Thursday 10 September '09
To give a fillip to affordable housing across the country, the government is likely to clear a proposal to provide one per cent...Thursday 10 September '09
In a move that will directly extend the Centre’s influence over 2,52,000 panchayats, the ministry of panchayati raj has proposed...Tuesday
8 September '09The fortunes of Arki limestone mines in Himachal Pradesh are set to take a turn after 19 long years in limbo — thanks to steel minister...Tuesday
8 September '09In its quest for securing coal reserves, state-run behemoth Coal India Limited (CIL) has built a Rs 5,000-crore war chest to...Monday
7 September '09To discuss option with ArcelorMittal, believes the move could take it to the big league....Saturday
5 September '09World’s biggest steelmaker picks up 20 per cent in mid-sized Uttam Galva Steel...Saturday
5 September '09State-run steel major SAIL, which is executing a major expansion and modernisation programme at its IISCO Steel Plant (ISP)....Thursday
3 September '09The power ministry is planning to tweak policy to make the sector more attractive to investors. The ministry wants to do...Saturday
29 August '09Realising that power generation is key to fuelling 9 per cent plus economic growth over the next 25 years, the government is actively considering direct cash transfers....Saturday
29 August '09The hum of air-conditioners in the plush offices of babus may soon become a sound less heard if the government has its way....Friday
28 August '09The Standing Board on Safeguards in its meeting on Wednesday rejected the proposal of Essar and Ispat to impose Safeguard Duty...Thursday
27 August '09The Union Cabinet is likely to consider a proposal tomorrow to modify rules that will allow the government to use funds realised...Wednesday
26 August '09Little-known state-run mini ratna Mineral Sales Trading Corporation (MSTC) has bungled on payments of about Rs 600 crore to domestic players after having exported gold procured from them to Dubai in 2008-09.Wednesday
26 August '09The September 1 meeting of the full Planning Commission, to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, would take stock of...Monday
24 August '09Arguing that coal prices should be ideally left to the market and trading of coal both nationally and globally should be free, the Planning Commission...Monday
24 August '09Undeterred by the delays in its greenfield projects in Jharkhand and West Bengal, domestic steel giant JSW has set its sights on...Saturday
22 August '09State-run NMDC will invest Rs 20 crore to mine one lakh carats of diamonds from Panna mines in Madhya Pradesh in the next...Thursday
20 August '09Now a govt panel says 38 per cent are below poverty line, 10 percentage points more than the NSSO estimate....Tuesday
18 August '09Galvanised by the unpredictable monsoons creating drought-like situation in various parts of the country, the government is...Tuesday
18 August '09To ensure a foolproof mechanism to enforce accountability under the proposed Food Security Act (FSA), the UPA government is likely...Monday
17 August '09Concerned that the Electricity Act is not being implemented in letter and spirit, the government is actively planning to come...Monday
17 August '09Shaken by the increasing number of attacks by Naxalites on the explosive stockyards of mining companies, the government has asked the Central Industrial...Monday
17 August '09Coal India Ltd chairman and MD Partha S Bhattacharya is credited with helping the state-run behemoth wriggle out from its fiscal quagmire and turning it into a company worth nearly Rs 20,000 cr.Saturday
15 August '09With nearly one-fourth of India’s 265 districts reeling under drought, the UPA government is likely to offload over one crore (10 million) tonnes of wheat and 65 lakh...Thursday
13 August '09Voicing concerns over the misery unleashed by scanty rainfall on the farm sector, newly appointed chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.....
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