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 …
Jharkhand looks headed for fierce acrimony between tribals and non-tribals over proposed amendments to a hundred-year-old law that restricts sale and purchase of tribal land in order to protect the primitive communities. Political parties are bitterly divided even as protests are spreading across the state. Simmering discontent and a growing …
The Cabinet yesterday added six birds to the list of protected wild animals in Bhutan under the Forest and Nature Conservation Act. This, forestry officials said, was the first change since the Act’s introduction in 1995, taking the total number of protected wild animals to 30 different species. The bird …
INDORE: Madhya Pradesh stands eighth among the country's states in drawing investment proposals, out of a total of 20 industrial states in the country, according to an ASSOCHAM study. The study says last year, MP attracted proposals worth Rs 5.65 lakh crore as on 31 December, 2011. The five toppers …
Chairs meetings on key issues to identify & clear bottlenecks, step up investments and spur growth. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sharply stepped up his involvement in key economic decisions, intervening in a raft of issues ranging from coal supply to foreign investment, in an attempt to correct the widespread …
Blaming Congress and its general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the poverty and backwardness prevailing in the Bundelkhand, Bahujan Samaj Party president and Chief Minister Mayawati said that had the Centre accepted her government's proposal for special package, the face of this rugged region would have been different. Addressing election meetings …
Siliguri, Feb. 14: North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb announced over Rs 130 crore for several projects from his new office on Hill Cart Road where he started working today. Of the total, Rs 20 crore would be used for developing infrastructure in the hills, said the minister. “It has …
A steel ministry sponsored task force has asked the Centre to adopt a “selective trade policy” in the impending 12th Plan period by specifically excluding steel during negotiations with nations having a formidable steel industry of their own. The prospects of the domestic steel industry can be jeopardised if the …
Shimla: The government has proposed a Rs 3,700-crore annual plan for 2012-13, an increase of 12.12 per cent over the current year’s plan of Rs 3,300 crore. Stating this while initiating discussions with MLAs for finalising the priorities here today, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the growth rate at 9.5 …
GUWAHATI, Feb 12 – The states of the North East region should jointly mount pressure on the Government of India for overall infrastructure development of the region, said Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. He also said that the Department for Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) is yet to …
Poor nations have been sparring over emission cuts without realising that the fight is a deliberate creation of rich countries Many years ago, in a desperately poor village in Rajasthan, people decided to plant trees on the land adjoining their pond so that its catchment would be protected. But this …
What do the financial and economic crises of the high-income countries mean for emerging and developing countries? I addressed this in New Delhi last week, at a discussion sponsored by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) and the Financial …
Chief Secretary Avani Vaish has instructed at a meeting at Jabalpur to give special priority to the construction of rural roads and buildings of schools and Anganwadis in the districts covered by Integrated Action Plan (I.A.P). The Chief Secretary was reviewing development works of Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni, Dindori, Umaria, Anuppur, …
Public Relations and Culture Minister Laxmikant Sharma has said that presently Madhya Pradesh is among five most rapidly developing States in the country. Sharma was disseminating information about the State Government’s welfare schemes and programmes among people during his padyatra in various villages of Shajapur district on Sunday. Sharma also …
2200 gaon panchayats in Assam to be developed as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years GUWAHATI: While setting the target, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rakibul Hussain to take steps to develop 2200 gaon panchayats in Assam …
Tamil Nadu “destination of choice” for Japanese investors With more Japanese investors considering substantial investment in Tamil Nadu, the State government will take steps to expedite the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said on Sunday. Promising that her government will extend its support to attract more Japanese investment …
Ahead of a meeting with environment ministers of BASIC countries, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said growth is important for the people but should take place in a way which does not harm the environment. “Economic growth is essential for the people, but we cannot allow growth to …
There is not just a crisis of development today, but also a crisis of ideas for emancipatory forms of development. What is needed from progressives is a rigorous theory that must acknowledge what is present (class exploitation, imperialism, national and social oppression, profit-driven ecological destruction, gross commercialisation of all spheres …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has succeeded in getting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree to the state’s high-end infrastructure dreams of having a high-speed rail corridor and railway coach factory. Chandy was here on a day’s visit with a long itinerary which included meeting the Prime Minister, Congress …
Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the flagship company of the Adani Group, on Thursday announced its decision to exit the real-estate business. The company felt that the move to divest its holding in the real-estate business, which is largely spread in the property markets of Ahmedabad and Mumbai will help it …
Investment and price assurance for farmers will yield the results that have eluded our policymakers so far. India has been striving to achieve 4% growth rate in farm output since the beginning of Ninth Five-Year Plan. However, actual growth rate has remained invariably lower than the targeted growth rate. Further, …
