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Parliamentary panel advises MoSPI to optimise fund use, seek extra funds if neededA Parliamentary panel has urged the Statistics Ministry to use allocated funds wisely. The ministry faces funding shortfalls for key scheme...- Parliament watch: Delay in land acquisition, capping apprentices and moreNitin Gadkari informed Rajya Sabha about delays in 163 road projects, primarily due to land acquisition challenges. Rao Inderjit Singh high...
- Congress to highlight failures of BJP's Delhi MPs, says Arvinder Singh LovelyAAP-Congress alliance challenges BJP before May 25 Delhi Lok Sabha polls. 1.47 crore voters await 'white paper' on BJP MPs' 10-year perform...
- Govt working on new guidelines to refine MPLADS to suit post Covid-19 needsThe government had started examining ways to refine MPLADS a while ago at the ministry of statistics and programme implementation to includ...
- Mega textile park scheme awaits Cabinet nod: Govt to Parliament“The proposed scheme of setting up MITRAs by the Ministry of Textiles is in the process of obtaining approval of the Cabinet. Once the sche...
- Rajya Sabha: Opposition slams government on lockdown, Covid deathsSharma asked the government to share the latest figures of those infected by the virus and the number of casualties. He further said the ra...
- Shashi Tharoor writes to PM, seeks rollback of govt's decision to suspend MPLAD fundsIn a letter to the prime minister, Tharoor commended the government for its decision to revise the salaries of Members of Parliament and of...
- Full MPLADS funds spent in only 35 of 543 constituenciesThe Centre is planning to change the pattern of MPLADS funding, from two instalments to one every year, following delay in completion of pr...
- 358 projects worth Rs 3.53 lakh crore report cost overruns: MOSPIAccording to the July report, these 358 infrastructure project had reported a cost overrun of Rs 3.37 lakh crore.
- What PM Modi's demonetisation achieved, what it didn’t, and what next?Now that economic costs of note ban are more apparent than the gains, Modi’s fight against black money will end with a whimper if he doesn'...
- Death penalty an aberration in democracy, abolish it: Shashi TharoorThe Congress leader said hanging people does not deter crime and there is a lot of subjectivity in application of death penalty.
- Parliamentary panel on MPs' salary to revisit recommendationsCurrently an MP gets a basic salary of Rs 50,000, besides Rs 45,000 each toward constituency and office expenses, totalling Rs 1.4 lakh per...
- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed blames previous NC govt for huge fiscal liabilitiesMufti Mohammad Sayeed alleged that the previous National Conference government had incurred "huge" fiscal liabilities for Jammu and Kashmir.
- Opposition seeks timely release of MGNREGA fundsNoting it was a "demand-driven" programme, Singh said the government has released about Rs 12,000 crore to various states in the current fi...
- Earthquake toll in India mounts to 66, top officials airdash to NepalThe death toll in Saturday's earthquake and aftershocks in the country has climbed to 66 with Bihar reporting the highest casualties.
- Anglo-Indian community urges PM Narendra Modi to ensure naming of Lok Sabha nomineesThey urged Modi to "take necessary steps to effect the nomination of the two Anglo-Indian members" to Lok Sabha as per Article 331 of the C...
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: Pilot looks to sail through, BJP counts on groundswell in Raj"I am ready to take on and will defeat the BJP candidate this time also. In the last elections, I defeated sitting MP Kiran Maheshwari by a...
- MPs not responsible for delays in implementing MPLADS workThe government today said delays of works under the MPLAD scheme are the responsibility of district authorities, not Members of Parliament.
- 50 infrastructure projects to cost Rs 65,000 crore more, says GovernmentThe total estimated cost of these 50 infrastructure projects was Rs 67,999.01 crore which escalated to Rs 1,33,761.84 crore.
- Agri ministry faces a drought of policy optionsUPA mandarins face two mega-challenges in the coming days — check rising food prices and give relief to drought-stricken farmers.
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