New Delhi: The Food Ministry has notified the the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) decision to partially decontrol the sugar sector. The Food Ministry has issued a gazette notification withdrawing the control over sugar industry through Essential Commodities Act and Sugar Control Order, sources said.
On April 4, 2013, the CCEA had decided to decontrol the sugar sector by giving freedom to mills to sell sugar in the open market and removing their obligation to supply the sweetener at subsidised rates for ration shops. As per the CCEA decision, regulated release mechanism, under which sugar quantity for open market sale is fixed by the government, will be abolished with immediate effect. Besides, mills will be freed from mandatory supply of 10 per cent of their production to the government at cheaper rate to meet ration shop demand.
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02:08 AM, May 08, 2013
BJP on Monday said it is open to all steps by the Election Commission for electoral reforms, including making public all donations to political parties, and maintained it will abide by any change in rules the poll panel seeks on the issue. Asked about reports that the Election Commission and the government have differences over making it mandatory for political parties to declare all donations before it, BJP says it...
03:10 AM, Apr 02, 2013
National Investigation Agency (NIA) will conduct investigation into the Italian marines case, sources said on Saturday. The government is likely to issue notification of the same next week, sources added. ...
10:22 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday joined a host of parties in opposing a UPSC notification for scrapping of regional language paper, describing it as an attempt to "impose" Hindi and that the move will affect rural aspirants. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award issued its notification on Wednesday with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka getting major chunk of the the river water. The tribunal awarded both the states 270 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet of water out of the total of 740 tmcft. ...
02:25 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The deadline for the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award ends on Wednesday. After the notification, the future sharing of water among all Cauvery basin states, which are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, will be based on the final award. Currently, water sharing is based on the interim award of the Tribunal. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The BJP on Sunday issued the notification for its Presidential election. Sources said that Nitin Gadkari is likely to file his nomination papers on January 23, and will be elected unopposed if no other nomination is received. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 20, 2013
Belgaum: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the BS Yeddyurappa and HD Kumaraswamy governments for "rampant" illegal denotification of land benefiting builders and companies during the 2007-11 period. "During 2007-11, the government denotified 123 acres and 15.5 guntas (one gunta is about 1,086 sq ft) after taking possession and another 89 acres and 23.5 guntas of land after notifying the fact of taking possession," the CAG report said....
06:24 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Bangalore: Spelling more trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the CBI on Wednesday ordered issue of summons to him, three of his family members and others in the illegal mining kickback case being probed by it. CBI court judge Venkata Sundarshan, who ordered issue of summons on November 16, directed all of them to be present in court on December 12. On October 16, CBI had filed a...
02:24 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and housing minister V Somanna were on Wednesday granted bail by a Lokayukta court in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land. Yeddyurappa and Somanna appeared personally before special Lokayukta court judge N K Sudhindra Rao, who granted bail to them, Somanna's wife Shailaja and one Lingaraju and posted the case to June 30 for further hearing. On March...
08:15 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Lokayukta Court on Thursday issued summons to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, his family members and others in an illegal land denotification case. The summons, directing the accused to be present in the court on March 16, were issued by Special Lokayukta Court Justice NK Sudhindra Rao. Summons were issued to Yeddyurappa, his two sons, BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, son-in-law Sohan Kumar and three others. Two...
06:41 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a massive setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed his plea to quash investigations against him by the Lokayukta. The Lokayukta is currently investigating two charges against him over illegal land denotification. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions after hearing the arguments of petitioner and advocate Sirajin Basha on whose private complaints the Lokayukta Court had issued summons against Yeddyurappa...
12:23 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Lucknow: Notification for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was issued on Wednesday, setting in motion the process of filing nominations. The fourth phase would test the fate of several heavyweights including three ministers, 32 sitting MLAs, 12 former ministers, BJP national vice-president Kalraj Mishra and Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi. Polling for the fourth phase of elections covering 56 seats spread over Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae...
01:05 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Lucknow: Notification for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls was issued on Saturday, setting in motion the filing of nominations. The third phase would test the fate of three cabinet ministers, one minister of state, 29 sitting MLAs and 14 former ministers. Polling for the third phase of elections, covering 56 seats, would be held on February 15. "More than 1.75 crore voters are expected to cast their...
01:38 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Lucknow: The election process got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday with the notification for the first phase of Assembly polls, which will be a litmus test for Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma and National Commission for Scheduled Caste Chairman PL Punia. In the first phase, 55 constituencies spread over 10 districts - Sitapur, Gonda, Basti, Bahraich, Balrampur Barabanki, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Siddharth Nagar and Shravasti are going on polls...
12:14 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Chandigarh: The process of elections to the Punjab assembly officially began Thursday with Governor Shivraj Patil issuing the notification under the Representation of the People Act for the Jan 30 polls for 117 assembly seats. With the notification now issued, those who want to contest can file their nominations, a spokesperson of the election office said here on Thursday. The last date for filing of nominations is Jan 12 and...
06:26 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok was on Friday given a clean chit by Lokayukta police before a court in a case pertaining to alleged misuse of office in land denotification. The Lokayukta police submitted a report to Lokayukta Judge N Sundhindra Rao, exonerating the minister of the charge into which it had ordered a probe, based on a complaint by an RTI activist. Lokayukta police submitted that it was...
06:33 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Bangalore: Spelling fresh trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Lokayukta police on Saturday filed an FIR against him, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others, alleging irregularities in denotification of land. "An FIR has been filed against Yeddyurappa and Somanna, mainly under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and also for misappropriation, breach of criminal trust and forging documents," City Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Shivashankar said....
09:47 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on Thursday posted for orders on November 28 a petition moved by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa seeking anticipatory bail in a complaint filed against him and his family members relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of land. When the matter came up, Justice H Billappa, who was to pronounce the order on Thursday, posted it to next Monday observing that the main order was yet...
07:24 PM, Nov 24, 2011
