Rs 10,100 crore Andhra annual plan okayed
The Centre today finalised the 2002-03 annual plan for Andhra Pradesh at Rs, 10,100 crore. The outlay for the Tenth Five-Year Plan for the state has been pegged at Rs 46,614 crore. The Plan size was finalised at a meeting between deputy chairman of Planning Commission K C Pant and …
Goa annual plan fixed at Rs 586 crore
The 2002-2003 Annual Plan for Goa was fixed at Rs. 586 crores and the outlay for the Tenth Plan was projected at Rs. 3,200 crores. This was finalised at a meeting between the Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, K.C. Pant, and the Chief minister, Manohar Parrikar.
Indian Enviros Urge Ban on Pesticide Endosulfan
Indian environmentalists called for an immediate ban on endosulfan, a pesticide that is already outlawed in many parts of the world and has recently been linked to disease and deformity in southern India by a confidential government report. Activists of the New Delhi based group Centre for Science and Environment …
Jayalalithaa sets 'development goals'
Even while according top priority to the restoration of Tamil Nadu's fiscal health, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, today set 'development goals', and urged the state planning commission to formulate plans to achieve them.
Minister to lead war on pollution
Come Monday and the Delhi Transport Minister, Ajay Maken, accompanied by a motivated brigade of school children and a team of mobile pollution checking squad will hit the city roads to personally unleash the campaign of War on Transport Generated Air Pollution. The massive exercise would involve checking nearly 20 …
DRDA heads' meet to speed up rural development projects
The Centre, with a view to ensuring faster implementation of several rural development programmes, is convening a two-day conference of project directors of district rural development agencies (DRDAs) and chief executive offices of zila parishads on July 5 at Hyderabad.
Deadline delay makes rain go down drain
The Central Ground Water Authority's (CGWA) delay in issuing a fresh notification on the deadline for installing rainwater harvesting structures has created confusion among people. 'There is a large number of people who have been thinking of getting the systems installed to beat the deadline and escape the punishment of …
G-8 nations reach out to fight terror, poverty
The world's wealthiest countries have reached out to fight terrorism and poverty, offering Russia up to $20 billion to secure vulnerable weapons stockpiles and pledging billions of dollars for Africa, the world's most impoverished continent. "We have acted collectively to make sure that globalization benefits all and no continent is …
Peanuts from G8
The Group of Eight (G8) summit at Kananaskis, Canada, has raised great expectations of a 'Marshall plan for Africa', That may have been asking for too much. After all, the original Marshall plan had provided one per cent of the United States' gross domestic product for five years to re …
Africa aid in focus as G-8 meet nears end
World leaders, wrapping up a summit rocked by a new US corporate bookkeeping scandal and dissension over President George W Bush's West Asia policy, turned their attention to Africa and a far-reaching programme to provide billions of dollars of assistance to the world's poorest countries.
Problems aplenty for TN panchayats
Non-release of funds seems to have crippled panchayats in Tamil Nadu. So bad is the position, panchayat presidents explain, that the local bodies are not able to discharge their duties, incurring the displeasure of the public. They lament that in many places problems affecting panchayat administration could not be taken …
Economic growth positive, but human development growth not in tune: Report
The Maharashtra Human Development Report 2002 prepared by the State Planning Board highlights that though the State has experienced positive growth on the economic front, the same has not been complemented by progress on the human development front. The report aims to promote a deeper understanding of the challenges and …
Punjab budget passed
After a three-day-long debate, the Punjab Assembly today passed the Budget, approving the Punjab Appropriation Bill, 2002, authorising the payment and appropriation of Rs 28340.79 crore.
MP's rural programmes
The Ambassador of Norway in India, Truls Hanevold has lauded the works being done by district government and 'gram swaraj' in Madhya Pradesh . During a courtesy call on Chief minister Digvijay Singh on Monday, Hanevold said he was very much impressed by the socio-cultural milieu of the state. He …
World Bank loan for Maharashtra project
The World Bank has approved a Rs. 2,602 crore loan for improving the transportation system in Mumbai, bringing hope to the harassed commuters road and rail users of easier times ahead. The Mumbai Urban Transport Project would cost Rs. 4,526 crores.
PMRY scheme a failure in West Bengal
West Bengal's performance in implementing the Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana is extremely poor in comparison to the northern states during the Ninth Plan. This was discussed at a review meeting of PMRY at Great Eastern Hotel where four eastern and seven north-eastern states have participated.
State forced to cut Plan outlay by Rs 2503 cr
The Planning Commission has forced the Gujarat government to reduce the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07) to allocation for different sectors by a huge Rs 2503 crore. This includes a sharp reduction in the outlay of 16 social service sectors like education urban development, general economic services, transport, science and …
Baroda corp in talks with Gail to retail CNG
The Baroda Municipal Corporation (BMC), Gujarat, is in talks with Gas Authority of India Limited (Gail) for a joint venture to enter the retail distribution of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) through gas stations in Baroda city. If successful, BMC could well be the first civic body in the country to …
Rajasthan maps out road to progress
A record Rs 1,500 crores would be spent on development of roads in Rajasthan this year to ensure progress of rural areas. the State has already topped in the implementation of the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana which envisages road link to every village.
