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Budget 2015: Subsidy reforms high on Modi government's agendaThe Budget presented on Saturday deferred previously set fiscal targets to allow greater state funding in the infrastructure sector.
State governments unwilling to fix taxes, commission on foodgrains at 3-4 per centThe Centre has already spoken to states on this issue and "we have to find other ways to address this issue," Sudhir Kumar said.
Government asks Food Corporation of India to withdraw procurement in Haryana and PunjabFCI procures less than 50 per cent from Punjab, 25 per cent from Haryana out of total procurement in both the state.
Ram Vilas Paswan to review panel suggestions on FCI restructuringFood minister Ram Vilas Paswan has called a meeting on February 11 to review the recommendations of a highlevel committee on restructuring ...
Paswan to review panel suggestion to restructure FCIFood minister Ram Vilas Paswan has called a meeting on February 11 to review the suggestions to restructure the organisation.
Bhartiya Khadya Nigam Karamchari Sangh stages protest opposing FCI restructuring proposalBhartiya Khadya Nigam Karamchari Sangh today staged a token protest against the recommendations made on restructuring of the Food Corporati...
CPI(M) slams recommendations for FCI overhaulThe CPI(M) Politburo said it will mobilise the public and continue its struggle for a universal public distribution system.
Food panel defends cut in security coverageShanta Kumar, the chairman of the Prime Minister-appointed panel to revamp the food subsidy regime strongly defended its recommendation to ...
Food Security Act: BJP wanted to oppose but feared backlashWhen the UPA government brought Food Security Bill, BJP had felt that the coverage of 67 per cent population under it was too high.
FCI restructuring: Panel to submit final report to PM Narendra Modi on WednesdaySources said that the panel has touched the FCI related issues beyond the terms of reference and given recommendations for major overhaul o...
Committee on Food Corporation of India restructuring seeks 2-month extensionFood Corporation of India (FCI) is government's nodal agency for procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains.
- Make doctors legally bound to prescribe only generic drugs: Parliamentary panel
Government should bring in a legislation that would make it compulsory for doctors to prescribe only low-cost generic drugs.
- Parliamentary panel cautions government against rushing into FTA with EU
As the India and the EU negotiate a free trade agreement, a Parliamentary panel today cautioned against its early signing.
- Parliamentary panel seeks views on National Institute of Design Bill
The Bill, which was introduced in the RS on March 11, has been referred to the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Comme...
- Export figures should be released in quantity terms: Parliamentary panel
Parliamentary panel has called for release of the country's export figures in terms of volume besides value so that the 'true' state of exp...
- Real estate biz becomes prosperous in guise of SEZ: Par Panel
A Parliamentary panel has castigated the government for not establishing industries in almost half the SEZs set up since 2006 and giving th...
- Narendra Modi, Prem Kumar Dhumal never favoured FDI in retail, clarifies BJP
BJP has denied Anand Sharma's claim that Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had told a parliamentary panel recently that they wanted FDI in retai...