Dad has a mind of his own: Manmohan Singh's daughter Daman Singh on memoirFormer PM Manmohan Singh has to make up his mind whether or not he wants to write his autobiography, his daughter Daman Singh has said.
15 Sep, 2014, 02.05 PM IST
India needs more cities, better municipal laws: P ChidambaramIndia needs to build more cities and update laws, which regulate municipalities, to meet the growing needs of urbanisation, Finance Ministe...
10 Feb, 2014, 10.03 PM IST
Delhi development plan "outdated": Kamal NathKamal Nath slammed the development plan for the national capital, saying that "Delhi has the most outdated planning".
21 Jan, 2014, 11.13 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj thinks BarackObama is 'Kirana' championWhen the rest of the world is questioning FDI in retail, why are we welcoming it,” she said “Small shops, retailers have been wiped out in ...
05 Dec, 2012, 05.50 AM IST
- Work on manufacturing policy to start by August: Anand Sharma
The ground work on the ambitious National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) is likely to start as early as August this year, Anand Sharma said.
25 Feb, 2012, 07.37 AM IST
- Govt mulls Rs 1000 crore credit risk guarantee fund: PM Manmohan Singh
Government is mulling setting up a Rs 1,000 crore Credit Risk Guarantee Fund to encourage banks to give loans to the poor, the PM said.
13 Dec, 2011, 12.43 PM IST
- Infra Sector faces huge shortage of engineering and managerial talent
India’s real estate, construction and infrastructure industry faces a huge shortage of engineering, architectural and managerial talent.
02 Dec, 2011, 03.53 PM IST
- Urban jungle
Indian cities need many things, including a thriving munibond market.
23 May, 2011, 07.28 AM IST
- Kamal Nath asks for concrete roadmap on urban infrastructure from Isher Ahluwalia panel
Urban Development minister Kamal Nath has asked the expert group on urban infrastructure and services led by economist Isher Ahluwalia to r...
29 Apr, 2011, 04.12 AM IST
- No. of JNNURM projects falls due to local bodies' poor capacity
The scheme, being implemented in 65 cities, was started in 2005-06 with the objective of encouraging reforms and speeding up planned develo...
16 Mar, 2011, 05.02 AM IST
- Panel suggests 15% increase in urban development funding
The government needs to scale up urban development funding by at least 15% per annum in the 12th Plan (2011-17) to meet the challenges of r...
08 Mar, 2011, 03.47 AM IST
- Punjab needs a comprehensive land policy : UNIDO
A UNIDO report has said that Punjab needs to develop a comprehensive and transparent land development policy.
24 Sep, 2008, 03.51 PM IST
- CII calls for robust industrial policy
Visionary leadership, good governance, holistic approach and skilled human resource are critical enablers to put the industry in Punjab on ...
05 Sep, 2007, 09.45 PM IST
- Contributions pour in on ICRIER's silver jubilee year
ICRIER, the think tank on India's domestic and international economic policies, has received grant from leading Indian corporate giants.
06 Nov, 2006, 01.40 PM IST
- Economists critical of draft Approach Paper
Taking a critical view of the Approach Paper for the 11th Plan, noted economists today said it was more of paperwork but failed to give a c...
04 Aug, 2006, 10.30 PM IST
- Plan panel gets Montek as new deputy chairman
He came and he saw. Conquer he will after July 1. Planning Commission deputy chairman designate Montek Singh Ahluwalia spent about two-and-...
20 Jun, 2004, 06.58 AM IST
- Experts to focus on pro-poor policies
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will spare time from his busy preparation for the interim budget to inaugurate the fifth annual Global Devel...
27 Jan, 2004, 07.34 AM IST