- Government re-constitutes National Advisory Council, tribal expert Virginius Xaxa replaces Aruna Roy
Xaxa, the new member of the Council, has written on tribal communities of the country and is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sc...
Food Bill: NAC member questions delay, lists out constraintsThe revised food security bill may have got the government nod and is likely to be brought in Parliament this week.
- Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council member defends petrol price hike, experts differ
National Advisory Council (NAC) has defended the petrol price hike by saying it will not have any major impact on inflation.
- Experts divided over removal of Plan, Non-Plan expenditure proposed by panel headed by PMEAC chief
While former Planning Commission member Y K Alagh is opposed to the proposal, N C Saxena, former Plan panel member favoured it was as 'good...
- NAC member to lecture babus on forest rights
Jairam Ramesh has asked National Advisory Council member N C Saxena to lecture senior forest officials from across the country on the Fores...
- POSCO project biggest FDI for India: Naveen
Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik said the POSCO project, which has been a hanging fire for the last five years, has a potential of earning huge rev...
- Vedanta episode not to tarnish India's image: Montek
The Plan panel today said the government's refusal to accord environment clearance to Vedanta's proposed USD 1.7 billion aluminium project ...
- 'Mining industry needs an image makeover'
NAC member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed four member panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation not be permitted on N...
- Sterlite, Vedanta plunge 4 pc after Orissa project rejection
Sterlite Industries plunged over 4% after the government rejected environment clearance to Vedanta's $1.7 bn bauxite mining project in Oris...
- Naveen to push Vedanta with PM today
Patnaik is expected to discuss with the PM not only Vedanta but Posco's integrated steel plant as well, work on which had been ordered shut...
- Vedanta project: Orissa hopes to place its stand before FAC
Though not invited at the impending FAC meeting, Orissa government expects an opportunity to explain its stand on Vedanta's controversial N...
- Ministry directs Orissa govt to stop work at Posco site
South Korean steelmaker Posco’s wait just got longer with the Union environment ministry directing Orissa government to stop all work at th...
- NAC first meeting in Delhi today
National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi will have its first meeting.
- Economic Survey 2008-09: Over 60% Indians live on Rs 20/day
The debate over poverty levels in the country found resonance in the Economic Survey with the report stating that 60.5% of the population w...
- 50% Indians living below poverty line: Govt panel
In what could provide a radical boost to UPA’s aam aadmi agenda but also pose a mind-boggling fiscal challenge, a government panel has reco...
- Waiver euphoria will give way to disaffection soon: NAC member
Doubts about usefulness of the loan waiver announced in the budget have become ‘mainstream’ now.
- Vasudev appointed eco affairs secretary
AHEAD of the budget exercise beginning this week, the government today effected a major reshuffle in the key posts in the finance ministry,...