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 …
AHMEDABAD: The Annual Plan for Gujarat for 2012-13 was finalized on Friday at Rs. 51,000 crore at a meeting held here between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. The current plan size is 34.21 % higher than the previous year's plan size of …
The regulatory intervention by the RBI has not gone beyond providing a basic legal framework for the functioning of MFIs. IN an attempt to control the unethical characteristics of microfinance institutions (MFI) in India, including coercive recovery, exorbitant interest rates and lack of transparency in lending, the Reserve Bank of …
Alarm bells are clanging as economic growth nosedived to a nine-year low, core sector output continued to flounder, and the fiscal deficit widened, buttressing worries arising from intensifying macroeconomic headwinds and a sharp drop in business sentiment. The country’s annual economic growth recorded a dramatic slide in the January-March quarter …
In what may be termed as a clear indication of imminent slowdown in the economy, the growth rate of eight infrastructure decelerated sharply to 2.2 per cent in April as against 4.2 per cent growth clocked in the corresponding month last year, largely on account of a dismal performance by …
The Annual Plan for the year 2012-13 for Chhattisgarh was finalised here on Thursday at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Raman Singh. The Plan size has been agreed at Rs.23,480 crore and the economic growth is targeted at 10 per cent. During …
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav presented his first budget in the state assembly on Friday morning. The budget 2012-13 is of Rs 2 lakh crore, which is 18% higher than 2011-12 budget. The state government has made special allocations to fulfill the poll promises made by the Samajwadi Party before …
It is for the first time that while formulating National Transport Policy, a separate attention has been paid to the transport needs of the North Eastern Region. The Working Group decided to look at the situation under three categories: Intra-Regional Need; Inter-Regional Need; and Trans Border Movement. The Working Group …
As the world belatedly turns its attention to the pressing issues of environmental degradation, resource scarcity and climate change, the concept of sustainability takes its rightful place at centre stage in discussions about agricultural and rural development. The Thirty-fifth Session of IFAD’s Governing Council provided a forum for Member States, …
This paper examines the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India. It covers trends in agricultural growth, cultivation patterns, participation of small holding agriculture, productivity performance of small holders, linking small holders with markets including value chains, role of small holders in enhancing food security and employment generation, …
India is running one of the largest SPV programme among the developing countries. Storage batteries are being the most critical component of any SPV system in view of cyclic availability of the sun in 24h domain and the intermittent nature of available radiation. Since there is no systematic study on …
Large number of thermal power plants are in pipeline in Vidarbha (Maharashtra). They are projected as local development using local resources, but local communities are protesting strongly as the benefits bypass them and they bear the adverse impacts. This submission by PEG to the Kelkar Committee, set up by Government …
As a part of the Mountain Initiative, Nepal's Ministry of Environment organized a two-day `International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change' in Kathmandu from 5-6 April 2012. The main objective of the conference was to bring all mountain countries together to make their collective voice stronger at international platforms. …
Oxford University hosted the first International Conference on Water Security, Risk and Society on 16-18 April, which brought together over 200 of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners from relevant science, policy and enterprise communities. The conference took place at a key moment of wider reflection on uneven progress and …
GUWAHATI: A crucial meeting between the Assam Government and the Planning Commission to decide on the Annual Plan size for the State for the financial year 2012-13 is slated to take place on June 5. The Assam Government, said sources, will seek an Annual Plan allocation of Rs 14,537.33 crore. …
New Delhi: The highways ministry now aims to award 9,000 km of national highways (NH) during this financial year. It has also set a target of constructing at least 12-13 km a day. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned to build at least 3,000 km, which is 500 …
China's urbanization rate had reached 51.3 percent by the end of 2011, according to a report released Tuesday by the China Association of Mayors (CAM). The China Urban Development Report 2011 shows by the end of last year, the country had 30 cities whose permanent population has topped 8 million, …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who also holds the Finance portfolio, announced the “people-friendly” budget for financial year 2012-13 on Monday. To make Delhi a “caring city” Dikshit earmarked a substantial sum for sectors like social welfare, education and health. With the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for December 2013, the budget …
Read the Delhi Budget Speech delivered by Chief Minister Sheila Dixit for the financial year 2012- 2013. The year 2012-2013 is the first year of a new plan period, the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). During this period, she observes Delhi emerging as a ‘Caring City’. for more text: http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605/BUDGET+SPEECH.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod;=-1830083256&CACHEID;=b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605&lmod;=-1847434430&CACHEID;=b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605&lmod;=-1847434430&CACHEID;=b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605&lmod;=-1847434430&CACHEID;=b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605&lmod;=-1847434430&CACHEID;=b83433004b67e23f8b1bbbec24aa3605
BHUBANESWAR: In what can be seen as a missive to embarrass Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the tribal issue, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday alleged that a large number of ‘adivasis’ are in jail in Odisha, for no reason whatsoever, and they should be freed at the …
The World Bank has agreed to provide US$ 314 million (approximately 37 billion rupees) for Sri Lanka to develop education and urban development sectors in order to meet new challenges of the 21st century, the Ministry of Financial and Planning said. The government has requested the World Bank for funds …
