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 …
Both the State and the Central Governments are trying to conceal the crucial reports on the dam projects being undertaken in the NE region throwing into wind the set legal norms of the land. With such deeds they have been deliberately violating even the orders of the courts and the …
‘All the way from basic guidelines to implementation and monitoring of projects’. From basic guidelines to implementation and subsequent monitoring of projects, the Union Ministry of Urban Development’s flagship programme — the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission — has failed on all counts, says the Comptroller and Auditor General in …
This S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor submitted to UPA government in December 2012 set the criteria for identifying the poor living in urban areas for various government schemes.
New Delhi After two stagnant years, April-September coal output posted a robust growth of 8.5%. Public sector Coal India (CIL) and private players with captive mines ramped up production after a worried government put them on notice. CIL exceeded its production target in the first half. If the trend continues, …
New Delhi Differences have cropped up between the Planning Commission and food ministry on the issue of creation of two million tonne capacity silos through the public- private partnership (PPP) mode. Sources say while Food Corporation of India (FCI), the nodal agency to implement the project, has been insisting on …
The health system in India has “collapsed”, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh made this candid confession on Friday and lamented that even poorer countries like Bangladesh and Kenya had better health indicators. His comments assume significance in view of Planning Commission’s recent controversial proposal to restructure the country’s health …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said public health system in the country had “collapsed”, noting that even poorer countries like Bangladesh and Kenya have superior health indicators. In a candid assessment of the country’s health sector, Ramesh also said 70% of the health expenditure is met from …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s plan to make welfare schemes more effective through real-time evaluation of the . 76,000-crore rural development budget has received broad inter-ministerial support and is expected to be considered by the Cabinet shortly. Leakages, delays and uneven implementation beset welfare schemes like NREGA, blunting benefits to …
Aizawl: The Planning Commission, which earlier lauded Mizoram’s New Land Use Policy (NLUP) to support cultivators to shift to permanent farming has sanctioned Rs 370 crore for the programme, it was announced here on Monday. The Mizoram government launched the Rs 2,873 crore NLUP in 2010 to solve food scarcity …
What is the new normal for the Indian steel industry? As is the experience of China and India, the demand for metals, particularly steel, finding large application in construction, automobile and machinery building, gets guidance from the progress of gross domestic product (GDP). The fateful 2008-09 recession that originated in …
New Delhi The Centre’s plan to introduce the National Food Security Bill, which envisages distribution of subsidised foodgrains to more than 63% of the population, in the upcoming winter season of Parliament is unlikely to happen. This is because of a large number of petitions received by the parliamentary panel …
New Delhi Power and steel ministries are holding consultations with Crisil on its draft report on fixing reserve prices for 54 coal blocks to be allocated through competitive bidding route. “Some of the ministries like steel and power and Planning Commission are holding consultations with Crisil on its draft report …
It will help people eligible for benefits flowing out of welfare programmes Moving swiftly on the announcement he made at a public rally in Dudu in Rajasthan five days ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high-power National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers on Thursday in a bid to reduce …
After power and land, the Centre does not want to open up water as another area of dispute with the state governments. Instead of rushing through with a national water legislation, the government will engage with each state to build up a consensus on metering of use of water, even …
Gandhinagar: A recent study has taken strong exception to those who argue that Gujarat’s poverty levels have gone down drastically, and the main reason for this is the “economic model” of chief minister Narendra Modi. Presented at a seminar sponsored by the Planning Commission of India, and slated to be …
PANJIM: The implementation of the Western Ghat Ecological Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, which recommended an ‘indefinite moratorium’ on new environmental clearances for mining in the ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) in Goa, will be delayed further, at least till February 2013. The High Level Working Group constituted by Ministry of Environment …
Unhappy over the Planning Commission attempt to convert flagship schemes of the Union Ministry for Rural Development from Centrally-sponsored schemes to additional Central assistance schemes, Minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off a strongly-worded letter to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the commission. Apprehending that such a move will transfer …
The government should not dictate whether they are to be served by the PDS or direct cash transfers. Everyone agrees that India needs to deliver social protection to the aam admi; the forthcoming Food Security Bill is one such attempt. Everyone also agrees that the government service delivery pipelines are …
Says Coal India is ready to sign at 80% trigger level, with 15% imported coal on cost-plus model The Coal Ministry today said it expects power utilities to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with state-run Coal India (CIL) by November-end. "It is expected that power utilities will sign FSAs by …
Expressing concern over increasing water pollution in the world, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur said if effective measures were not undertaken right now water war will erupt in future. Gaur was addressing the third International Water Conference here on Thursday. The two-day conference has been …
