Political Parties

Britain can be better: The Labour Party Manifesto 2015

Britain only succeeds when working people succeed. This is a plan to reward hard work, share prosperity and build a better Britain - Labour Party Manifesto 2015.

Publication Date:

15/04/2015

Source: Labour Party

Tags:

Political Parties, United Kingdom (UK), Health Care, Europe, Economic Development, Industry, Education, Health For All, Climate Change

Governance And Institutions

For the common good - General Election Manifesto 2015

Election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. It covers England and Wales, not the whole of the United Kingdom.

Publication Date:

15/04/2015

Source: Green Party

Tags:

Political Parties, United Kingdom (UK), Governance, Environment, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Climate Adaptation, Waste Recycling, Health Care, Education, Housing, Europe, Poverty, Public Transport

Solid Waste

Opposition to present alternative proposal for waste management

Criticising the civic administrators of the Kochi Corporation for their “failure” in various sectors of urban governance, the CPI(M)-led Opposition is planning to present an alternative plan for so

Publication Date:

24/03/2015

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Kochi, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Political Parties

Land

Congress demonstration against Land Acquisition Bill

Congress volunteers staged a demonstration opposite the Head Post Office on Anna Road here on Monday.

Publication Date:

24/03/2015

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Land Acquisition, Parliament, Political Parties, Vellore (D)

Land

Govt will reissue land ordinance if Rajya Sabha fails to pass bill: Naidu

Union minister for urban development and Parliamentary affairs, M Venkaiah Naidu, today said the Centre would reissue the ordinance pertaining to the land acquisition Bill if it lapses next month.

Publication Date:

24/03/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ministry Of Urban Development, Land Acquisition, Parliament, Political Parties

Economy

Long on announcements, short on intent

The first full-year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government announced a sharp focus on investment, growth and social security. In addition, Budget 2015-16 claims to have given a boost to cooperative federalism. The budget indeed makes numerous impressive-sounding announcements, but stumbles in the details. This article focuses on the attention-grabbing push for investments and finds that the target of Rs 70,000 crore investment may be over-ambitious.

Publication Date:

21/03/2015

Author(s): Ajit Karnik, Mala Lalvani

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

50

Issue:

12

pp:

29-23

Tags:

Budget, Political Parties, Infrastructure Development, India, Statistics, Finance, Public Sector, Subsidies, LPG, Food Security, Farmers

Mining

‘Total mining ban was an overreaction by Goa govt’

PANAJI: Justice MB Shah Commission found illegalities in the case of 90 mining leases in Goa, but the BJP government in Goa and the Congress government at the Centre went overboard and stopped all

Publication Date:

20/03/2015

Source: Times Of India (Goa)

Tags:

Goa, Mining, Political Parties, Supreme Court

Mining

Congress, Left parties force govt to defer mines Bill

The Congress and the Left parties forced the government to defer the mines and minerals Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the ground that states, key stakeholders in the issue, had not been co

Publication Date:

20/03/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Parliament, Mining, Minerals, Political Parties, India

Mining

Panels on mining and coal bills adopt reports on them

The government moved a step closer on Tuesday to clearing the decks for the Bills amending the mines and minerals Act and the coal mines Act, after the two select committees of the Rajya Sabha that

Publication Date:

18/03/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Parliament, Mining, Coal, Minerals, Political Parties

Land