India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.
The Supreme Court judgement will hopefully ensure that those in power and authority will hesitate before allotting precious natural resources that belong to each and every citizen of the country in an arbitrary and corrupt manner, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
A recent data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) confirm that both the manufacturing and mining sectors shrunk in 2013-14 with fall in output.
Union minister for coal and mines Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced 15 per cent interim relief for coal miners and employees and said no collieries would be closed and no retrenchment would be made.
Raghuram Rajan, who was Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry before taking over as RBI Governor on September 4, is scheduled to announce the next mid-quarter policy review on December 18.
Shibu Soren has taken risks all his life, and reaped rewards. But it seems he may soon run out of luck.
The Centre will soon announce a power tariff policy to ensure that states have a uniform approach towards fixing electricity tariff, Power Secretary R V Shahi said on Tuesday.\n\n\n\n
The Group of Ministers on Telangana is set to discuss the draft bill for the creation of Telangana on Saturday.
The defence minister said that if AFSPA was not imposed in a state, then the army couldn't operate there.
Investment in infrastructure was necessary for the economy, as power shortages, inadequate transport and poor connectivity affect overall growth performance, as per the Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled in Parliament by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. "To achieve GDP of USD 5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion (Rs 100 lakh crore) over these years on infrastructure so that a lack of infrastructure does not become a constraint to growth," it said.
Disinvestment Ministry has stipulated a three year lock in period for prospective bidders vying for stake in Hindustan Copper where Government proposes to shed its entire equity.
As per revised rules every four tribals is likely to be displaced or affected by projects, as their habitations were rich in natural resources
A K Bhattacharya deciphers Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first cabinet reshuffle.
'At its peak, COVID-19 in Korea felt like half-disaster, half-disaster movie.'
On the revenue front, the finance ministry was expecting higher proceeds from non-tax revenue.
The government is keen to divest stake in PSU firms .
'A growth of above 7 per cent when the fundamentals of the economy are becoming stronger still makes India the fastest growing large economy.'
Only three or four tonnes is estimated to have been mobilised under the scheme.
"We have taken cognisance of Zakir Naik's speeches and have given necessary instructions for a probe. A thorough investigation will be done. CDs of his speeches are being examined," the home minister said.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal is keen to revive the energy sector.
Power Minister Piyush Goyal is keen to revive the energy sector.
Take a look at the map to see just how green is your area?
The government is expected to route all its official communication through the official website National Informatics Centre's email service.
He claimed the NDA government bought the planes at Rs 1,600 crore a piece as against the Rs 526 crore for each aircraft fixed by the UPA.
Budget session will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget on February 28.
The government has a two-pronged strategy for e-auction of cancelled coal blocks.
The list has been sent to Governor Ram Naik for approval.
The size of the GDP in the second quarter of 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 33.98 lakh crore, as against Rs 31.72 lakh crore a year ago
To proceed with a Cabinet proposal to grant the relaxations to RIL, the Election Commission's approval will be sought.
According to a statement available on the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation website, gross domestic product, consumer price index and index of industrial production will now be released at 5.30 in the evening.
India will require new technical solutions and approaches to solve environmental problems.
As many as 20 new faces are expected to be inducted into the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday in the first revamp exercise which is likely to bring in BJP leaders Manohar Parrikar, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Bandaru Datttatreya while elevating a few.
India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said huge investment made by companies in coal blocks without getting clearance cannot be a ground for not cancelling licences and asked the Centre to respond whether it intends to de-allocate such allocations.
'We are trying to empower teachers in the entire country because online teaching is very, very, complicated.'
Any delay in passing the coal bill may cause a crisis in the coal sector which would also affect the power sector.
Enunciating slew of measures initiated by the UPA to augment the sector, the finance minister said 19 oil and gas blocks were given out for exploration and 7 new airports are under construction.
'The government says the mortality rate among patients is 2 to 3 per cent, but in doctors it is 11 per cent, which is very high.'
