
Bangalore: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao on Friday said India's ratio of external trade to GDP - a measure of the degree of a country's global integration - has gone up over four times, from 8 per cent of GDP in 1972 to 37 per cent in 2011. Speaking on India's global integration, Subbarao said a metric frequently used to measure the degree of a country's global...

10:24 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Nandan Nilekani said there the data collected by UIDAI is secure as this system only gives one number per person. ...

08:31 AM, Jan 28, 2012

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee is likely to meet on Friday to take the final decision on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. The collection of biometric data for the UIDs has also sparked a row - with both the Home Ministry and the UIDAI authorised to collect data. However, Planning...

06:10 AM, Jan 27, 2012

New Delhi: The government is likely to take the final decision on Wednesday on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. "A Cabinet Committee will take a view on the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) proposal for expanding its mandate to enroll the entire population," a source said. The Planning Commission...

08:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012

New Delhi: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his approach to investment proposals, a transcript of her speech made public after some remarks triggered a row showed. Mehbooba while referring to her interaction with a Muslim businessman who spoke of Modi's quick response to a business proposal had also said at the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting that such actions were necessary to reach out...

12:43 PM, Jan 01, 2012

Lucknow: Rehman Ali Rehman, a rickshaw puller in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, doesn't mind if has to wait long for a customer. He uses the time to scribble on pieces of paper - poems for his forthcoming book. Rehman, a native of Badeban village in Basti district, has already penned four books that have a total collection of around 400 poems on topics like national integration, communal harmony, water woes...

12:56 PM, Jan 17, 2011

He said tribal communities integration is vital for country's development. ...

12:09 PM, Nov 04, 2009

It was a meeting called in the name of integration that presented only disintegrated views. ...

10:22 PM, Oct 13, 2008

Modi said UPA didn't know difference between extremism and terrorism. ...

03:46 PM, Oct 13, 2008

The National Integration Council meeting began a short while ago. ...

12:38 PM, Oct 13, 2008

UPA wants to discuss communalism, NDA wants terror attacks to top the agenda. ...

08:01 AM, Oct 13, 2008

Leaders like Modi want to know why terror is not on agenda of the meet. ...

03:08 AM, Oct 13, 2008

The meeting will discuss all matters impacting national integration. ...

02:19 AM, Oct 06, 2008

A senior Pakistani Opposition leader has said the country is heading for disintegration like the erstwhile Soviet Union. ...

11:46 PM, Feb 13, 2007

Lyricist and screenplay writer Javed Akhtar was presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for National Integration on Tuesday. ...

08:44 PM, Oct 31, 2006