CIC
New Delhi: Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) be appointed th....
- Now get 6 months jail for using mobile while driving
New Delhi: Before you pick up your call on your mobile while driving, think twice. It might land you up in jail.
According to the reports, Government will soon pass a rule which allo....
- Government mulls special package for engineering sector
New Delhi: The government is considering a special package for the crisis-hit engineering sector, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said here today.
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- India will be made more attractive for investment: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India will open its doors further to foreign investment and invited entrepreneurs from across the globe to participate in a host of areas, in....
- Anti-Maoist operation is a media invention: Chidambaram
Hyderabad: The central government was not carrying out any operation against Maoist guerrillas but was only assisting states in counter-insurgency measures, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram s....
- PM asks for states' support to enforce law and order
New Delhi: Today Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the central government needs "active cooperation" of the state governments to enforce law and order in various parts of the coun....
- No immediate withdrawal of economic stimulus: Ahluwalia
New Delhi: The government today ruled out any immediate withdrawal of the economic stimulus even though the economy has started showing signs of recovery.
"Until the growth rate r....
- PM calls for reform in panchayati raj institutions
New Delhi: Exhorting state governments to strengthen legal provisions and reform panchayati raj institutions to make them effective, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today emphasised that more nee....
- Now austerity drive in prime minister's visit
Pittsburgh: Austerity starts here! This is the message the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, perhaps, has sought to convey during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit here to a....
- Austerity measures not to compromise security: Mukherjee
Bangalore: Austerity measures the government has introduced are not at the cost of security for top leaders, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee clarified here on Saturday. "So far as the aus....
- Census for unique ID cards will be complete next year: Chidambaram
New Delhi: The government will complete the census survey across the country by next year for issuing the unique multi-purpose national identity cards for all citizens, Home Minister P. Chidamb....
- In competitive austerity, Krishna too opts for economy class
New Delhi: No private planes for official trips abroad and no-no to meetings in five-star hotels. A competitive austerity drive in the government has kicked in, with External Affairs Minister S....
- Security of 'Z' category VIPs to be pruned
New Delhi: After dispensing with the commando bodyguards of most of the 'X' and 'Y' category protectees, the home ministry has now begun in right earnest the sensitive task of p....
- Govt employees to get additional five pc DA
New Delhi: The dearness allowance of central government employees and pensioners has been hiked by five percent retrospectively from July 1, it was announced today.
"The cabinet h....
- Central govt employees to get 5 percent more dearness allowance
New Delhi: The central government today announced a five percent hike in dearness allowance for its employees and pensioners, with retrospective effect from July 1.
The decision was t....
- Punctuality, thy name is Indian home ministry
New Delhi: It's 8.45 a.m. and the clock is ticking fast. Hundreds of employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs at North Block are sweating and rushing to register their fingerprint attendan....
- Allow use of Hindi in courts, urge lawyers
New Delhi: A group of lawyers have started a signature campaign in Delhi High Court and the five district courts of the capital, requesting that they be allowed to argue their cases in Hindi al....
- Now biometric scanners in home ministry
New Delhi: Hoping to ensure timely attendance of employees, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today inaugurated a Biometric Attendance Control System (BACS) that has been installed in the offices of....
- High time India reformed its policing: Experts
New Delhi: India needs urgent reforms in policing to free it from the shackles of politicians and bureaucrats and make it more effective and trustful for common citizens, says former police c....
- Ministerial panel to monitor prices, drought situation
New Delhi: The government today set up a group of ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to monitor the drought situation and the price rise front.
The GoM incl....
- Recast food policy to address malnutrition: experts
New Delhi: With Indians eating less cereals and pulses, the government must recast its food policy and launch a nutrition literacy movement fast if it is serious about addressing the problem of....
- Gill calls upon states to allocate more money for sports
New Delhi: Sports minister M.S. Gill on Monday called upon the states to provide higher budgetary support to sports and also avail themselves of the maximum assistance under the Panchayat Yuva ....
- Separate policy for food processing sector
New Delhi: The government is planning to formulate a separate policy for the country's food processing industry and to scale up research and development (R&D) activities in the sector, ....
- Unique identity project will reduce corruption: Expert
New Delhi: India's proposed unique identity project would help the government reduce corruption in the implementation of welfare schemes and ensure that the benefits of such programmes reac....
