Lalu speaks too much, don't feel the need to reply: Nitish Kumar
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dubbed Lalu Prasad as a man who speaks too much, days after the RJD chief called him a "parrot" of RSS and BJP. "Lalu is badbola (one who speaks too much). We don't comment on people who speak too much. There a...
At Congress war-room, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar faced tough questions
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Thursday May 2, 2013
Tough questions were put to Law Minister Ashwani Kumar as his party asked how it should defend his role in the raging controversy centred around his changing a CBI report on its investigation on "Coal-Gate." On Wednesday, the minister was in the hot...
Centre calls meeting of district magistrates to review direct benefits transfer scheme Monday
Sunday April 28, 2013
Amid concerns over faulty monitoring of the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) subsidy programme, the government has called district magistrates of all the 121 targeted districts here Monday to discuss ways to address hitches that may have been...
Mamata Banerjee's party opposes several provisions in Land Acquisition Bill
Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2013
With the Centre clinching a "broad consensus" on the contentious Land Acquisition Bill, the Trinamool Congress, which did not attend the meeting, said there were many provisions to which it was opposed.
All party meeting on land acquisition bill today
Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2013
With differences dogging the contentious land acquisition bill, government will make a fresh attempt to evolve a consensus at an all-party meeting on the issue today.
Election is not a beauty contest, says Jairam Ramesh on Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi's 2014 battle
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday April 14, 2013
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that election in India is "not a beauty contest." Mr Ramesh was commenting on media reports of the 2014 general elections being a Rahul Gandhi-vs-Narendra Modi battle.
Centre engages Kashmir youth with training and jobs
Nazir Masoodi | Sunday April 7, 2013
The union government is reaching out to the youth of Kashmir with a scheme to train them professionally and provide jobs. Union Minister Jairam Ramesh was in Sopore on Saturday, giving training certificates to 90 young men and women; 70 of them have ...
Land Acquisition Bill: All-party meet fails to reach consensus
Press Trust of India | Thursday March 7, 2013
With no consensus emerging on the Land Acquisition Bill in an all-party meeting today, the government has decided to send the draft of the proposed legislation to the leaders concerned for perusal and discuss their suggestions in the next meeting.
Old age pension may be linked with inflation index: government
Thursday March 7, 2013
Old age pension is likely to be linked with inflation index on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with APL and BPL criteria, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
MNREGA workers to get more wages
Monday March 4, 2013
MNREGA workers will now get more money with Centre revising their wages from April 1 under which the maximum daily wage of Rs 214 has been fixed for Haryana while Bihar, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh will get the minimum of Rs 135.
Budget 2013: Ministries brace for up to 24 per cent cut in allocation
Wednesday February 13, 2013
With the government in expenditure cutting mode, various ministries are bracing for reduction in their annual budgets for the year 2013-14 which could be even up to 24 per cent of this fiscal year. While some ministries are reconciled to the anticipa...
MNREGA wage earners to avail government benefits in post office accounts
Thursday January 17, 2013
Having launched the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer programme, the Government has made changes in rules to allow benefits of schemes other than Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to be deposited in post offices for be...
Politicians making anti-women comments should be asked to go home: Jairam Ramesh
Press Trust of India | Friday January 11, 2013
Taking a strong stand against the statements made by some politicians over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said such people should be asked to "go home".
Anti-women netas should go home, says Jairam Ramesh: Highlights
NDTV.com | Thursday January 10, 2013
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, said that anger against politicians is justified and that anti-women politicians should go home.
Jairam Ramesh launches cash transfer scheme; says it's no 'magic wand'
Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2013
Describing the direct cash transfer scheme as the "largest experiment" to reform a "broken down delivery system", Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today cautioned that it was no magic wand and more work was needed to make it successful on ground.
