The Cabinet today cleared the text of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, listed for introduction in the Winter Session of Parliament that commenced today.

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday said it may have to import rice

New Delhi: The UPA government has listed the Resettlement and Rehabilitation bill and Land Acquisition Amendment bill for introduction in the winter session of Parliament starting on Thursday, a move sure to test its will to skirt around protests from Trinamool Congress.

The Centre is learnt to be gearing up to bring the Land Acquisition Bills in Parliament during the winter session next month, which could lead to another face-off with Trinamool Congress chief and Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee who is known to be opposed to the proposed legislations.

As India moves to create its own legislation on climate change, Delhi

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said a proposal for setting up an autonomous National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) has been put in public domain with the idea to create a mechanism that would be responsible for monitoring and compliance of environmental standards.

OPPOSING the current land acquisition practice is not just rhetoric for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. To bring her ministry in line with her political position on the issue, it has been decided that there would be no forceful acquisition of land for railways. She has also promised to undertake a comprehensive review of the railways

Cabinet has already approved the Bill.

After reports of Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee having stalled the Bill seeking amendment to the Land Acquisition Act in the Cabinet, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi on Tuesday said that the Bill had been cleared by the Cabinet and it is only a matter of procedure before it is introduced in Parliament.