Reliance operationalises clean energy giga complex; elevates national exchequer contribution to Rs 2,16,472 crore in FY26Reliance Industries has launched its clean energy operations. The company commissioned solar module manufacturing and began advanced work o...
28 May, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Out-of-pocket expenditure share declines by 21 percentage points from 2013-14: Health ministryGovernment health spending has risen, leading to a significant drop in out-of-pocket health expenses. This decline, from 64.2% in 2013-14 t...
27 May, 2026, 07.47 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir govt imposes spending curbs, restricts official eventsJammu and Kashmir government has implemented stringent expenditure-control measures to ensure fiscal discipline. Restrictions are now in pl...
23 May, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Warsh clinches Senate approval to be Fed's next chair as inflation intensifiesIn a pivotal moment for the economy, the US Senate has officially confirmed Kevin Warsh as the chair of the Federal Reserve, just as inflat...
14 May, 2026, 12.52 AM IST
Reliance Industries Q4 results key takeaways: O2C drags profit down 12.6% as Jio, retail hold the fortReliance Industries Limited saw its net profit fall 12.6 percent in the March quarter. This was due to challenges in its oil-to-chemicals s...
25 Apr, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
LTC rule changed for Central Govt employees: All you need to know about the new rules to claim LTC7th Pay Commission rules for Central Govt employees: In an Office Memorandum dated December 21, 2023, DoPT has relaxed rules of Leave Trave...
27 Dec, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
Ministries can carry forward unused funds: Centre"Ministry/department should not under any circumstance presume prior approval of the expenditure secretary. This has to be formally obtaine...
27 May, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
Government relaxes norms for ministries in bid to push public expenditureUnspent balances from QEP-2 and QEP-3 may be utilised in QEP-3 and QEP-4 respectively only after formal and prior approval of the Expenditu...
26 May, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
Tourism ministry initiates proposal for including tourism in concurrent list of the constitutionThe ministry said it has also requested the ministry of finance to 'sympathetically consider' granting an infrastructure status for hotels ...
03 Aug, 2021, 08.00 PM IST
View: The inconsonance between Centre and states in battling the pandemic is costing Indians dearlyThe second wave has been devastating, with its shortages of oxygen, intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ambulances, which have laid bare the...
29 Apr, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
NREGS draws flak for inadequate supervision, shoddy assets createdThe rural development ministry expects an allocation of ₹55,000 crore for the rural jobs scheme in the budget for 2018-19, which would be t...
23 Jan, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Centre seeks monthly NREGS social auditWith unemployment rate rising in rural areas, the government has asked all states to take stock of the implementation of the National Rural...
25 Feb, 2016, 06.44 AM IST
29 hydro power projects await CWC evaluation: Piyush GoyalTotal land which is proposed to be irrigated by the 10 multipurpose water resource projects is 11,76,961 hectares.
11 Aug, 2014, 03.33 PM IST
Lok Sabha poll cost jumps 80 times from Rs 10 crore to Rs 846 crore since 1952If concurrent election to Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly is held then such expenditure is shared between central and respective s...
08 Apr, 2014, 05.48 PM IST
- MPs from UK, India discuss political changes, Lokpal
A group of MPs from UK and India today held discussions on various issues concerning democratic procedures of parliamentary system.
19 Aug, 2012, 10.18 PM IST
- Rural Development Ministry proposes plan to assess effectiveness of welfare schemes
The rural development ministry is proposing to put in place a system to assess the effectiveness of welfare schemes even as they are implem...
17 Jul, 2012, 06.43 PM IST
- Jairam Ramesh proposes concurrent audit of rural welfare schemes
Ramesh has put forward a proposal to PM outlining the concurrent evaluation to improve the efficiency & quality of outcomes of all rural sc...
08 Feb, 2012, 02.50 AM IST