India will soon have a single, simplified standard for quality across the country for all products, said union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, at Governance Now PSU awards ceremony held in December.
Public sector undertakings (PSUs) are scared of five Cs: namely, the central information commission (CIC), central vigilance commission (CVC), central bureau of investigation (CBI), comptroller and auditor general (CAG) and the courts.
An all-party meeting convened by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today failed to bring a consensus on the passage of the GST bill, but members of the upper house decided to pass six other pending bills - the SC ST (prevention of atrocities) amen
In the age of need for security the 9th International Fire & Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo 2015, held last week at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offered a wide range of products. Inaugurating the event, Delh
Do not deprive the right of the already deprived, was the anguished remark of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. Touching the subject on literacy as an essential criterion to contest panchayat elections, he said there is a need for a Constitution bench t
Deficit rains and resultant fall in agricultural output has forced the government lower the GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 7-7.5%. The latest GDP forecast, given in the Mid-Year economic review of the economy
With the Delhi high court on Friday refusing to pass any directive, the juvenile convicted in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya will walk free on Sunday. The parents of Nirbhaya, as the paramedical student brutally ass
Policing Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state with 20 crore people (2011 census), is no easy task. So when Dharmendra Singh, a native of the state, made it to the IPS in 2006 and was allotted the Uttar Pradesh cadre, he knew how challenging
If Delhi is struggling to tackle air pollution, the metropolis of Mumbai is battlling overcrowding of suburban train services. Again the judiciary has come up with suggestions to solve the problem faced by the capital of Maharashtra.
Mumbai Central railway station is going live next month, courtesy Google. The tech giant’s India-born CEO Sunder Pichai has promised to provide free and high-speed wi-fi access to railway commuters at over 400 stations in India. Google
In what will be described as a landmark judgment in the history of the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act), the supreme court of India has thrown out hook, line and sinker. It has rejected the plea of the Reserve Bank of
Prime minister Narendra Modi has spoken with US president Barack Obama about the concerns of Indian IT industry and professionals on the proposed legislation in the US Congress relating to popular H 1B and L1 visas.Meanwhile, the US Congress has r
For the first time, Railways has invited suggestions and innovative ideas from the public to include them in its forthcoming budget to improve its operations and amenities to a satisfactory level.Suggestions can be given under 15 heads.The suggest
For the first time the supreme court today exercised its powers to appoint a lokayutka named retired judge Justice Virender Singh as Uttar Pradesh`s lokayukta. With a sharp reprimand for the UP government it expressed its disapprova
The supreme court today said views of the centre and states should be taken into account in during the process of judges selection and asked the government to prepare a memorandum of procedure (MoP) in consultation with the chief justice of India
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal continues to attack finance minister Arun Jaitley. After alleging that the CBI had raided his office for a file linked to corruption in the Delhi cricket body that Jaitley headed in the past, tweeted today that
The supreme court today banned the registration of diesel SUVs and cars above 2000cc in the national capital till March 31. The court also said the decision will not affect the common man. Around 23 per cent of the cars registered in Delhi a
Rape cases on the rise As per the latest data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), rape cases have increa
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its order today on improving the functioning of the collegium and bringing transparency in the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.The constitution bench comprising justices Jagdish Singh Khehar,
The supreme court today observed that "rich people can`t go round in SUVs polluting the environment" and agreed to ban registration of diesel SUVs and cars over 2000cc in Delhi to combat air pollution. Tomorrow the court will pass the fi
