Steel industry presses government to put off quality control orderMajor industry bodies and end users have strongly stood up against the Stainless Steel Product Quality Control (QC) Order, 2016, the associ...
27 Jul, 2016, 03.24 PM IST
SAIL's share of domestic steel consumption falling since FY'14Of the total demand, the 'Maharatna' firm accounted for 1 MT in 2013-14, 96.71 lakh tonnes in 2014-15 and 1.01 MT in 2015-16, the data show...
18 Jul, 2016, 04.59 PM IST
Expert group to analyse NMDC's iron ore pricing: Steel Minister Birendra SinghWhen asked who will constitute the panel, he said: "I can't say now, but naturally there will be a group of our officers and we may get sup...
15 Jul, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
Focus should be on consumption of steel by identifying newer applications: Chaudhury Birendra SinghHe was airing his views during a meeting with Steel Authority of India's (SAIL)chairman, P K Singh on Thursday, a day after he took charge ...
07 Jul, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
Chaudhury Birendra Singh has been appointed the new union steel ministerThe new steel minister will have his hands full, with the steel sector facing one if it's worst tines since 2008. Domestic steel demand is ...
05 Jul, 2016, 11.38 PM IST
Drought-hit states asked to utilise 10 per cent of central fundsBirendra Singh asked states reeling under severe drought to utilise 10 per cent of the central funds for mitigating the problems like natur...
12 Apr, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi launches 'Rurban Mission', says his government is for poor, dalitsPM targeted the previous dispensations, saying nobody had thought about planning and providing facilities even as urban areas continued to ...
21 Feb, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
UP government should have taken proper care of Dadri issue: Birendra SinghOn the issue of price rise, Singh held the states responsible for hording of essential commodities including pulses.
16 Oct, 2015, 06.26 PM IST
Centre for partnerships for changing mindset on toilet useCentre is emphasising partnerships on changing the people's mindset to make the country open defecation-free by 2019.
09 Sep, 2015, 08.02 PM IST
Land acquisition bill: Government fields ministers to defend 'U-turn'On the last day of the third Land Ordinance being in force, government fielded union ministers Chaudhary Birendra Singh and Nirmala Sithara...
02 Sep, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Modi government to appeal against removal of Jats from OBC listRural Development Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh said: “If Yadavs and Gujjars can get reservations, why not Jats?”
18 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
661 MPs have adopted villages for development under Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana: GovernmentOf them, 485 are from Lok Sabha and 176 are from Rajya Sabha, Rural Development Minister Birendra Singh told Rajya Sabha today.
03 Mar, 2015, 02.42 PM IST
Centre likely to drop plans to introduce land acquisition bill in winter sessionAccording to sources in govt, after efforts of senior BJP ministers to get Cong and other parties on board failed, the govt decided not to ...
29 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Cabinet rejig: PM Narendra Modi inducts go-getters and vote-gettersPM Modi expanded his team on Sunday by appointing 21 new ministers, four of them in the Cabinet and three others as ministers of state with...
10 Nov, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
INLD, BJP workers clash during Birendra-Dushyant's TV debateReacting to the incident, Chautala alleged that BJP "goons" had attacked INLD workers.
05 Oct, 2014, 09.45 PM IST
AAP's duplicity exposed: Birendra SinghTaking a dig at AAP ministers for accepting govt perks, Congress today said the party's duplicity stood exposed within days of their coming...
04 Jan, 2014, 08.31 PM IST
- Rahul meets Delhi Congress leaders in preparation for polls
With Congress seeking to retain power for the fourth time in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi today held consultations with the state party leaders.
17 Apr, 2013, 08.47 PM IST