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 …
Bhubaneswar: The extent of the poverty in southern and northern region of Odisha is still high and remains a matter of concern even as the poverty percentage points reduced to 29.69 per cent. According to the Odisha Economic Survey, 2011-12 report, even after sixty-four years of independence, Odisha has witnessed …
Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia today asserted that the effects of the state’s economic rise were being felt across the nation. Addressing the Budget session of the Haryana Assembly on its opening day, Pahadia said according to quick estimates, the state’s economy had achieved a growth rate of 9.6 per cent …
New Delhi: The economy is expected to grow in the range of 7.5% to 8% in the fiscal year ending March 2013, the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council said on Wednesday, but cautioned that the government must unveil steps to repair public finances and rein in subsidies to bring the …
At a meeting held under Engineering and Auto Expo-2012 at the State capital, a meeting of foreign companies’ representatives and the State Government was also held during which they were given invitation for investment by the Government. For this purpose, they were once again apprised of intensification of industrialisation in …
NEW DELHI, 22 FEB: The Prime Minister's economic advisory panel today projected a 7.5- 8 per cent growth rate for the next fiscal and said the country could achieve a higher economic expansion if the global environment turned favourable. “We might be able to achieve 8 per cent growth on …
Can Jairam Ramesh become the next president of the World Bank? Unlikely, but in the steady drumbeat of the demand that the next World Bank president must come from the developing world, the rural development minister’s name is being heard alongside several other competent names from the wrong side of …
Bhubaneswar: Amid boycott by the Opposition Congress of governor's address to Odisha Assembly alleging assault on democracy and Constitution during Panchayat polls, the state government on Tuesday projected an outlay of Rs one lakh crore for the 12th five-year-plan for 2012-17. As soon as governor M C Bhandare began his …
For the first time an official agency, the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PMEAC), has said that the economy is likely to grow between 7.5-8 per cent during 2012-13. On the other hand, it has revised the growth estimate for the current fiscal upward to 7.1 per cent. …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved a Rs 1,220-crore District Credit Action Plan for Srinagar for 2012-13 fiscal. The details of the action plan for the next fiscal were given out at the district level consultative committee meeting chaired by the District Development Commissioner of Srinagar, Mr Baseer Ahmad …
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry spent Rs 2,000 million last year to develop the fishing sector in the Northern province, Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. "There is a massive development in the fisheries sector. The government has taken measures to develop all sectors," he said. The minister was …
FDI in retail alone won’t suffice, we need complementary policies in agriculture to increase supplies. Food price inflation, and inflation in general, has become less of an issue. But it isn’t an issue that will go away. Give it till June and inflation is likely to inch up again. Competition …
The Kerala government has rejected the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) proposals and urged the Union government to “do away with the Western Ghats Ecology Authority (WGEA).” The State has requested the Union government not to “burden it with another regulatory authority, seriously diminishing the scanty land area of …
The government of Sindh has approved Sindh Road Network Master Plan and constituted a nine-member board to work out proposals in two to three weeks for implementing it. The plan, which will cost Rs200 billion, can be completed in three to four years under public-private partnership but payments will be …
This paper is a synthesis of the key messages from the individual papers written by the Blue Planet Laureates, and discusses the current and projected state of the global and regional environment, and the implications for environmental, social and economic sustainability. It addresses the drivers for change, the implications for …
The conference organised by the northern headquarters of Confederation of Indian Industry at Chandigarh today on corporate social responsibility and corporate social opportunity shared successful case studies of NGOs and corporates who have integrated these two major areas into their business plans. This was the second edition of CSR-CSO Bridge …
Andhra Pradesh's annual budget for 2012-13 with an outlay of Rs 1,45,854 crore was presented in the State Assembly on Friday showing a fiscal deficit of about Rs 20,000 crore at 2.5 per cent of GSDP. The budget includes Rs 91,824 crore non-Plan and Rs 54,030 crore Plan expenditure, considerably …
To help upgrade 367 km of State highways The World Bank (WB) has agreed to fund a high-tech building to house the headquarters of the Public Works Department. It will also fund the upgrade of 367 km of State highways under the second phase of the Kerala State Transport Project …
CHENNAI: The State Government on Friday gave its nod to the Rs 500-crore Chennai Mega City Development Mission aimed at improving basic amenities and safe drinking water supply in the 42 local bodies that were annexed by the existing Chennai Corporation areas in October last. According to a Ripon Building …
PALAKKAD: The Union Cabinet clearance to set up the coach factory at Kanjikode under public-private- participation mode goes one more step nearer for the coaches to roll out from Kerala. “The UDF Government led by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who had constantly followed up the proposal for the coach factory …
Geraldine J. Fraser-Moleketi, Practice Director, Democratic Governance Group, United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed interest in visiting Kerala and learning about the government’s work in the area of democratic governance. “We would be happy to explore areas of mutual collaboration in strengthening South-South learning initiatives and possible partnership with …
