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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T104400Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T104400Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/double-digit-growth-no-measure-governance-part-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/double-digit-growth-no-measure-governance-part-2 SUMMARY:Double-digit growth no measure of governance (Part 2) DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101007T113400Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101007T113400Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/hike-monthly-conveyance-allowance-differently-abled URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/hike-monthly-conveyance-allowance-differently-abled SUMMARY:Hike in monthly conveyance allowance for differently abled DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T075600Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T075600Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/govt-provide-online-services-ssis URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/govt-provide-online-services-ssis SUMMARY:UP govt to provide online services to SSIs DESCRIPTION:The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to provide online facilities to small scale industries (SSIs) under Nivesh Mitra scheme\, an official said here today.
The web interface of Nivesh Mitra would provide speedy and time bound issuance of various approvals to those desiring to set up small and medium scale industries in the state\, the official said.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T085200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T085200Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/our-governance-system-fostering-graft-ii URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/our-governance-system-fostering-graft-ii SUMMARY:Our governance system is fostering graft (II) DESCRIPTION:Former centrela vigilance commissioner N Vittal believes that legal protection alone is not enough to encourage whistleblowers. He was speaking at the National Conference on Public Governance\, organised by AIMA.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T085200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101014T085200Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/our-governance-system-fostering-graft-i URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/our-governance-system-fostering-graft-i SUMMARY:Our governance system is fostering graft (I) DESCRIPTION:Former centrela vigilance commissioner N Vittal believes that legal protection alone is not enough to encourage whistleblowers. He was speaking at the National Conference on Public Governance\, organised by AIMA.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T084700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T084700Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/divorces-rise-kerala-couples-marry-young URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/divorces-rise-kerala-couples-marry-young SUMMARY:Divorces on a rise in Kerala as couples marry young DESCRIPTION:Kerala State Women's Commission (KSWC) may propose raising the minimum age limit of marriage for both men and women before the National Women's Commission (NWC) considering the growing rate of divorces among youngsters. The KSWC will suggest enhancement of the minimum age limit for marriage for women from 18 to 25 and that of men from 21 to 28 or more\, KSWC chairperson Justice D Sreevdevi said.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T141800Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101021T141800Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/committee-examine-hill-transport-subsidy-bills URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/committee-examine-hill-transport-subsidy-bills SUMMARY:Committee to examine hill transport subsidy bills DESCRIPTION:Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Sharad Pawar has ordered constituting a high power committee to examine and work out modalities pertaining to payment of pending Hill Transport Subsidy (HTS) bills to PDS contractors in Arunachal Pradesh\, officials said today.
The minister disclosed this when Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu accompanied by PWD Minister Nabam Tuki called on Pawar at New Delhi yesterday.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101025T105300Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20020203 UID:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/montek-climate-change URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/montek-climate-change SUMMARY:Montek on climate change DESCRIPTION:Montek Singh Ahluwalia\, the deputy chairman of the planning commission\, talks about the economics of climate change and how not doing anything about this global problem might be one of the biggest mistakes. He was speaking at a conference organised by IRADe in New Delhi in 2010.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T011724Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101027T133600Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101027T133600Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/warehousing-development-and-regulation-act-2007-comes-force URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/gov-now/policy/warehousing-development-and-regulation-act-2007-comes-force SUMMARY:Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act\, 2007 Comes into Force DESCRIPTION:The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act\, 2007 has come into force with effect from 25th October\, 2010. The Government has also decided to constitute Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) under the Act with effect from today\, 26th October\, 2010 with the publication of the relevant notification in the official Gazette.
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