The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which m

Says CIL Doesn’t Have Capacity To Meet Demand Of 43,000 MW Power Plants

New Delhi: Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has made a strong pitch for privatization of the coal sector to meet the growing coal demand from the industry. Ahluwalia, who advocated private investment in the coal sector, argued, “If petroleum, which is much scarcer than coal, is open to private sector, there is no reason why coal should not be opened up.” Ahluwalia maintained that Coal India doesn’t have the capacity to meet the coal demand of 43,000 MW power plants.

New Delhi: India is expected to miss the crucial UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), including those related to reduction in poverty, hunger and infant mortality, according to a government repor

Calls For Price Adjustment On Fuel, Says Monsoon Delay Not A Big Problem

Buying and running cars and two-wheelers could soon become a costly affair with a Planning Commission working group suggesting a green surcharge of Rs 2 on every litre of petrol, a green cess of 3%

There will be an independent regulator soon who will be empowered to resolve water conflict between farmers and big industrial houses.

The government is looking to pass on the bill to ensure