The government plans to spend USD 10 billion on the national e-Governance programme, a senior government official has said. "The government has committed about USD 10 billion to this programme, of which composite of some investment is
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, whom the CBI has failed to arrest despite a non-bailable warrant against him in anti-Sikh riots cases, is "missing" for the past one week and his Personal Security Officer (PSO) has been suspended.
Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash, who faces charges in the Sukna land scam, has said that Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor had not applied his mind before changing his decision to initiate court martial proceedings against him. He also said the fres
Accusing the UPA government of failing to act firmly against terrorism originating from Pakistan and Naxal threat, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said indecisiveness on these challenges has become a major threat to the nation. The government
After a 14-month hiatus, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met in New Delhi on Thursday for structured talks with an aim of ending the chill in the relations caused by Mumbai attacks. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao headed the I
Enthused by reforms and the strong fundamentals, the Economic Survey on Thursday predicted that India would bounce back to a high nine percent growth in 2011-12 on the way to becoming world`s fastest growing economy in four years. The docu
The 13th Finance Commission has asked the government to adopt a "calibrated" strategy for withdrawing stimulus measures provided to spur the economy in the wake of the global economic crisis. Although the Economic Survey has favo
The pre-budget Economic Survey, presented in parliament on Thursday, favoured providing further stimulus for the exports sector, arguing that the recovery prospects in global markets are still fragile. It said that despite some impr
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey 2009-10 that projects a growth of up to 8.75 percent in 2010-11 and indicates a full recovery from the impact of the global economic slowdown. Highlights of the surve
The government has decided to involve the civil society in the implementation of the national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS). The rural development ministry, which is overseeing the scheme, has put up on www.nrega.nic.in
Minister of Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai has met officials of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) of the North East Mega Food Park, which is setting up the Mega Food Park at Nalbari in Assam, and took stock of the progress of the pro
People worried about rising sugar prices have some good news from the government, which says the the sweetener is costing a bit less now. The government has said the retail sugar price in Delhi has declined from Rs.47 on January 15 to Rs.4
Preparations have started for the Population Census 2011 with the formal notification of the government`s intent to conduct the census with March 1, 2011 as the reference date. Ajay Maken, minister of state in the home ministry, stated thi
Remember the hue and cry last year when Montblanc launched a series of pens with Mahatma Gandhi`s image? The German firm has now apologised and given its assurance to a court that it will not sell those pens, according to a report. Montbla
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries above the age of 40 can now get routine health chech-ups done at two of the CGHS dispensaries in R.K. Puram, south Delhi. A pilot project for preventive health check-ups was launched on
* No increase in passenger fares and freight tariffs * Service charges on e-tickets reduced * E-ticket vans to be extended to Government Medical College Hospitals, Courts, Universities, IT hubs, IITs and IIMs * SMS updates of
Mamata Banerjee`s Railway Budget for 2010-11 has no increase in the passenger fares of any class or category of trains. Freight tariffs have also remained the same. Service charges for e-tickets and freight charges for food-grains will be re
The government says the Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi in October, is likely to generate a net revenue of about Rs.80 crore. The quantum of revenue likely to be generated dur
The deficiencies in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in the four years of its implementation are mainly procedural in nature, the minister of state for rural development Pradeep Jain Aditya informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. It
In a move that would ease prices of sugar, the Uttar Pradesh government has lifted a nearly three- month ban on import of raw sugar into the state, official sources said today. "Cane Commissioner Sudhir M Bobade has written a l
