No home food for Karti, medicines allowed only on prescription.
Swaraj tore into the Congress, saying it had helped Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi and Bhopal gas leak accused Warren Anderson flee from India.
Capping a visit that attracted controversy and opposition ire, EU parliamentarians visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday termed Article 370 an internal issue of India and said they stand by the country in its fight against terrorism.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that Appropriate measures were likely to be taken by the Government to relax the two hectare cap to benefit more farmers under the ambitious Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) loan waiver scheme. She was addressing a farmers' rally in Osmanabad in the Marathwada region. She said after the Budget many sections felt that benefits should be granted to farmers having larger land holdings in regions like Vidarbha & Marathwada regions.
The title Inquiry Authority as against Commission had been used since that was the expression used in Section 11 of the Act to Parliament.
In a major boost to education sector, the Union Cabinet has cleared the long-pending Right to Education Bill, which promises free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14.
Going by the number of changes Mr Jaitley's next Budget is likely to see, he will go down in the history of Budget-making as the finance minister who ushered in the largest number of changes in a single Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
The government would not extend export freight assistance to sugar mills beyond September, Union Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday. On August 29, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said the government must end assistance to sugar exporters since enough sugar had been exported out of the country.
A day before the announcement of the Union Budget for 2004-05, the Economic Survey called for "overhauling" the tax exemption regime saying low Tax:GDP ratio was a prime concern and it was coming in the way of improving government finances.
The NIA, which came into existence in February this year with the appointment of Radha Vinod Raju as its first director general, has to accomplish important tasks in next 100 days.
Come February and everyone starts talkinga about the Budget. Read on to understand what the frenzy is all about.
With an eye to make the Rashtriya Lok Dal happy the Union Cabinet in a crucial meeting decided to rename the Lucknow airport as Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport. This was disclosed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram while briefing media-persons on the developments that took place in Thursday's meeting.
Manipur has been experiencing unrest on account of the people's unhappiness with the alleged misuse of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. They are demanding that it be repealed.
On July 8, 2004, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the Union Budget for fiscal 2004-05. Take the Rediff Business Quiz and know how much you know about the budgets.
Singh had taken the two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 4 and April 3.
Government on Thursday approved the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill to protect the interest of donors.
The Union Cabinet has decided to refer the proposals of the ad-hoc group headed by Arjun Sengupta for granting greater functional autonomy to Cenral Public Enerprises to the Group of Ministers.
It is an important move because 7,300 cases of Armed Forces personnel are pending before the High Courts and Supreme Court.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budget announcement to cut the excise duty on drugs from 16 per cent to 8 per cent received a loud applause from many corners. However, the common man is yet to see its impact as there are many loose ends to be tied up and loopholes to be plugged before drug prices show any downward trend.
However, independent economists are not as gung-ho as the finance ministry over the likelihood of deficit target being met this time around, says Indivjal Dhasmana.
With this, the number of IITs will touch 16. The new IITs will be set up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The academic sessions of six new IITs will start on July 23. The IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Gujarat will start their session with 120 students each in temporary campuses.
The committee will be headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice U C Banerjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi after a Cabinet meeting.
Participating in the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address to Parliament, senior Congress leader and party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said in the Rajya Sabha that the economy has grown by over eight per cent in the last four years.
The 77-year-old was recently diagnosed with pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital, where he died at 1.28 am, a Congress leader said.
The decision to make these changes to the Union Cabinet was apparently taken last week, but the timing of its announcement could not have been more unfortunate, writes Neerja Chowdhury
It was a volatile day of trade. The markets opened in the red following weak Asian cues. There were innumerable attempts at a recovery, only to be followed by fresh weakness.
The Union government on Monday sought Parliament approval for an additional cash outgo of Rs 1,05,613 crore (Rs 1056.13 billion) to meet the extra financial liabilities expected to arise during the ongoing fiscal year.
The Union Cabinet on Friday extended the period of compliance with the conditions of Press Note 5, 2005, by three months to December 31, 2006.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on the much-awaited insurance law amendment Bill that aims to raise the foreign direct investment cap for insurance companies from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. No decision was taken today as Finance Minister P Chidambaram was not present at the meeting.
There is speculation that TRS president Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to get a portfolio in the Cabinet.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the package.
Jaitley said the raids have been carried out only after identifying a substantial reason.
The new IITs would come up in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 6,080 crore (Rs 60.80 billion), Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a meeting of the Union Cabinet.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the proposed SAARC Limited Multilateral Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in tax matters.
Responding to pressures within government, the farm debt waiver and relief scheme has been enhanced to Rs 71,680 crore from the earlier Rs 60,314 crore, even as its coverage was widened to include 7 million more marginal and small farmers, taking the number of beneficiaries to 43 million from the originally proposed 40 million.
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