Maharashtrians are now paying 50 pc more for essential commodities than they did five yars back, according to the state economic survey. The rise was observed mainly due to increase in prices of rice, wheat, tur dal, moong dal, potato, oni
Two unusually dressed men with bulging cloth bags slung over their shoulders enter a dhaba. They dig into their bags and place handfuls of currency coins onto a table. By the time Mahesh Kumar, the dhaba owner, comes over to attend to them
Power shortage, recession and competition resulted in closure of 44,997 small scale and 845 medium and large scale industries in Maharashtra during 2009-10. The closures left 1,97,798 workers in the small scale and 1,53,786 persons in the
Karnataka, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, AP have been ranked as leaders in e-readiness assessment as per the India e-Readiness Assessment Report 2008 released by Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The
Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), one of flagship schemes under ruler development ministry, aimed at building house for the poor has not been doing well with only 50% of the target achieved during 2009-10 (till January). According to the figures su
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), expressing his readiness for questioning in the murder of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffery in Ahmedabad during the 2002 riots.
Cell phone towers will soon run on solar power instead of diesel generators. The ministries of new and renewable energy and of telecommunications are working on converting almost all mobile phone towers into ‘green towers’ by using sol
District authorities of Muzaffarpur in Bihar have made it mandatory for students appearing in annual examinations in state-run primary and high schools to state their caste in answer sheets failing which their results would be withheld. A
The budget proposal to charge 10 per cent service tax on air travel may not be rolled back, as the government expects to raise between Rs 600 and Rs 1,000 crore annually through the measure. Maintaining that the government plans to explore
The government has accepted a labour ministry proposal to raise the ceiling of benefit under the Employees Deposit-Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme from Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh, a move that would help over 4.71 crore EPFO subscribers. "T
Foreign education providers evincing interest to come to India have agreed to a condition that they will not repatriate surplus money generated from education activities here, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said. During an interaction with
Maharashtra`s image as a progressive state has taken a beating with recent figures rating it third amongst major states, after Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as regards the population below poverty line. An Economic survey released by the State G
Dialysis facilities for the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries will be available at CGHS wellness centres from June this year, reports The Hindu. A memorandum of understanding was signed between the central government an
The Government on Tuesday indicated that it would hold discussions with the BJP and Left parties which had opposed the Nuclear Liability Bill and did not rule out the possibility of raising the compensation cap of Rs 500 crore as envisaged.
Altogether 14.47 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families in Maharashtra have been given biometric smart cards under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), which has been rolled out in 28 districts, a senior official said. The State Gove
Orissa High Court has set aside the February 26 order of State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) and asked the Orissa Public Service Commission (OPSC) to go ahead with the viva voce test of remaining successful Orissa Civil Service-2006 candidates.
The debt of Maharashtra Government is expected to increase to Rs 1,85,801 crore during 2009-10, an Economic Survey report has said. The total debt increased from Rs 97,674 crore during 03-04 to Rs 1,42,383 crore during 2007-08. The debt wa
Faced with the prospect of revenue loss on fuel jumping to Rs 70,000 crore next fiscal, petroleum ministry today favoured "hard decisions" even as it hinted that cleaner Euro-IV fuel in 13 metro cities will cost more from April 1.
Overlooking US envoy`s remarks here that no decision has been taken for giving Indian investigators direct access to David Headley, India on Tuesday said it will soon write to the US for interrogating the LeT terrorist. The home ministry w
Ending suspense over his appearance before the Supreme Court-appointed SIT probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, Chief Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to present himself before the panel on March 27. "March 27 is the mutually agreed date
