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 …
As state looks beyond paddy, farm panel says FDI an opportunity. Punjab's Akali Dal government may have agreed to toe the NDA line and oppose FDI in multi-brand retail but Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal Tuesday said the state could do an about-turn and welcome the move if the Centre …
Bhubaneswar: Identifying Odisha as a strategic destination for investment in mining sector, South Africa today said its trade delegation would soon visit the state to explore business opportunities. Odisha is a mining state and South Africa is a mining country. We have a lot of similarities. Therefore, Odisha is strategically …
The State government is committed to allaying fear of people around Kundankulam before commissioning the nuclear power plant, said R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, here on Sunday. At the inauguration of a government exhibition here Mr.Vaithilingam said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had allotted Rs.500 crore for taking up welfare …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s (Nabard) management led by Dr Prakash Bakshi wasted several crores of public money on wrongful policies and personal benefits. DNA in May 2012 had reported that rules were violated to appoint Dr Bakshi as Nabard chairperson. The restructuring of Nabard was initiated …
Marking a shift in education policy, the 12th Plan will see the government focus more on strengthening of existing educational institutes instead of setting up new ones. The quality of education will also find focus, and the Human Resource Development Ministry will build in systems for a clear articulation and …
The proposed National Investment Approval Board (NIAB) will help speed up environmental, forest and other statutory clearances for “nationally important” large projects and likely pull the economy out of the trough, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday. The NIAB will have the mandate to take a …
NBCC sub-contractors desert work at many places JAMMU: While significant progress has been made in the execution of sewerage works in North-Western part of the Jammu city, numerous problems are being encountered by the agency responsible for carrying out such works in the Eastern part and this would have adverse …
The Centre-sponsored rural tourism projects in the State are moving at a slow pace. The Ministry of Tourism had started these projects in 2007 not only to promote rural tourism but also provide opportunities to rural populace to improve their socio-economic condition. In Odisha, the ministry had identified eight villages …
DIMAPUR, Sept 16 – World Bamboo Day will be observed by Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) here on September 18. This year’s theme is “Green Future 2012” and the objective is to promote bamboo as a resourceful medium in the global race for a greener future with the objective of …
6.5 kms Chhatergalla tunnel to reduce 20 km distance JAMMU: After a long wait of nearly 30 years, the people from Doda and Kathua districts will have an all weather double lane road as Border Roads Organisation (GREF) has given the completion target of 2017 of this prestigious Rs 600 …
Contractors will provide maintenance for five years The Public Works Department of the Delhi Government has got estimates sanctioned for 60 road projects worth Rs.520 crore and of these works for 20 have also been awarded and are scheduled to begin next month. PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said on …
All weather connectivity to Ladakh The Government today approved construction of a tunnel at Z-Morh in Jammu & Kashmir at a cost of Rs 2,717 crore to provide all weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh. The decision to give nod to 6.5 km long tunnel was taken by the Cabinet …
SHILLONG, Sept 11 – The Centre is planning to double the fish production in North-eastern region and aims at increasing its per capita availability to 15 kg by 2020. “We have a daunting task of achieving per capita availability of 15 kg of fish in the region with a total …
Within a space of just one year, the confidence of Indians in the country’s direction and future economic growth has eroded significantly, says a newly-released survey from the Washington-based Pew Research Centre. “In a world where the Americans, the Europeans and even the Chinese have reason to worry about their …
The main objective of the energy policy is to accelerate the pace of development of the State and bring it at least at par with other developed States. This will sub-serve the overall goals of the State in economic development and thereby reduce the level of poverty, particularly prevailing in …
Dr Verghese Kurien, the father of the “White Revolution”, died today after a brief illness. Kurien, 90, is survived by his wife and daughter. He was cremated here in accordance with his last wishes. Kurien, founder chairman of the National Dairy Development Board, is known as the architect of “Operation …
The Punjab Government on Sunday approved a Rs 8,745 crore total revamp plan, under the Punjab Urban Development Mission (PUDM), to upgrade all civic amenities in all the 142 cities of the State. To be done on an integrated turnkey basis, a single agency would now provide the facilities with …
VAL attributed the step to the unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of the London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, today sent a notice to the Odisha government, seeking temporary closure of its one-million tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in the …
The government will spend 37.36 billion yuan(about $5.93 billion) to improve the quality of farmland this year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The fund, which is a part of the country's comprehensive agricultural development plan, includes 21.92 billion yuan from the central budget and 12.05 billion yuan from local …
SHILLONG, Sept 5 – Meghalaya today decided to form two committees to study the influx problem and suggest appropriate measures to tackle it. State Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, making a suo moto statement in the Assembly today, said one of the committees would be headed by Deputy Chief Minister, in-charge …
