ImagIndia Institute launched a pan-Indian campaign to clean cities and peri-urban areas across the country on February 28. The campaign was kicked-off at the national capital at Raj Ghat. All photographs by Governance Now photojournali
In a major policy shift, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed direct cash transfer of subsidies for fertilizer, kerosene and LPG to the BPL families. Food subsidy, which has been a contentious issue because of the huge pilferage in the d
An introduction of service tax on the healthcare sector will make it more difficult for the public to afford healthcare, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), an association of doctors, said here in a press release on Monday. An additiona
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Union Carbide Corporation, Dow Chemicals and others on a Centre`s plea seeking enhancement of compensation to the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy from Rs750 crore to Rs7,700 crore. The a
Opposition parties on Monday came down heavily on General Budget 2011-12 dismissing the exercise as “very disappointing and directionless” and said it has failed to address the problems of unemployment and price rise affecting the comm
Opposition parties on Monday came down heavily on General Budget 2011-12 dismissing the exercise as “very disappointing and directionless” and said it has failed to address the problems of unemployment and price rise affecting the comm
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy`s efforts to placate the Congress MLAs from Telangana to give up their agitation, as the centre would make an announcement on the issue in the first week of March, failed to yield any positive resu
The centre on Monday allocated Rs 100 crore for Ladakh region for implementation of various projects identified by a taskforce. The special taskforce for development of Ladakh, headed by Narendra Jadhav, planning commission member,
A new series of coins will be unveiled soon carrying the rupee symbol, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced in the budget on Monday. "Indian rupee now has a new symbol, which has been notified for use by the central and
What makes the work on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) appear in a different genre of scholarly work on gender, is that national budgets, policies and budgetary processes come to the centre stage of feminist scrutiny—an area that has hithe
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to raise the income tax exemption limit for general tax payers to Rs 1.80 lakh per annum from Rs 1.60 lakh at present and introduced a high new tax slab for senior citizens of 80 years and above.
Air India`s Chief Operating Officer Capt Gustav Baldauf resigned today, days after being served a show-cause notice over his reported remarks about political interference in the airline`s day-to-day affairs. Baldauf, who was served
The stock market benchmark Sensex has surged by over 277 points mid-way through Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee`s Budget presentation, in which he proposed to keep up the tempo of the disinvestment process and contain inflation to boost the econ
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Government proposes to introduce the Constitution Amendment Bill in the current session to pave the way for introduction of the long-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
India`s economy will revert to the pre-crisis growth level of 9 per cent in the next financial year. "The Indian economy is expected to grow at 9 per cent with outside band of (+/-) 0.25 per cent in 2011-12, " Finance Mini
In a big relief from cumbersome tax filing process for the salaried class, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to exempt them from filing tax returns unless they have other sources of income. The government will be issu
While India touts its youth population as its biggest resource, the condition of adolescent girls in the country in the world, according to a Unicef report. "Almost 47 percent of the girls in the age group of 11 to 19 years are underw
Around this time last year, union home minister P Chidambaram was leading the charge against the dreaded Maoists, described as the “biggest threat” to the internal security of the country by no less than the prime minister himself on m
Keeping with an interim order passed by the Supreme Court in connection with the disbursement of funds of Harshad Mehta Group (HMG),the Bombay High Court has directed the custodian of assests of the late stock broker to release Rs 1995.66 crore to
The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed the plea of veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari seeking waiver of cost of Rs 75,000 imposed on him during the hearing of a petition of a 31-year-old man claiming to be his biological son. "The r
