Congress favours release of caste-based data of Socio-Economic CensusCongress favoured releasing caste-based data carried in SECC but advocated caution while doing so in view of social and political sensitivi...
04 Jul, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Narendra Modi uses 'zero hour' for idea exchange at Cabinet meetingsThe discussions, particularly as they are a regular feature, provide a contrast to the previous UPA cabinet that rarely discussed matters t...
24 Jul, 2014, 11.32 AM IST
Two key UPA decisions in NDA's 100-day agendaThe government wants to raise the monthly wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 from the existing Rs 6,500 under the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme.
20 Jun, 2014, 02.55 PM IST
Prime Minister and Home Minister to constitute Appointments Committee on CabinetThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet will now include only the Prime Minister and the Home Minister — marking a departure from the UPA...
20 Jun, 2014, 11.07 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi scraps 4 Cabinet Committees, including one on UIDAIThe Manmohan Singh govt had as many as 12 cabinet committees in place apart from dozens of groups of ministers and empowered GOMs.
11 Jun, 2014, 06.00 AM IST
- Importance of Manmohan Singh's role within the UPA's cabinet
Election-winning Congress ministers are the senior directors who actually run the government hands-on and massage the egos of allies.
09 Jan, 2012, 03.59 AM IST
- Through the Third Eye
UPA managers had initially planned to push ahead with the retail FDI decision in Parliament by using the space a Trinamool walkout or abste...
06 Dec, 2011, 05.28 AM IST
- FDI in retail: Government cannot have a headmaster-like approach, believes Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi said he cannot be expected to back a policy paradigm that is in conflict with the core values of his party.
03 Dec, 2011, 04.09 AM IST
Three points to be noted about the Cabinet reshuffleThe most positive fallout of the Cabinet reshuffle is that it is finally over. Now, ministers can get down to work, without uncertainty abo...
13 Jul, 2011, 11.34 AM IST
Cold shouldered, DMK to plot move at general councilDMK's shrinking feel has continued with the latest reshuffle of the UPA cabinet, being left with a lone cabinet minister in MK Azhagiri.
13 Jul, 2011, 11.01 AM IST
- Austerity pays: 100% decline in ministers’ travel expenses
The austerity drive of the UPA government, which was initiated during the downturn of 2009, seems to have paid off.
27 Mar, 2011, 04.34 AM IST
- Cabinet notes ignore views of other ministries
A 50-page handbook on writing notes for the Cabinet and its committees, circulated to all government departments by the Cabinet Secretariat...
18 Jan, 2011, 02.30 AM IST
- For UPA govt, the year 2010 ended in despairing nothingness
Racked by scandals, corruption and parliamentary dust-ups, 2010 was perhaps India's worst year in the first decade of the 21st century.
17 Jan, 2011, 11.30 AM IST
- Minorities to get more jobs share?
The Congress-led Centre may nudge states to work towards increasing share of minorities in employment as it has concluded that its efforts ...
24 Aug, 2010, 07.16 AM IST
- Mamata skips Cabinet meet, downplays absence
Mamta said there are no differences between her party & Cong.
01 Jun, 2010, 02.43 PM IST
YSR's son Jagan Reddy in UPA Cabinet?As many as 35 ministers handed a letter to Sonia Gandhi in Hyderabad, requesting her to make Jagan, an industrialist, the CM.
05 Sep, 2009, 01.48 PM IST
It rains ministers for Kerala in UPA cabinetFollowing defence minister A K Antony and Vayalar Ravi , four more MPs from the state got the call on Wednesday.
27 May, 2009, 06.31 PM IST