BPO is going to generate employment in all small cities.
The government on Thursday sought to erase the impression that the hike in tariffs for telecom services has been made to favour cellular and private WLL operators patronised by business and upper segments of society.
The government will take up the issue of decontrol of gas price at the time of framing a long-term Gas Pricing Policy, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Asserting that the reports regarding a run on ICICI Bank a few weeks ago was more of a panic reaction, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday gave a clean chit to the institution, describing it as a reputed and profit-making bank.
Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture, Hukum Dev Narain said all efforts would be made to achieve the foodgrain production target of 220 million tonnes set for this year.
Making a statement in the legislative assembly, Fadnavis said, "Enough is enough. If the doctors fail to resume work today, government will not sit quietly. We cannot leave the patients to die. I am making a final attempt to break the deadlock today by meeting the doctors' representatives. If no solution is found and doctors don't resume work, they should be prepared to face legal action."
The government will set up three refineries in Paradip, Bathinda and Bina during the Tenth Plan period which would increase the crude refining capacity by 24 million tonne, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
The goverment has found serious irregularities in the functioning of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Rejecting the Opposition demand for a JPC probe into demat share scam, the Government Tuesday said SEBI was examining the matter and strictest possible action would be taken against those involved in the irregularities.
The government has permitted foreign banks to open a maximum of 18 branches in the country, which are situated mostly in urban and metropolitan centres, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited would not be privatised in the near future.\n\n\n\n
India is poised to become a leading software exporter in the next five years with its software exports expected to touch $50 billion by 2008.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said the only difficulty is the Portuguese government's policy of not allowing extradition of any person to a country, which has a capital punishment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the war in Iraq had not significantly affected exports from India, though Gulf countries accounted for 11 per cent of the country's total exports.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday ruled out the merger of IDBI with IFCI in the near future and said all efforts would be made to restore the state of health of these organisations. \n\n
A meeting of the Group of Ministers on freeing natural gas pricing from government control would be held next month, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Members in the Lok Sabha on Thursday expressed grave concern over hate crimes against Indians in the United States, with opposition parties questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the matter and the government saying it was being "viewed seriously".
Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday referred the issue of some Trinamool Congress members allegedly accepting bribe, as shown in a purported sting operation, to the Ethics Committee, asking the L K Advani-headed panel to examine and investigate the charges.
Speaker Manohar Joshi has decided to call an all-party meeting to discuss how to ensure smooth functioning of the House.
Large quantities of liquefied natural gas will start flowing into the country from the Dahej Terminal in Gujarat when it becomes operational from January next year, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday.
Abdul Jalil Mastan caught on camera asking a crowd at a note ban protest to hit with shoes the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking condemnation and kicking up a ruckus in the state legislature.
The government on Tuesday assured the Rajya Sabha that officials found guilty by the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which looked into the stock scam and the temporary freeze on Unit Trust of India's flagship scheme 64 will not be spared.\n\n\n\n
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