Google appears to have stolen the title of ‘the best place to work’ from Facebook this year, according to a survey on employee satisfaction. India is making “good progress” in establishing a Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership with off-campus courses being conducted even as the physical infrastructure is being put in place, Prime Minister [...]
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Union Budget for 2012-13 on March 16 2012. Following are some of the key highlights of the Union Budget 2012-13, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Parliament on March 16 2012. Tax burden for individuals to come down: Income tax exemption limit raised from Rs 1,80,000 to [...]
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In order to expand the outreach of rehabilitation services for differently-abled persons, two new Composite Regional Centres (CRCs) have been setup at Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Kozhikode in Kerala. The new Composite Regional Centres have been established with a view to facilitating the creation of the required infrastructure and capacity building at Central, State and [...]
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The Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp (DSIIDC) has earmarked Rs 268 crore for the development of four major industrial estates in the capital.The four estates are in Okhla, Patparganj, Bawana and Narela. Of these, work has been awarded in Bawana and Narela, reports IANS.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Development Authority [...]
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Driven by productivity enhancement and infrastructure development, India is expected to outpace Asian dragon China and become the fastest growing economy in the next four years, ICICI Bank said in a report. India is expected to grow at an average of 9.4 per cent in this decade and will outpace China by 2015, becoming the [...]
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The world is likely to build so many new fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be “lost for ever,” according to the most thorough analysis yet [...]
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs has prepared a draft of the National Tribal Policy. This is the first time the government has come out with a policy to look at the issue of development of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in an integrated and holistic manner.The proposed policy will address the issues such as enhancement of human development [...]
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The government has directed the district collectors concerned to implement the short-term measures proposed by the Justice (Rtd.) M. R. Hariharan Nair Commission report on the Pulmedu disaster to ensure safety of Sabarimala pilgrims. Responding to a call attention motion from E. S. Bijimol (CPI) in the Assembly on October 25 , Devaswom Minister V. [...]
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The Central government has decided not to hold the common entrance test for postgraduate medical courses next year, as proposed earlier, citing lack of resources and expertise needed for conducting such a huge exercise nationwide. The National Eligibility Entrance Test will be held only in 2013. “In view of the lack of resources, we have [...]
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The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to bring India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFC) under the supervision of Reserve Bank ofIndia. This will enhance the professional capability of the company and increased its capital base from Rs 2,000 to 5,000 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minster Ambika Soni said. It can further be increased to Rs 8,000 [...]
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Seeking to eliminate the ambiguities of the past, the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 will remove national roaming charges, make broadband available on demand, bring in an ‘one-nation, one-licence’ policy and allow mobile numbers to be ported to any part of the country. Under the new draft policy unveiled by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal here [...]
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The Indian Government is undertaking mega-projects to digitise information with the intention to deliver services to citizens in a more streamlined and effective manner. e-Governance has become a buzzword and leverages the vast IT capital the country has created to benefit a larger population. Whether it is land records, defense records, tax records or health [...]
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The State Cabinet approved on September 7 a draft policy on land acquisition and released it for public discussion. The policy provides for shares to evictees in selected projects, construction of marketing complex for rehabilitation of evicted shopkeepers, and provision of land for rehabilitation. The policy envisages issue of redeemable infrastructure bonds to evictees against [...]
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The Ministry of Railways is considering to create a separate sports cadre for further giving impetus to sports in Indian Railways. This was announced by the Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi while speaking at a programme organized to felicitate the National Sports Awardees of Indian Railways. The Minister said that Railways is proud of [...]
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New Delhi: To bring down the cost of renewable energy (RE) systems,India is chalking out a comprehensive plan for creating “special RE zones”, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said. Speaking at the foundation day ceremony of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) here, Abdullah said as a result of efforts made during the [...]
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