KOLKATA: Coal India Board today reached a consensus on supplying a minimum of 80 per cent of the contracted quantity of the fuel to power firms, meeting 15 per cent through imports.

The contentious issue of the fate of the Dhari Devi temple at the hydroelectric project in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, along the Ganga has reached the high-level panel led by Planning Commission member

New Delhi The labour ministry is planning to move a Bill to amend the Mines Act in the Monsoon session of Parliament, which proposes an increase in penalties on mining companies by as much as 100% in case of death of workers due to any lapse in operations, a senior government official said on Thursday. The Bill will also enlarge the coverage of workers in special economic zones, territorial waters, continental shelf and other maritime zones, where oil explorations are being carried out.

"The Bill will address the safety issues of mining workers. We are trying to introduce the Bill in Monsoon session," a labour ministry official told FE.

July 25: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is trying to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in its new building bylaws for the city, a source said.

A meeting of the nine-member ministerial panel set up to frame the powers of the proposed regulator for the coal sector remained inconclusive today.

However, a general consensus emerged on the contentious issue of assigning pricing power to the proposed authority. This, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL), the near-monopoly producer, of the freedom it currently enjoys in fixing and revising prices of its output. “Views of different ministries were heard on the draft Bill on constitution of the coal regulatory authority in today’s meeting. There were no objections from any quarter on the pricing issue,” a senior official told Business Standard.

Ranchi, July 24: Jharkhand has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the worst performers in climate and environment protection, faring poorly in a survey carried out by the Planning Commi

Agartala: The Central government has provided additional quota of rice at a subsidized rate for the poor living in 12 backward districts in the Northeast, a State government official said here on Monday.

“The union ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution on the direction of the Supreme Court has allocated additional quota of food grain to identified 174 districts in 27 States, which include 12 districts in Northeast region,” said Tripura Principal Secretary (food department) BK Roy.

PANJIM: In its commitment towards promoting agriculture and boosting production, the Government is proposing a new legislation to ban the sale of agricultural land. The Government is also open to taking an all-party delegation to the Centre to push for Special Status for Goa.

This was disclosed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the question hour on Monday. Parrikar told the House that the legislation would be brought in during the on-going monsoon session of the Goa Assembly by amending the Land Revenue Code.

A suo motu study on drug pricing by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revealed exorbitant profit margins on 21 common drugs manufactured by Indian companies.

New Delhi A suo motu study on drug pricing by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revealed exorbitant profit margins on 21 common drugs manufactured by Indian companies.