Timely payment under the MGNREGA is essential as it is a demand-driven scheme.
Budget is likely to focus on infrastructure creation in the N-E
Economist Arvind Panagariya is the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog, while economist Bibek Debroy and scientist V K Saraswat are the two full-time members of the Aayog.
Former rural development minister Jairam Ramesh tells Sanjeeb Mukherjee that the Ordinance to amend the land acquisition Act (2013) opens the door for forcible acquisition and undermines the spirit and the substance of the legislation.
State governments are expected to play a more significant role
He was most recently credited as one of the brains behind labour law reforms in Rajasthan
On Friday, the nameplate of the erstwhile commission on the railings of the Yojana Bhawan was pulled down and replaced with NITI Aayog.
Even if the new body focuses on long-term planning, it is unlikely to do so through five-year Plans.
For PPP projects, clause on consent requirement could be abolished or brought down to 50% of land owners, against the current 70%
India has around 600,000 villages spread across the country.
If the presentation made by the Commission to the chief ministers is followed in letter and spirit, central sector and sponsored schemes will no longer be the domain of central ministries alone.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is meeting state finance ministers on Thursday to garner support for the Constitution Amendment Bill for a goods & services tax (GST), is likely to immediately dole out about Rs 13,000 crore (Rs 130 billion) in Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation to states.
Sanjeeb Mukherjee, who was eight years old when the deadly gas leaked from Union Carbide's factory, gives his account of living in the city during that fateful period
The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer.
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently extended a Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion) central support for building roads in Jammu & Kashmir, Union Cabinet's approval for the big-ticket announcement came in barely 48 hours.
Officials say telco still keen on process.
As the government submitted a list of 627 foreign account holders to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the spotlight is on family of former Maharashtra chief minister, former minister in the UPA government, a Mumbai-based corporate among others. Vrishti Beniwal reports
Financial institutions at the risk of US sanctions as sharing of documents on SC directive amounts to violation of existing agreements.
The NDA is looking to reduce fiscal deficit not by chopping social sector spending but by paring it down
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