The Union ministry of agriculture has decided to delay the rollout of the revamped Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) by a year, to the next financial year (2013-14).

Official sources said the ministry proposed to continue all its existing schemes under its flagship programme, RKVY, in the current financial year. The new plan approved by the planning commission has recommended pruning the number of schemes for better coordination.

India’s coal crisis is a disaster-in-waiting.

The professional divide on Tendulkar’s estimation goes a long way back

A committee is being set up to devise yet another methodology to estimate poverty in India. The step has led to some unhappiness among economists and experts that it amounts to junking the services and competence of an expert like the late Suresh Tendulkar, whose study is sought to be replaced.

In a move that would dilute the authority of Railways to fix passenger fares, a Planning Commission group has suggested giving the powers to decide tariffs to the Railways Rate Tribunal (RET), a quasi-judicial body which adjudicates freight disputes.

"The scope of Railway Rates Tribunal can be expanded to cover passenger fares and parcel tariff also," said a report of the working group which was set up by Planning Commission to suggest steps to strengthen the Railways.

New Delhi: The skyline of Indian cities could soar as the government considers permitting vertical growth with the aim of checking runaway realty prices and generating resources to upgrade urban in

The Bihar Government’s plan and efforts to upgrade its primary education infrastructure received a jolt as the Centre drastically cut its contributory share of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Bihar, that “model of growth” its government never tires of promoting, has at the same time been pushing for special category status on grounds of how poorly placed it is in comparison with other s

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Government will seek Rs 27,000 crore from the Planning Commission for the 12th five year plan. The proposed amount for the next five years was approved by the State Cabinet on Wednesday. Simultaneously, the Cabinet also approved the annual plan for the year 2012 at Rs 3535 crore. Today’s Cabinet approval formalized the proposal made by the Chief Minister on the floor of the house during the just concluded session of the state assembly.

In a move that will intensify the turf war between the power and coal ministries, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has suggested that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) be allowe