Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi.

The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi.

The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

Arun Shourie, a former central minister and senior journalist, spoke on the need for reforms in the legislature and the executive at the national conference on Keeping The Promises: how Can Governance Be Made More Effective, organised by AIMA on 10- 11 august 2010 in New Delhi.

The AV of the talk is presented here in three parts. For the other two parts, see the links below.

Prithviraj Chavan, minister of state for prime minister’s office, talks about various initiatives taken by the government to improve governance in India and what further needs to be done at this stage of development of the country. He is addressing the national conference on public governance, on the topic, "how can governance be more effective."

Chennai: The centre has no plans to transfer the subject of water from state list to concurrent list of the Constitution, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala today said.

All the states had to agree for transfering water to Concurrent list and then only Parliament could take it up, he said replying to a question from reporters here on the sidelines of 'TN Water Summit-2010'.

On intra-state river linking, he said the Centre was ready to provide funds to link rivers within the state.

Prithviraj Chavan, minister of state for prime minister’s office, talks about various initiatives taken by the government to improve governance in India and what further needs to be done at this stage of development of the country. He is addressing the national conference on public governance, on the topic, "how can governance be more effective."

Kiran Bedi,  social activist and former IPS officer, offers a blueprint for tackling corruption.

Bedi addressed the National Conference on Public Governance on effective governance.

K V Kamath, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank on the challenge of tackling social issues while maintaining economic growth.

He addressed the National Conference on Public Governance on effective governance.

The Karnataka government has decided to revise minimum wages in 24 industrial sectors, primarily those relating to private safai karmacharis, Minister for Labour, B N Bachhe Gowda said here today.

The revised wages which came into effect from September 21 would be Rs 5044 (for A grade cities), Rs 4264 (for B grade cities) and Rs 3484 (C grade cities) on monthly basis, he told reporters here today.

This would translate into Rs 194 daily wages for A grade cities, Rs 164 for B grade cities and 134 for C grade cities.

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks on the need for good governance and sketches a roadmap for double-digit economic growth for India at the National Conference on Public Governance in New Dehli.

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks on the need for good governance and sketches a roadmap for double-digit economic growth for India at the National Conference on Public Governance in New Dehli.

Tamil Nadu Government today announced hike in monthly conveyance allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 for differently-abled persons employed in government and local bodies.
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi issued an order in this regard, an official press release said.
The hike would be effective from October 1. Government would incur an additional expenditure of rs 8.40 crore per annum on account of this.

More than six years after it was formed, the National Environment Policy (NEP) 2006 has not been reviewed.