India Inc has generally welcomed the Land Acquisition Bill cleared by the Cabinet on Monday and endorsed its objective of ensuring reasonable compensation to land owners who sell their land to the industry. But corporates have also expressed concern over the likely burden of procedures and the high cost of the relief and rehabilitation (R&R) policy which could finally lie on the industry.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) today said over 80 per cent of work on the city's first metro has been completed and the line will be operational by 2012.

Kolkata: Their basic difference on “forcible land acquisition” remains, but Mamata Banerjee and Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh have reached a truce on the draft land bill that will

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves on Tuesday for a much-awaited visit to Bangladesh during which the two countries are expected to sign a clutch of agreements to add a new dimension to bilateral

Bhopal : A study team of Laos and Vietnam have lauded the work organising self-help groups and connecting them with livelihood augmentation activities by taking rural communities in confidence in t

The government on Friday said it is likely to come out with a National Manufacturing Policy by the end of this month. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said it aims to increase the share of manufacturing in the gross domestic product from 16 per cent to 25 per cent while creating 100 million jobs by 2022.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that the “sense of the House” on the issue of poor upkeep of the roads under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the need to repair them urgently would be conveyed to the Lieutenant-Governor, the Mayor and the Standing Committee of the civic body.