India-Japan statement on energy efficiency ON SEPTEMBER 17, India and Japan issued a joint statement that threatens to overturn India

Renuka Gets Committee To

BY MUKESH RANJAN
NEW DELHI

Making it clear that the time is still not ripe for downward revision of the retail prices of transportation fuel and cooking gas, the Planning Commission has communicated to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that despite the sharp fall in the global crude oil prices, it is still higher by about $20 per barrel to reach the break even point.

C. Gouridasan Nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government is planning to amend the Kerala Groundwater Act 2002 to put curbs on indiscriminate use of groundwater.

Days after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee warned the Government its liability on account of fertilizer subsidy this year might exceed the defence budget unless it gets its

NREGP SCAN
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 25, 2008, 0:26 IST

It is now more or less universally acknowledged that there is substantial pilferage from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP).

Manmohan seeks regulators to keep tabs on energy pricing
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New Delhi: With UPA government focusing on energy security in its effort to touch and maintain 9% economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday argued that

Planning Commission designs Rs 27,000 crore package for Bihar bihar can become the next agriculture hub if the Planning Commission has its way. A special cell for Bihar set up in the Planning Commission is considering extending Rs 27,000 crore to boost the state

Bijith R / New Delhi September 04, 2008, 1:01 IST

The Planning Commission is contemplating a proposal to give special weight to the domestic infrastructure companies over their foreign counterparts for their experience in construction projects in the country.

This comes in the face of domestic infrastructure companies accusing the central government of giving preference to the foreign companies through the new eligibility norms in awarding contracts.