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 …
Even as just six per cent of the city’s area is reserved for open spaces as per the development plan, a recent study shows that over 60 per cent of these spaces are in reality not open and accessible to the common man. As per a study funded by the …
Bhopal: Sakshar Bharat (Literate India) Scheme would be implemented in 42 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The scheme aims at imparting functional literacy to unlettered persons of over 15 years of age. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed to constitute literacy committees upto Panchayat level after identifying the …
MARGAO: Newly-elected Velim Sarpanch Melvyn Sanches on Monday said he along with the Panchayat body are fully supporting the demand of the villagers for scrapping of the land acquisition process for the expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty. Melvyn was elected unopposed as Velim sarpanch on Monday after his candidature …
Despite the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project, the largest single FDI of the country, being a non-starter even after seven years, Odisha still continues to be a favoured destination among overseas investors. It has cornered 27 per cent share in the total FDI, proposed for India in 2011-12, the industry body …
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called on the Government to step in and put a stop to development proposals that could impact England's Green Belt policy. Development proposals include over 80,000 new houses, new roads, open cast coal mines, an airport expansion, golf courses and industrial parks. …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that a clear audit should be done on the effect and impact of mining activities on the environment so that mishaps and natural calamities of larger order could be prevented. A Bench comprising Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice …
The land acquisition procedure should be more regulated and the auction process can be used to determine correct compensation price, industry body Assocham said in a joint study with consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The study also said monetary and non-monetary compensation can help attract more landowners who can part …
Despite issues like delay in approvals, land acquisition and liquidity crunch posing challenges for the infrastructure sector, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on Monday said that projects completion in FY13 could go up by 39 per cent over the last year. According to CMIE, the aggregate value of completed …
The Confederation of Indian Industry’s ASCON survey, which tracks the growth of the economy’s industrial sector, has revealed deepening of the industrial slowdown in the wake of continuing issues related to high interest rates, deficient monsoon, inflation, widening fiscal and current account deficits and slowing global economy. The survey, comparing …
‘According to a report, the construction of the 2.5 km long road from Kalinagar to Niz Fulbari (Sealtek) Tarinipur of package no AS-03-63 that has tender value of Rs 1 crore 3 lakhs 88 thousand has been completed up to 65 per cent’ SILCHAR: People of Katigorah constituency alleged irregularities …
New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to grow by 6.7% in 2012-13, a top advisory panel to the Prime Minister said on Friday, and called for accelerating vital economic reforms including raising diesel prices for faster growth. The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, headed by former RBI …
As suggested by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the state government has started an exercise to find a viable alternative for paddy in the state. A meeting of senior officials of the Agriculture Department will be held here on August 22 to chalk out a strategy to gradually move away …
Haryana Assembly speaker Kuldeep Sharma on Wednesday said the government will spend Rs 90,000 crore on proposed works during the 12th Five Year Plan. He was addressing the gathering after unfurling the national flag in Gurgaon. Sharma said the amount was 157 per cent more than the Rs 35,000 crore …
The six-lane expressway will cost Rs.9,500 crore Within a week of the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna expressway becoming operational, another expressway, from Agra to Lucknow, has been proposed by the Samajwadi Party Government here. A presentation of the proposed 274-km Agra-Lucknow Greenfield Expressway was made before Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on …
Kerala government plans to introduce more facilities for tourists at the scenic Arippa forests in the Western Ghats where travellers get a glimpse of wildlife and a unique ecosystem. A Rs 42 lakh development programme had been chalked out for the tourist destination along the Senkottah highway for the benefit …
Learn from Delhi’s experience, says Montek to other States The Annual Plan for Delhi for 2012-13 was on Thursday finalised at Rs. 15,862 crore at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. In his initial remarks, Mr Ahluwalia lauded Delhi’s performance …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said no land acquisition would be done without the consent of farmers and cases lodged against them during the previous government would be withdrawn. "SP in its election manifesto had said that land would not be taken without the consent of the …
AGARTALA, Aug 9 – Tripura Industries Minister Jitendra Chowdhury called upon potential investors to set up gas-based industrial units in Tripura as natural gas is available at a very attractive price. Chowdhury, who was speaking at a business conference on oil and gas in Kolkata, said the price of natural …
This report examines the challenges of achieving food and nutrition security and provides an update on progress in implementing sustainable agricultural policies and practices in line with the Rome Principles. Main challenges include low productivity and low investment in smallholder agriculture, worsening land degradation and water scarcity in many agricultural …
Shillong, Aug 9 (IANS): The biggest hurdle in implementing infrastructure projects in the northeastern States is the lack of competent contractors, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said on Wednesday. "One of the biggest challenges for the region is to attract big construction companies to complete the projects within a …
