New Delhi About 60 per cent of India's rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure.

"In terms of average per capita daily expenditure, it comes out to be about Rs 35 in rural and Rs 66 in urban India. About 60 per cent of the population live with these expenditures or less in rural and urban areas," said Director General of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) J Dash in his preface to the report.

The government has formally constituted an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) for developing a coordinated approach for optimal exploitation of coal bed methane (CBM), underground coal gasification and

The Chawla Committee Report reveals that the government's legal references and disclosures to the Supreme Court on the MMDR Act is not the whole truth, which could be an additional reason for the report gathering dust.

The Ministry of Mines has framed a new MMDR Bill 2011 to replace the old MMDR Act 1957 which has been referred to the GoM and vetted by the Law Ministry. The review

A parliamentary standing committee has taken a grim view of constant pruning of budget of agriculture ministry.

The UPA’s flagship programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched in 2005 has been described as a “failure” by none other than a high-level government panel headed by Planning Commission member Arun Maira.

The panel has criticised this `66,000 crores urban renewal programme which was supposed to improve water supply and sanitation and upgrade urban infrastructure across 63 cities of India.

The government should set up a 'green fund' by imposing 5% forest development tax on sale of forest products and 3% forest conservation tax on sale of petroleum products and coal mining, the 12th F

Annual Plan for the State pegged at Rs.26,485 crore

The annual Plan for Haryana for 2012-13 was on Monday finalised at Rs.26,485 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.Initiating discussions on Haryana's development strategy and Plan performance, Mr Ahluwalia said the State has fared “satisfactorily” on all counts, including the human development index which is appreciable.

New Delhi: It’s the most common drink in the country after water.

New Delhi: The fight against climate change will take a strategic jump in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017) with the government intending to plough in almost Rs 2 lakh crore through the various m

New Delhi The power ministry has set up a panel to look into various proposals including introduction of appraisal system for central and state electricity regulators.

The mandate of the committee is to examine and make recommendations on proposed amendments in the Electricity Act, 2003. Sources said the panel, chaired by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) chairman, A S Bakshi, would look into the proposal of reviewing the performance of regulatory commissions, among others.