Kolkata: The West Bengal government achieved 7.6 per cent growth in GDP compared to the national average of 4.96 per cent during the last financial year. In industry, the growth rate was 6.24 per cent against the national average of 3.12 per cent, Finance Minister Amit Mitra claimed while releasing three books on the completion of two years rule of Mamata Banerjee-led government on Thursday.
In agriculture, the state recorded 2.56 per cent against national growth rate of 1.79, while in service sector the state achieved 9.48 per cent against the national record of 6.59 per cent, the minister said. Stating that Kisan credit cards with a limit of Rs 45,000 were distributed among ten lakh farmers, he said, 51,000 ponds were dug under the state government's water conservation programme in two years, he said. Mitra said that 17 per cent of the people were brought under reservation in the state.
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01:29 AM, May 17, 2013
Bangalore: The quality of governance and better leadership has led to southern states surging ahead of their northern counterparts, widening the gap in terms of per capita income and poverty between the south and north, says a study. Per capita incomes in the south (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala) have risen fast and poverty has declined in recent years and the reason is quality of governance, better leadership...
07:54 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Ministry of External Affairs' (MEA) performance can be increased by spiting it into two, with one dealing in regional diplomacy and the other in trade. While addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network 18, Modi also mooted a new model, the P4 model, of including people in various initiatives of the government with the private sector. "It is my...
08:33 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: "Government means rules and regulations while governance means delivery. Government is all about power, governance is all about empowerment. Government is all about files, governance is all about life. Government is all about outlay, governance is all about outcome." That is how Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi described governance, as opposed to government, at Network 18's first Think India Dialogue on Monday in New Delhi. Modi, who had...
07:55 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out strongly in support of outlay over outcome while addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network 18. Expressing his views on more governance and less government, he said, "One thinks of size of government when we talk of minimum government. I do not share this view. I don't mean to job cuts when I talk about minimum government." Modi...
07:24 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid down his formula for better governance at the first Think India Dialogue organised by Network 18 in New Delhi. Modi said clearly that what hurt India the most was policy paralysis due to politics and power play. Commenting on the way in which politics affects decision making power of the governments, he said that the priority for political parties and...
06:46 PM, Apr 08, 2013
What would Chanakya do if confronted with the various crises that beset contemporary India? Using this question as the starting point for his new book, celebrated writer and thinker Pavan K Varma has drawn up a practical and detailed plan, modelled on the Arthashashtra, to bring about reform and change in five key areas that require urgent attention governance, democracy, corruption, security, and the building of an inclusive society. Whether...
06:17 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said internet which has emerged as a powerful medium should be used for empowerment and not disruption ...
02:05 PM, Mar 21, 2013
India with its robust legal structure, banking system and skilled manpower is the new economic icon of emerging powers and is sure to be on track again for 7 per cent growth, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Sunday. ...
03:13 AM, Mar 11, 2013
European soccer federations have been accused of trying to water down reforms aimed at making the sport's governing body FIFA more transparent and less prone to corruption. ...
10:43 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Pitching himself as a leader and a visionary who can harness India's untapped potential and make it a developed country, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the youth, calling them India's biggest resource while addressing the students at Shri Ram College of Commerce on Wednesday. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 06, 2013
It is a chilly winter morning in Chandigarh. Pramod Kumar is in deep discussion with retired judge KS Grewal and Additional Director General of Police SK Sharma at a roomy office in the Institute for Development and Communications on how to stop harassment of women in public places. "Perhaps," he suggests, "we should suspend driving licences of those who harass women, or deny police verification for passports." Justice Grewal says...
12:28 PM, Jan 18, 2013
New Delhi: If you're living in small-town UP (or for that matter, small-town anywhere in India), what is your experience of getting any government document from the local body? Let's say, a birth/death certificate, or applying for old-age pension? In a typical case, you may have to stand in a long queue to get the appropriate form, often after paying a fee for it, even though such basic government forms...
02:29 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday launched a facility which would enable people to track their file at the secretariat, while sitting at home. "This is going to be a great boon for the Kerala diaspora and for those who come to the state secretariat to know the progress of their files," said Chandy. This facility is available by logging on to www.kerala.gov.in and then clicking on to...
03:36 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: A new cyber jurisprudence, having no political boundaries, needs to be evolved to deal with Internet crime, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said today. Terming the Internet governance as oxymoron, he also said Internet cannot co-exist with the concept of governance. "Internet Governance is an oxymoron. Internet, by its very nature, cannot coexist with the concept of 'governance', which relates to a system designed for dealing with the issues...
10:20 AM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: A new cyber jurisprudence, having no political boundaries, needs to be evolved to deal with Internet crime, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday. Terming the Internet governance as oxymoron, he also said Internet cannot co-exist with the concept of governance. "Internet Governance is an oxymoron. Internet, by its very nature, cannot coexist with the concept of 'governance', which relates to a system designed for dealing with the...
08:23 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Dudu (Jaipur): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday honoured officials for their outstanding performance with innovative approach towards leveraging 'Aadhaar' to improve the services delivering for more transparent efficient and effective governance. The officials were honoured on the occasion of the launch of 'Aadhaar-enabled service delivery system' in Dudu in the presence of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Amitabh Kaushal- Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh District, Jharkhand was awarded the first prize under...
01:37 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The union government launched e-governance as a pilot project in 35 districts across the country, but only in Kerala has it seen such a success, according to officials. A record one million digital certificates have been issued since 2010, when the e-district programme was launched in two districts of Kerala that formed part of the national pilot project, according to the Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM), which has been...
12:14 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Amod Kumar Age: 41 Profile: Project Director, Manthan, and Consultant to UP Chief Minister for e-governance Achievement Kumar heralded an era of successful e-governance initiatives in his district which were later scaled up to the national level It was friendly banter with his batchmate in the Indian Administrative Service that egged Amod Kumar, BTech from IIT-Kanpur, to come up with Indias first successful e-governance initiative based on a public-private partnership...
06:25 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: On the eve of demitting her office, President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday highlighted the scourge of corruption saying it is the enemy of good governance and asked government and people to collectively fight it. "Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the Government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective," Patil said...
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