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 …
The Madhya Pradesh Government is committed to providing best quality of education to its students. One of such efforts include bringing improvement in higher education through partnership between Madhya Pradesh government and World Bank. Work is being undertaken on a Rs. 1000 crore project for this purpose. Chief Minister Shivraj …
The best developed district in Uttar Pradesh is six times more so than the worst, state government figures indicate. Districts in western UP, closest to Delhi, far outpace those in other regions, not just those in Bundelkhand, according to the department’s Niyojan Atlas, which considers 36 indicators. The atlas is …
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to disclose its stand on the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. The court had earlier said the report must be made public. The state government has been asked to file an affidavit by March 12. The WGEEP report …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan bagged the second prize in the Comprehensive Development of Tourism category during the National Tourism Awards ceremony on Wednesday. The award was given by President Pratibha Patil at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to Seema Bahugana, principal resident commissioner in Delhi. In the same category, Madhya Pradesh was adjudged …
As both a doctor and a public health professional, I am transfixed by one compelling question: Why are public health issues and debates so often limited to just doctors and those with abbreviations like MBBS, MD, MS or MPH added to their names? Does the ambit of health not extend …
The science of climate change has long been suggesting that mankind is heading towards ‘dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ and is on the verge of committing to catastrophic interference. The core of such activity lies in the techno-economic development paradigm, which have started since the Industrial Revolution. The …
Mainstreaming adaptation into development planning has been promoted as an effective way to respond to climate change. The expected benefits include avoided policy conflicts, reduced risks and vulnerability, greater efficiency compared with managing adaptation separately, and leveraging the much larger financial flows in sectors affected by climate risks than the …
This report for the year ended 31 March 2011 has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains the results of examination by Audit of ‘Acquisition and allotment of land by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’, Commerce and Industries Department.
Mumbai Sajjan Jindal, the promoter of JSW Steel, and brothers Pramod and Vinod Mittal of Ispat Industries have agreed to merge their steel companies to create India’s second largest steel company with 14.3 million tonnes, second to government-owned Steel Authority of India with 14.6 million tonnes, a person with direct …
An expected drop in sales may prompt Mahindra & Mahindra to cut scheduled capacity expansion plans, if the government goes ahead with the imposition of additional tax on diesel vehicles, according to the country’s biggest maker of sports utility vehicles. M&M; president (automotive and farm equipment sectors) Pawan Goenka on …
SHILLONG: The state government has today said that the proposed Integrated Basin Development would eradicate poverty by the year 2020 if implemented in the 12th 5-year plan, beside other benefit like creating a multiplier effect in the rural economy. Expected outcome from this proposed integrated basin also include the entrepreneurial …
The State Government’s claim of increasing the growth rate has fallen flat. In Madhya Pradesh, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2010-11 was recorded at 8.17, whereas in 2009-10 it was 10.50. Thus it clearly indicates a downfall of more than 2 per cent in GDP of the …
Raman Singh-led Chhattisgarh Government and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop three rail corridors in the coal rich Northern region of the tribal State. The three corridors totaling 452 km will be built at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore. The three corridors would …
Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister, and his panel has not painted a very rosy picture for the country’s lifeline, the Railways. After the Anil Kakodkar committee report on safety which sought Rs one lakh crore for upgrading rail facilities, the Pitroda panel on railway modernisation has said the …
While a number of issues pertaining to the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 are yet to be resolved by the UT Administration, educationists from neigbouring states have revealed that the situation is similar in their states as well. A number of educationists from Punjab, Haryana and …
China is in “many ways far ahead” of India in the field of science, says a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who last month pledged to more than double the country’s R&D; spending to $8 billion a year by 2017. In an interview to the prestigious US ‘Science’ magazine, Singh …
Issues of development and governance would decide the fate of an unpromising BSP, renascent SP, hopeful Congress and a dispirited BJP in a changed Uttar Pradesh In Uttar Pradesh, the real question is not who is losing and why. Within a few hours of a casual travel through the state, …
The state is all set to restore its fading industrial status. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has embarked on mission Maharashtra through an ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project worth Rs18,500 crore. The project will be a joint venture of the Centre and the state. Adopting the public-private partnership model, the …
After the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Naxal-hit districts, Congress-led UPA government is planning to introduce another ambitious plan to provide livelihood to the affected people through the civil society interface in 170 districts. The rural development ministry and the Planning Commission have formulated a new policy under Bharat Rural …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that it is not willing at present to withdraw a controversial circular that lays down a cap on public parking in the city. The civic body, however, also stated that it intends to send an application to the …
