PUNE: The general body (GB) of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Tuesday approved development works at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore, which will be carried out in the next two to three mo

Estimates from National Disaster Management Centre, NDMC, put the damage from the extreme weather the country has been facing as much as MVR hundreds of millions.

A slum cluster in west Delhi has a problem that can shame the government for its lofty claims of making Delhi an ideal city.

The Energy Ministry is expected to get Tk 23 billion in the coming fiscal (2013-14), up by Tk 6.43 billion than the current fiscal (2012-13) year's Tk 16 billion, reports UNB.

Govt expected to save 15% on this account

In a measure that would give relief to the government’s subsidy bill, the Union Cabinet today gave a nod to the Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for 2013-14. These are expected to cut the fertiliser subsidy by about 15 per cent in the current financial year, compared to 2012-13. After oil and food, the fertiliser sector is the third largest contributor to the government’s subsidy bill. According to the Budget proposals, the Centre wanted to cut the subsidy bill on these three to Rs 2.21 lakh crore for 2013-14, as compared with about Rs 2.47 lakh crore during 2012-13.

The parliamentary panel says govt has failed to understand the urgency of timely infusion of capital in the system

Ministries of coal & power have sided with PSU power utilities

The much-touted plan to optimally distribute the higher cost of imported coal among power producers via a price-pooling mechanism with cheaper domestic coal may go haywire. While a host of large upcoming private power projects would have increased their viability under the proposed regime, two key administrative ministries — those of power and coal — have virtually sided with public-sector power utilities, who fear losing their current cost advantage if price-pooling is implemented.

New Delhi:The finance ministry has relaxed norms for appraising and approving highway projects up to Rs 500 crore by the road transport and highways ministry, a move that will boost awarding of pub

In a push to the contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill before the all-party meeting on April 18, the Centre is reaching out to various political parties in an attemp