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%
In 2013, the fall in international gold prices was 28 per cent.
The Russian currency depreciated by 24 per cent in the past month to trade at 56.54 to the dollar at present, a sharp recovery after hitting a low of 68 in early December.
India has around 600,000 villages spread across the country.
The World Gold Council, which represents the mining industry, puts India's demand between 850 and 950 tonnes in 2014.
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.
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
Import in the first nine months of the current calendar year fell 20 per cent to 525 tonnes from 658 tonnes in the year-ago period.
Indian exporters are said to be exporting gold jewellery with minimum value addition to get a higher gold import quota for domestic market after imports linked to exports under the 80:20 rule.
Price of ladies finger shot up staggering 236% at Vashi wholesale market last month.
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.
This has steered a rally in global equities and dollar Index also ticked higher, trading near its four year high.
When overall gems and jewellery exports remained resilient so far this year on global economic uncertainty, shipment of silver jewellery witnessed a phenomenal growth so far this year.
The NDA is looking to reduce fiscal deficit not by chopping social sector spending but by paring it down
The state government has formed two committees under the chief secretary and the cane commissioner on the matter.
PMO being sent daily updates on food cost situation in four major metropolitan cities to ensure no unusual flare-up.
The move is aimed at reflecting the diversity of India and highlighting the contribution of prominent personalities.
Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have been few, with plenty of papers and files moving to the Prime Minister's Office, which is increasingly emerging as a centralised clearance point, even for routine and ordinary issues. Though policy paralysis was a term used freely for the United Progressive Alliance regime, questions are now being raised about pending decisions across ministries and whether at least some ministers have turned redundant.
New Delhi bureaucrats, accustomed to leisurely lunches, golf in the afternoon and long weekends, have been shaken out of their somnolence, say authors. Fear and suspicion hang heavy over the red-sands.
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