An outlay of Rs 52,839 crore, which is 247 per cent more than the previous plan, has been proposed for the Home Ministry in the draft 12th Five Year Plan put up before the National Development Council (NDC) in the national capital on Thursday. The highest Rs 6,841 crore has been allocated for National Population Register, a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident in the country being prepared by...
10:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
The National Development Council meeting in New Delhi began on a stormy note on Thursday with AIADMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who does not enjoy cordial relations with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government, accusing the Centre of stifling the voices of opposition-ruled states and then in a dramatic act walked out of the venue. Jayalalithha said that her walkout was to register her protest against...
11:41 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Scaling down growth rate for the 12th Five Year Plan to 8 per cent from 8.2 per cent earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the country was facing many challenges to achieve sustainable growth. Singh insisted that the priority of his government right now is to reverse the slowdown. ...
11:17 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Amidst the outrage over crimes against women in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the safety and security of women was the government's highest concern. Speaking at the National Development Council meet in the national capital, the Prime Minister said, "Growing threats to safety and security to women are a concern. We must reflect on this problem which occurs in all regions of our country." ...
11:15 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said he would raise the demand for special status state for Bihar at the National Development Council meeting. The chief minister whose party JD(U) had organised a massive rally on November 4 on the demand said, "I will raise the issue in the forthcoming meeting of the National Development Council." Contesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plea that other states would make similar demands...
10:44 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The 12th Plan document, which seeks to raise annual economic growth rate to 9 per cent during the five-year period (2012-17), may not be ready for the implementation by September as envisaged earlier. "It would be difficult to have 12th Plan document ready by September as many working groups have not submitted their final reports to their respective divisions," a source said. At present many working groups set...
01:33 PM, Apr 29, 2012
The Centre now appears focused to revitalise the sector that supports 60 per cent of the country's workforce. ...
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