The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
Lower minimum area of land required for multi-product SEZs to 250 hectares from 1,000 Many key changes are in the works to change the contours of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy and boost growth across these units. Following a discussion paper last November, the commerce ministry has prepared a …
A grant of Rs 36.34 crore has been sanctioned for developing infrastructure in nine talukas of the district under 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana' (PMGSY), Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said today. The funds will be utilised for construction of small and big-size bridges and development of roads in talukas …
Poor infrastructure and environment have pulled down the Capital’s ranking on ‘State of the World’s Cities’ list to 58, putting Delhi among cities with “medium-level” prosperity. The UN-Habitat on Wednesday released the ‘State of the World’s Cities’ report, which analyses the prosperity of 95 cities on productivity, quality of life, …
Ranchi, Oct. 15: The agriculture department today became the first state government wing to delegate financial and administrative powers to panchayati raj institutions, about two years after the Arjun Munda government conducted rural polls in Jharkhand. Defining the jurisdictions of elected village bodies, the state cabinet made it clear that …
New Delhi: If you have a domestic help below the age of 14 years, then the authorities may soon visit your house and send her to school. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Centre and states to conduct a countrywide drive to identify children below 14 years engaged as …
MUMBAI: By 2019, you can expect to travel between CST and Panvel within 35 minutes on the proposed elevated corridor, against the 77 minutes it now takes to cover the stretch on the Harbour line. In a meeting with the state group of ministers on infrastructure, presided over by chief …
With growth weakening in many parts of the world and downside risks on the rise, fiscal consolidation remains challenging. However, considerable progress has been made in strengthening fiscal accounts following their sharp deterioration in 2008–09. This issue of the Fiscal Monitor takes stock of this progress, focusing on its size, …
It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of Salasar-Haryana Border section of NH-65 The government today approved Rs 899.24 crore investment proposal for building a section of National Highway 758 in Rajasthan. It also cleared a project worth over Rs 600 crore for two-laning of …
The Indian marine and coastal biodiversity is under serious threat from developmental projects, according to experts at the Convention on Biological Diversity. Though India has a 7500-km coastline, which supports almost 30 per cent of its population in biological and economic wastelands, the coastal and marine stretch in India is …
Proposed NIB would be illegal, she says Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has expressed “very serious concern” at the setting up of a National Investment Board to fast-track clearances of major infrastructure projects, saying the “concept is unacceptable,” documents exclusively obtained by The Hindu reveal. In …
The Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the global Biodiversity Convention (CBD) starting here Monday would make the name of its host city a part of yet another call for restoration of natural ecosystem. Sarath Gidda of CBD secretariat on Saturday said several international organisations are coming together on October …
PPPs in infra are on the cusp of disaster. The country needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure Growth is back on the agenda, says the government. It is hoping that with pushy announcements foreign and Indian investment will miraculously start pouring in and infrastructure will be the …
In 2008 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched four Global Programmes on climate change, food security, migration, and water. The Global Programmes devise innovative yet practical solutions in addressing these challenges. They contribute nationally and internationally to an informed political dialogue. A new SDC report on the …
The Delhi Development Authority at its meeting on Friday took a step forward on its plans to initiate Transit Oriented Development in the city by announcing a pilot project with Karkardooma as a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) hub. The meeting also proposed to develop four corridors as MRTS influence …
Launched from a ship, the missile met mission objectives in a flawless performance. India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile for its full range of 350 km from a naval ship off the coast of Odisha on Friday. This follows the successful flight-testing of the land-based Prithvi-II ballistic missile …
KOLKATA, 5 OCT: The state government is planning to launch a five year plan for increasing the production of fish, rice and vegetables, state Agriculture Minister Rabindranath Bhattacharya said at Writers' Buildings today. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today held a meeting with Mr Bhattacharya, Agriculture Marketing Minister Arup Roy and …
The allocation for health has increased by 335 per cent to Rs 3,00,018 crore for the 12th five-year plan with a target of achieving a total public spending of 1.85 per cent of the GDP by the Centre and states combined by the end of the period. The government on …
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh will strive to take up gender sensitisation beyond governance mechanisms and make it a people’s movement. Shri Chouhan also pronounced his resolve to make gender perspective an integral component of governance saying that performance of development programmes will be …
A study on the status of the education of the girl child has revealed that 29 per cent of the respondents in the city are unaware about the Right to Education Act, which states that education is a basic right of every child in the country. The study was undertaken …
Asian Development Bank (ADB) today lowered India's growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5.6 per cent, from 7 per cent projected earlier, citing falling global demand and impact of delayed monsoon on agricultural production. India, however, can reverse the trend of falling growth by promoting economic reforms and taking …
