The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today discussed the privatisation of water distribution system in Mehrauli, Vasant Vihar and Malviya Nagar.

New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board on Friday decided to go to the Planning Commission with a model proposal to make way for private players in maintenance and operation of distribution of water to the

Weeks after hiking the annual plan outlay for Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh by over 20 per cent, the UPA government on Friday opened its coffers once again pledging Rs 2,915 crore to fund an

Setting the ball rolling for privatisation of water distribution system, the Delhi government on Friday approved a long-pending proposal to involve private entities in management, maintenance and supply of water in several areas of the city.

The private entities will be involved in command areas of Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi underground reservoirs and water treatment plants under PPP mode. The decision was taken at a board meeting of Delhi Jal Board presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

OFF THE TRACK South-west monsoon short by 15%; drought may be declared by the end of season

It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt

In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects. That such a law would be made is buried in the pages of the draft new national water policy, which is yet to be considered by the National Water Council, the supreme policy body chaired by Prime Minister and with Chief Ministers as members.

To break the long deadlock by shipping out minimum 80% of the contracted quantum

Coal India will modify fuel supply pacts before signing them with power companies to incorporate the changes that have been proposed by its board at this week's meeting, thereby breaking the deadlock over the issue of minimum assured supply of fuel to them. Central Electricity Authority (CEA), in a letter, would inform the Power Ministry about the necessary modifications to be made in the Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs).

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanti Natarajan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to expedite the pending forest clearance of the Tawang Basin Hydro Power Project of NHPC, stated a release.

The Chief Minister, in his meeting with Natarajan reiterated the fact that the DPR for the Tawang Project would go for cabinet clearance only after the forest clearance was given. He mentioned that NHPC was also planning to construct the tunnel from Sange to Jang, which was also getting delayed due to the pending clearance.

The average household in rural India spends just 43 rupees (77 US cents) per head a day, with their urban equivalents consuming almost double, according to new government data.

The latest study from the National Sample Survey Office, a huge undertaking every two years, shows that average monthly per capita expenditure for a rural household was just 1,281 rupees compared with 2,401 rupees in cities.

In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects.

That such a law would be made is buried in the pages of the draft new national water policy, which is yet to be considered by the National Water Council, the supreme policy body chaired by Prime Minister and with Chief Ministers as members.