- Guj assembly passes bill proposing death for bootleggers
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly today unanimously passed the Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment Act) 2009 bill that proposes death sentence or life imprisonment for those found guilty of m....
- Govt gets proactive in curbing video piracy
New Delhi: With video piracy hitting India's film industry hard, the government on Tuesday said it has taken a slew of steps to curb the menace, including reduction of entertainment tax and....
- Regulator for valuation professionals called for
New Delhi: In the wake of the Satyam scandal, an expert group constituted by the government has suggested setting up an institution which would act both as a regulator and an educational instit....
- Govt firm on setting up Equal Opportunity Commission: Khurshid
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today told parliament that the government is committed to establishing an Equal Opportunity Commission and is examining the recommendations ....
- Government proposes to strengthen RTI Act: Chavan
New Delhi: Minister of State for Personnel and Public Grievances Prithviraj Chavan today said the government will amend laws to strengthen the Right to Information (RTI) Act to enable easy acce....
- Ministers to study admin reforms proposals
New Delhi: The government will set up an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to look into the recommendations by the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said ....
- CIC wants transparency in dealing with RTI pleas
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) to ensure maximum transparency while dealing with Right to Information (RTI) applic....
- Mukherjee pushes for growth with fiscal prudence
New Delhi: The government must aim for growth with fiscal prudence, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today, even as he pushed for a pan-India goods and services tax from April next y....
- Two more join opposition to women's quota bill
New Delhi: After Sharad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, another Yadav leader, Lalu Prasad, today added his opposition to the women's reservation bill, terming it as a conspiracy against regi....
- Check money, muscle power in elections: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed concern over the use of money and muscle power in elections and said these needed to be curbed.
Speaking in parliament, he sai....
- Policy soon to fight racial discrimination abroad: Kaur
Patiala (Punjab): The central government would soon formulate a policy to deal with racial discrimination against Indians abroad, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said here t....
- Women's bill, disinvestment to top government agenda
New Delhi: Having succeeded beyond its expectations in the recent elections, the Congress seems to have decided to play some of the cards which it couldn't do in the last five years.
- CPI, Congress question pension for JP activists
Patna: The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Congress have criticised a pension plan announced by the Bihar government for those who participated in a mass movement led by Jayaprakash Nara....
- Chhattisgarh reshuffles 11 IAS officers
Raipur: Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Saturday reshuffled 11 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers including four district collectors.
In an ord....
- Congress MP seeks separate civil services cadre for Goa
Panaji: Terming Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers posted to Goa as "inefficient, lazy and uncooperative", a Congress MP today demanded a separate civil services cadre for the....
- Government should review ethanol policy: Kalam
Gandhinagar: Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has urged the government to review its ethanol policy to encourage more sugar producers to start producing biofuel on a commercial scale.....
- Delhi to provide health, educational facilities for labourers
New Delhi: The Delhi government today announced that it will come out with a comprehensive plan to provide health and education facilities to families of labourers engaged in construction activ....
- Ministers quit after cabinet meeting, PM to call on Patil
New Delhi: All union ministers submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will give his own letter and that of his cabinet to President Pratibha Patil in the afternoon.
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- Congress Working Committee meets today evening
New Delhi: Fresh from its electoral win, the Congress Working Committee meets here today evening to evaluate its performance in the Lok Sabha polls and the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh,....
- Delhi mayor reviews upcoming projects after government rap
New Delhi: Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain on Friday reviewed the progress of sewer desilting work and parking lot construction in the capital and said he would closely monitor them on a monthly basis.....
- India to change format of government accounting
New Delhi: India's official auditor today said the format for recording government finances would be changed over the next five years from "cash" to "accrual" basis, where t....
- Delhi civic chief faces contempt charges
New Delhi: The chief of the capital's civic body administration faces contempt charges for not abiding by the Delhi High Court's orders on night sweeping in the city.
Justice ....
- Government plans duty on auto component imports
New Delhi: The government is considering imposing safeguards duty and anti-dumping measures on cheap imports of auto components, a senior official said here today.
"The industry h....
