Vote on account 2014: UPA-II failed to build on the work done by UPA-IIn his speech today, FM P Chidambaram suggested UPA-II has done a good job on social welfare. As statements go, that assertion is not corre...
Nandan Nilekani geared up for acceleration in Aadhaar enrolmentUIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani today said Aadhaar enrolment stations would be increased in the country.
Why private capital formation, not welfare, is a better electoral bet for UPA in 2014UPA-III is yet a possibility. A year is still left and investment can be that most important tool for the otherwise seemingly lost battle f...
Budget 2013: Will this budget help Congress win the next election?This time, Chidambaram does not have Rs 60K cr to give away. His entire Budget is an exercise is cloaking massive cost cuts in the garb of ...
Economic survey 2012: Need reforms to make manufacturing the engine of growth, says Arun Maira, Planning CommissionWe have to create jobs much faster and in a much more broad based manner than we are doing so far in the economy.
- Jairam Ramesh politicising NREGA and has preconcieved agenda: Mayawati writes to PM
Mayawati has slammed Jairam Ramesh for accusing the state government by basing his claims on MGNREGA on the basis of information provided t...
- UPA gearing up to roll out NREGA-II
Rural ministry is planning to take UPA's flagship project to a new level.
- NAC to do reality check on flagship schemes
The new National Advisory Council (NAC), which had its first meeting here on Thursday, decided to evaluate implementation of flagship progr...
- New hands aboard, National Advisory Council ready for biz
The National Advisory Council (NAC), led by Sonia Gandhi, will get down to business this week itself with the Congress leadership finalisin...
- How many marks will PM give to UPA-II?
How many marks will Prime Minister Manmohan Singh give to the performance of the UPA-II in the first year which has generally been a sweet-...
- NAC is back, Sonia may’ve bigger say in UPA policies
The govt has revived the National Advisory Council with Ms Sonia Gandhi as its chairperson. The council, which played a seminal role in the...
- SC ruling clears decks for Cong to give new life to NAC under Sonia
The National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Sonia Gandhi, is likely to be brought back to life more than three years after the Congress ...
- Cong may fall back on NREGA to achieve right-to-food promise
Drought may prove to be the Congress' biggest obstacle to 'Right to Food'.
- Food security plan may turn out to be a failure
However noble the provisions of National Food Security Programme, it will wind up as a failure like many others before it if there is no cl...
- Budget bounty for infra, social sectors
Though under tremendous pressure to manage resources, the UPA is expected to enhance social sector and infrastructure spending in its budge...
- Govt provides additional Rs 10,500 cr for NREG scheme
Government has stepped up the allocation for its flagship programme rural employment scheme NREGA by over 65 per cent to Rs 26,500 crore.
- UPA's employment scheme in rural areas shows mixed results
The aim was to provide rural folks with gainful employment for a minimum number of days every years. Actual progress, however, varies acros...