- Depleting water levels
Nasa satellite shows depleting groundwater levels in north India.
- PM calls for steps to check food price rise
Prime Minister called for immediate steps to arrest rising food prices, ensure adequate supply and enforce holding limits
- PSU divestment may be capped at Rs 20,000 cr in FY10: Kotak
The government may not be able to raise over Rs 20,000 crore through its disinvestment plan for public sector companies in FY 2010, but thi...
- NREGP wages increased to Rs 100 in Andhra
Daily wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme has been enhanced from Rs 80 to Rs 100 in Andhra Pradesh.
- 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.
- Food subsidy bill likely to hit Rs 30,000 crore
Govt may have finally cleared the whopping Rs 16,200 crore it owed in food grain buys by the rural development ministry to the Food Corpora...
- Improve the delivery mechanism
The decision to increase the states’ share in central taxes to 30.5% from 29% and the Centre’s efficient tax collection has resulted in sta...
- Food subsidy bill for 2007-08 set to inch up
The RE for 2007-08 on food subsidy would include dues of about Rs 3,000 crore in estimated annual average budgetary provisions to square up...
- FinMin for cut in ministries' demands
The finance ministry has suggested a drastic cut of 34% in the financial resources demanded by the ministries to meet the 2008-09 targets.
- Congress MP seeks PM's direction to GoM for spectrum auction
A Congress lawmaker has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct a Group of Ministers on spectrum to formulate a policy for auctioning...
- NREGP: Where does the extra income go?
Additional income in the hands of the poor through statute-backed employment guarantee programmes will mean higher spends on food essential...
- Job guarantee scheme not benefiting target
Out of total of 16,22,42 only 278 households were provided employment up to Aug '07 in 18 operative districts in Maharashtra. How to bat wh...
- Doc's prescription for potable water
State governments have not been effectively using the funds allocated to drinking water, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, stressing that...
- Montek praises AP for NREGP implementation
Showering praises on Andhra Pradesh for effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), Deputy Chair...
- Govt may take pilot route to run schemes for unorganised sector
Pilot projects have of late become pet Budget ballast for the Centre, particularly when it concerns farm and other social sector outlays.
- PM to unveil KBK region package during Orissa tour
Even as a controversy rages in Orissa over developmental programmes for the backward Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput (KBK) region, Prime Ministe...
- NREGP to be launched soon
The NREGP, an ambitious programme to provide 100 days of employment to every rural household, will be launched on February 2.