NEW DELHI: The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that the Planning Commission is involved in the finalisation of the annual plans of th

Manmohan to take up the issue with Pranab Mukherjee

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday with a delegation of eight of his Cabinet colleagues and sought over Rs.11,000 crore as a special financial package for the development of the State.

New Delhi The Cabinet will likely revise the ethanol price for the mandatory 5% blending with petrol later this month, renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday, as the sugar industr

New Delhi: Years after the Delhi government spoke about introducing a special tax in parts of the city to check the growing number of vehicles, congestion tax is back on the discussion board.

The Planning Commission on Friday cleared an investment of Rs 15 crore on an anti-erosion project along the Gangadhar river in Assam.

India’s allocation for health is all set to double. The Planning Commission has decided to increase its spending on health to 2.5% of the GDP in the 12th Five Year Plan that starts next year.

NEW DELHI: If the Union Finance Ministry does not scuttle it as it had done in 2009, then Kochi Metro will get the Cabinet approval soon.

The Urban Development Ministry has finalised the Cabinet note on the Kochi Metro and it is expected to be taken up for consideration in two weeks.

Hit by paucity of funds in the conservation of wildlife and management of wild habitats, the Environment Ministry has made a strong case for a four-time increase in Central outlay for the next Plan

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday started the socio-economic and caste census-2011 to identify the Below-Poverty-Line families in seven out of 30 districts in the first phase.