The Central government may remove the term ‘state’ from the sugarcane pricing ordinance for easing the burden from state governments on paying the farmers the difference in amount over the fair price.
 
This decision has been adopted after Parliament had to be adjourned ...

The new chief information commissioner of India would be chosen by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Opposition Leader L K Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily today evening.
 
The major contenders for the position are M.M. Ansari, who holds the post of the information commissioner ...

India’s Environmental Minister, Jairam Ramesh says the nation will not accept legally binding emission cuts. He also said one cannot expect much from next month’s summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen.
"Don't expect anything much from Copenhagen. We will stick to our ...

The state government of Punjab, in an attempt to restrict the sale of spurious drugs in the state, have announced rewards for the informers.
 
The Punjab government will follow the special plan of the central government in an effort to curb circulation of spurious drugs, an official said in ...

India's long-term project to track the movement of foreign nationals applying for its visas will kick off with Bangladeshi citizens.
 
As part of the e-governance plan, the government had drawn up a mission mode project for immigration, visa and foreigners registration and tracking called ...

Infosys co-founder and the chief of India's Unique Identification Database Authority, Nandan Nilekani, will help in improving Bihar’s e-governance system.
 
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar revealed at a function in Patna on Friday that Nilekani will be visiting Patna on November 17 ...

The Assam Health Department will launch an emergency helpline number 104 in the state in January. Doctors attending to the call will be able to provide life-saving tips or guide a patient to the right medical centre.

"The idea is to provide instant help to a patient or their families. In ...

Election Commission has shown that Indian constitution does not discriminate Indian citizens. A proof of this comes after the governing body provided the transsexuals and eunuchs with distinct identity for enrolling themselves in the electoral rolls as `Others'. This will empower them to contest ...

India and Canada will sign new trade agreements during the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's three-day visit to India from November 16. However, the nuclear deal is not likely to be signed as the two countries are still working on it, officials said.

Accompanied by Foreign Minister ...

Amid the gloom of repeated attacks on Indian students in Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will hold talks with Indian counterparts on Thursday, while aiming at boosting economic and strategic ties between the two countries.
 
Rudd will begin his two-day visit to India starting with ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured tribal leaders from Tripura that the central government would suitably amend the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) 1958 that gives unlimited powers to the paramilitary forces to shoot on sight and arrest anybody without a ...

Even though government has given the green signal for the over-the-counter sales of emergency contraceptive drugs like Cipla’s I-pill and Mankind Pharma’s Unwanted-72, it said these manufacturer need to adhere to certain government restrictions while advertising the drugs, so that ...

According to Catholic Church, there are certain provisions in the Direct Tax Code which can pose problems for the institutes functioning under various religions.
 
"The Direct Tax Code as conceived creates serious difficulties for societies, trusts and institutions functioning under ...

The Delhi High Court has decided that deaf should be provided driving licenses.
 
"We are considering issuing driving licences to hearing impaired people and thinking of amending our rules and regulations," Additional Solicitor General A.S. Chandiok informed a division bench of the ...

The government has given the permission for royalty and lumpsum fee for transfer of technology and use of brand name through the automatic route without any restrictions.
 
Till now, this was applicable only for foreign technology transfer involving payment of fees of $2 million and royalty ...

Government has disclosed that it will not be sanctioning the Leave Travel Allowance for employees using cars, personal or taxi for transportation purposes. But there is an exemption for disabled employees or if any of the family members is disabled, who is the dependent of the employee. ...

The union government has mentioned that it will be amending and strengthening the country's Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 to bring in more transparency in the government's functioning and to help resolve grievances of officials.
 
"The historic Right to Information Act, 2005, ...

The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday launched the YSR ‘Abhaya Hastam’ (Helping Hand), a co-contributory pension-cum-insurance scheme for poor and low income women.
 
Chief Minister K. Rosaiah launched the scheme, named after former chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who ...

Lalit Modi has become the highest tax payer of India.
 
Former Andhra Pradesh CM YSR Reddy’s son Jagan Mohan Reddywho had paid just Rs 2.92 lakh tax for the entire financial year 2008-09, has paid Rs 6.6 crore advance tax in the first six months of this year.
 
A contender for ...

Unique Identity Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani has mentioned that the first unique identity of India will be issued in 2010.
 
"According to the present status of the project, the first UID issuance will take 12 to 18 months from the date of sanction of the project in ...

According to media reports, the home ministry has set Oct 31 as the deadline for those foreign nations who had entered India with business visas, but are still working here illegally, to leave India.
 
The details concerning this have been posted in the 'Frequently Asked Questions section of ...

Government is all set to roll out the National Mission for Women, which is a programmed led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for fighting the social evils which prevails against the women.
 
This proposal, which was put forward by Ministry of Women and Child Development, will be an ...

Expressing concern over media reports that suggest a change in India's climate policy, 43 organizations have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging that any such change should not compromise the country's development index.
 
"India's climate policy must be founded on the ...

Save the Family Foundation staged a protest in New Delhi on Sunday demanding gender neutrality in the Domestic Violence Act. The protest also claimed that the Act was "full of loopholes".
 
According to the NGO, its Act should be made more gender neutral so that it will not be ...

Mizoram government has entered into a deal with the NTPC for developing a 460 MW power project at Lawngtlai in southern Mizoram.
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"Since the demand has risen from 65 MW to 100 MW during peak hours, power source needs to be increased and the government has signed an agreement with NTPC to ...

Central government has mentioned that state-of-the-art vehicle fitness centres will be set across India for ensuring that the safety components are in proper condition. This step has been adopted by the government to bring down the number of accidents happening across the ...

The National Policy on Disaster Management has been approved by Union Cabinet on Thursday. This is the skeleton for the holistic handling of various disasters.
 
"The NPDM has been prepared in tune with and in pursuance of the Disaster Management Act, 2005," said an official ...

The Indian government has cleared off three new schemes which will enable the minorities to have drinking water and better urban infrastructure.
 
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, while addressing the media, mentioned that the schemes are part of the Prime Minister's New 15 ...

Government, in an attempt for enhancing the fire and emergency services of the nation, has approved Rs. 200 crore on Thursday.
 
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The approval for boosting the fire and emergency services of the nation, ...

The union cabinet on Thursday approved the constitution of the 19th Law Commission for a term of three years.
 
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the terms of reference of the new commission include identification of laws in harmony with the current movement of ...