Scheme faces pincer attack with a proposed higher proportion of expenditure on material, reducing the budget available to pay wages and focus on implementing it only in 2,500 blocks.
DLF has long been embroiled in a controversy over a deal that brought windfall profits to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its final verdict on coal mine allocations later this week.
Though the current National Democratic Alliance government has not endorsed the figure, it has not even repudiated it.
US wants to include climate change deal in it; India disinclined
Seven major state power distribution utilities, identified by the central government for financial restructuring, have failed to increase their tariff considerably to improve their financials.
On Monday, a journalist sat through a closed-door meeting between Goyal and state power ministers, in the guise of an event manager.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Since the court had earlier questioned distribution of mining rights through the screening committee route, experts say the solution worked out would be weighed on the basis of legality.
As power generation across northern and western India bore the brunt of the coal scarcity, spot prices at IEX rose to Rs 10.8 a unit during August 25-27, compared with Rs 8.7 a unit on August 22.
Against National Democratic Alliance's 75 million target, United Progressive Alliance added 61 million in 2013-14.
Union government limits powers of Anti Corruption Bureau to corruption cases involving Delhi state govt officials
In a major jolt to India's solar energy programme, the Rajasthan government might cancel the 4,000-Mw solar UMPP (ultra mega power project), which was expected to come up near Sambhar Lake.
Delhi Police claims that the FIR reveals serious cognizable corruption & cheating offences, so matter is within its jurisdiction.
Rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects relaxed.
The decision marks first successful policy intervention.
The UN climate negotiation decisions are meant to be taken by consensus and to originate from the submissions of all countries.
That does not change with the much-expected new US announcement, it only reiterates the imbalance.
PMO's stance came as part of a reply to the whistle-blower forest officer, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, after he dragged the PMO to the Central Information Commission for denying information under the RTI Act.
Internal report, to be finalised in seven-10 days, may also suggest reduction in subsidies
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