

Wednesday 8 July '09
Conscious of the fact that the current meltdown could have damaged the development strategy to a point where there is an urgent need for major changes in the 11th Plan...Monday 6 July '09
Suggesting that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) has been a key instrument in financially...Monday
6 July '09In a bid to introduce competitive bidding in the allocation of coal blocks to ensure greater transparency in their allocation...Saturday
4 July '09Taking forward its strategy to counter the global meltdown through enhanced spending, the Union Budget for 2009-10 is all set to provide an additional Rs 40,000 crore to the gross budgetary support (GBS).Wednesday
1 July '09Amid the debate on a proposed legislation on food security, the Planning Commission has suggested...Tuesday
30 June '09In his first stint as a Cabinet minister, Virbhadra Singh is determined to ensure time-bound execution...Monday
29 June '09Keen to bolster the wherewithal of its smaller behemoths to withstand the ongoing economic downturn...Monday
29 June '09Is the Mines Ministry preparing an entirely new legislation and consigning the existing MMDR Act to oblivion...Tuesday
23 June '09The mines ministry has shelved the proposal to allocate the prized Ramandurg iron ore mines to...Monday
22 June '09Ahead of finalising the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government is struggling first to...Friday
19 June '09In its effort to devise new ways to raise resources in order to fund its mega social sector programmes...Thursday
18 June '09The Coal Ministry intends to divest 10 per cent stake in its behemoth Coal India Limited...Thursday
18 June '09Seeking to add 5,653 MW of power during the next 100 days, the Power Ministry has decided to expedite the pace of the promised ultra mega projects....Tuesday
16 June '09Responding to requests from steelmakers, who have been seeking further protection from cheap imports at a time of economic downturn....Tuesday
16 June '09Back in power after cashing in on its social sector programmes, the UPA government is all set to re-draw its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme....Saturday
13 June '09In tune with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s desire that promises made in the Presidential speech to the joint session of Parliament be adhered to...Saturday
13 June '09Bowing to pressure from ministries concerned, the power ministry has decided against extending mega power benefits to merchant power plants...Thursday
11 June '09Arguing that the proposed food security act will not be a cakewalk like the much-hyped NREGA...Thursday
11 June '09In a bid to bail out its ailing behemoth Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited from its financial morass...Monday
8 June '09With the steel industry mounting pressure on the government to contain the export of iron ore, the Committee....Friday
5 June '09In a move that will for the first time involve India Inc in economic policy-making, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....Friday
5 June '09The NDA-ruled states of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are unlikely to gain any respite on their power production front...Wednesday
3 June '09The UPA government has turned its attention to the unfinished business from its previous tenure.Monday
1 June '09Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s demand for special category status for his state has led the Planning Commission question the very utility....Saturday
30 May '09In what seems as a stealth move that may well present a fait accompli to minister Ghulam Nabi Azad...