- Parliament House to have an eco-friendly extension
New Delhi: The Parliament House Annexe building will have an eco friendly extension at a cost of Rs.2.62 billion (Rs 262 crore).
Vice Presient Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Spea....
- Panel formed on one-rank-one-pension demand
New Delhi: Shaken by the large numbers of ex-servicemen returning their medals to protest the government's rejection of their demand for one-rank-one-pension, a high level committee has bee....
- Demand to broaden trade items through Nathu La
Nathu La (Sikkim): Indian trade bodies today urged New Delhi to review the list of tradable items to boost business with China, a day before trading between the two countries resumes through th....
- Varsities will be sensitised to ragging laws: President
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil, who has voiced concern over the rising incidents of ragging, has assured the parents of 19-year-old Aman Kachru who died on March 8 due to ragging by senior....
- Officers to become Col after 15 yrs of service
New Delhi: The government on Friday fixed 15 years of commissioned service for substantive promotion to the rank of colonel, instead of the existing 20 years. This decision will have a major i....
- Illegal construction in the premises of Sher Shah's tomb
Patna: Authorities have initiated moves against illegal constructions in the premises of the 16th-century tomb of Pathan king Sher Shah Suri in Sasaram in Bihar's Rohtas district, official....
- Apex court extends Varun's parole till May 14
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi was today granted a two-week extension of his parole by the apex court to enable him to continue campaigning and v....
- Youth targetted in new voluntary pension scheme
New Delhi: A new voluntary pension scheme came into force in India today with young people as its main target, and hoped to reach out to the 87 percent of the nation's workforce that remain....
- Airport employees call off the strike
New Delhi: A planned nationwide two-day strike by 15,000 airport employees from today midnight has been called off after the government agreed to discuss their grievances, a civil aviation min....
- Delhi corporation asks for dedicated police force
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has asked the Delhi Police for a dedicated cadre of 150 policemen to help tackle the city's civic offenders like those responsible for l....
- Kalam outlines blueprint for prosperous India
New York: Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has a four-point plan for bringing prosperity to India's billion plus people through free flow of information across agriculture, manuf....
- Employees provident fund rate at 8.5 percent for 2008-09
New Delhi: The interest rate on provident fund investments will be maintained at 8.5 percent for 2008-09, the central board of trustees of employee provident fund (EPF) decided Sunday.
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- Administrative Reforms Commission stresses e-governance
New Delhi: The second Administrative Reforms Commission on Saturday released its 11th report that calls for promoting the application of IT in government functioning.
"Through e-governance w....
- Drastic changes to make bureaucrats accountable
New Delhi: Suggesting drastic changes in the service rules of government servants, an official panel headed by senior Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily has recommended that government servan....
- Panel moots RTI-like grievance redressal system
New Delhi: With an aim of evolving a speedy information delivery system, a time limit of 30 days and a provision of fine on delay have been recommended for the Public Grievance Redressal Mechan....
- Bill for probe panel against errant judges cleared
New Delhi: The cabinet today paved the way for enacting a law for setting up a panel to be headed by the chief justice of India to probe allegations of corruption and misconduct against judges ....
- India opposed to all illegal migration: PM
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: India is opposed to all illegal migration into the country, be it from Bangladesh or elsewhere, and this should not be made a "political issue", Prime Minister M....
- India Post gets new logo
New Delhi: India Post got its new logo on Tuesday - of a bird in flight - that aims to give the postal service a corporate look and reflects its new approach towards business, Minister of Commu....
- Arun Ramanathan is new Finance Secretary
New Delhi: Financial Services Secretary Arun Ramanathan was on Tuesday appointed as the Finance Secretary, the post which fell vacant after D Subbarao moved to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a....
- Ashok Chawla takes over as economic affairs secretary
New Delhi: India's new secretary for economic affairs Ashok Chawla took charge today, at a time when the country's inflation is hovering around 12 per cent and growth in industrial production....
- "Govt to go beyond RTI to share information"
New Delhi: The UPA government is considering a proposal to go beyond the Right to Information Act (RTI) by posting all but strategic information in the public domain. While the RTI is a tool fo....
- HP allows displaced Kashmiri pandits to buy land
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has granted permission to a dozen of displaced Kashmiri pandit families to buy land, relaxing the rules which forbid non-Himachali from purchasing land i....
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