Central trade unions have opened some successful unions for contract workers in the Ghaziabad industrial belt, breaking the myth that it is difficult to bring them under unions' fold.
Meera, wife of S P Udayakumar who led anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam, talks about her hopes and fears
The growth, below the long-term trend of about 3-3.3 per cent, prompted many experts to question the policy of over-emphasis on cereals.
Corporations and business associations must strengthen their direct communications and consultations with citizens - and earn the trust of society.
Usually, the annual monsoon forecast is released around mid-April.
Developers say an increase in the FSI was long due, given the scarcity of land, but stress the need for stronger infrastructure to support such high-rise buildings.
Officials said apart from infrastructure and skill development, agriculture could be the next big focus area.
Non-flagship programmes to get a mere 5% hike in allocation
Some of the notices are not only for taxes but for cancellation of the NGOs' registration as non-profit entities under the Income Tax Act.
Warehousing law amendment on cards to allow farmers use storage receipts as security for bank loans
New regulations by the Reserve Bank of India on microfinance have prompted MFIs to go for a makeover.
Though the Centre's fiscal consolidation story is taking a hit, Plan expenditure is likely to provide some respite. In the Budget, expected to be tabled by mid-March, the Plan expenditure is likely to be scaled down in the revised estimates for 2011-12, compared to Budget estimates.
To speed up the vacation of additional 2G and 3G telecom spectrum, the government will likely make a Rs 5,000-crore (Rs 50 billion) provision in the Budget for an alternative network for defence services. The spectrum released in lieu of that would increase the availability for civilian use.
But says the airline will have to meet targets to get fund.
In what could mean a big investment opportunity for the construction industry in the years to come, the road transport ministry plans to more than double private participation in highway construction during the 12th Five Year Plan starting April 2012.
Document to talk about social unrest, energy shortages, global factors.
Critics have slammed a bloated subsidy that has been proposed for the food security bill, but officials in the government strongly believe that the resultant additional burden will not be above Rs 27,000 crore to meet the commitments under the proposed legislation.
Cabinet had earlier this week deferred a decision on the much-discussed issue on this ground.
Pronab Sen, principal advisor in the Planning Commission, says that it is difficult to pinpoint the exact GDP number for the current fiscal, as IIP data is questionable and contradicts with exports growth story.
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