That Bihar has achieved double-digit economic growth over the past five years is a wonder
T N Ninan / New Delhi January 16, 2010, 0:07 IST

All mega cement plants, except one, coming up in the state have fallen well behind schedule due to problems in acquisition of land, opposition from local people and failure of the promoters obtain various mandatory clearances.

NEW DELHI: After over two decades, the Delhi Government has come out with an industrial policy that envisages promotion of clean, hi-tech, non-polluting and knowledge-based industries in the Capital. The policy, however, seeks to achieve the objective without closure of existing industrial units engaged in low-skilled activities.

LALIT K. JHA

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Thursday said that countries like India are emerging as major contributors to global development efforts which has emerged as a key foreign policy tool.

Chairing a meeting of the full-time members of the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the commission

NEW DELHI: Industries Minister Haroon Yusuf on Tuesday unveiled the much talked about new industrial policy for Delhi that covers all aspects of industrial development in the Capital. The revised policy comes more than two decades after the first one was published.

Even Bihar can get double-digit growth

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

NEW DELHI: The New Industrial Policy for Delhi, the first comprehensive policy to have come out after 1982, was on Monday approved by the Delhi Cabinet.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who chaired the meeting, said the new policy would promote hi-tech, knowledge-based and IT-based industries. It will be implemented from 2010 to 2021.

HOW does GDP growth translate into economic prosperity for households? Governance and inclusive growth are the two key terms that are finding more and more emphasis among policymakers today. State governments are beginning to realise that better governance cannot only determine their political fortunes but also has an impact on the economic well-being of their citizens.

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