Reproduced from the latest issue of Governance Now, this article was written on October 9. Now on stands. PRIDE WASH A few weeks ago, when the Great Indian Commonwealth Games Circus was at its best, ou
Mobile phones can help drive out poverty in developing countries, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says. The report said, “In more and more low-income countries farmers, fishermen and entrep
After the shambolic build-up that included a dirty athletes village and other shortcomings leading to threats of pull-out by leading competing nations, the Commmonwealth Games was today given a pat on the back by CGF chief Michael Fennell in his f
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said his working equation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "excellent" and there is no "trust deficit" between him and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He said even Raji
The B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka has scraped through with a majority on the floor of the assembly today after the second trust vote. The government found support from 106 MLAs while the opposition could muster only 100 votes.
Sporting sucesses at CWG aside, the Commonwealth realm has not much to cheer India for. The country, according to a report, has the highest number of underweight children among all the Commonwealth nations. “India has both the highes
National level monitors (NLM) appointed by the rural development ministry to monitor the implementation of the various rural development schemes will be also be monitored from now, say the ministry’s the new guidelines.
The long wait for the Renuka dam in Himachal Pradesh has come to naught with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) rejecting the forest clearance for it. In a letter dated August 31, 2010, the ministry rejected the application of Himachal
Life is set to get easier for the commuters in Delhi once the Games are over. Not only will the Blueline buses be back, but Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will add 600 new buses to its existing fleet from October 18. The low-floor buses
Top BJP leaders met prime minister Manmohan Singh today and demanded immediate recall of Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj accusing him of acting in a partisan manner. In a memorandum submitted to the PM, the BJP delegation led by senior par
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) today said that the union environment ministry has amply made it clear that there has been no progress on rehabilitation and resettlement measures even five months after the suspension of work on the Maheshwar Dam
The government has constituted two special task forces for Jammu and Ladakh regions to examine the allocations in terms of infrastructure needs and make suitable recommendations to overcome the deficiencies. While Abhijit Sen, a Pla
In a relief to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, the Election Commission has rejected the plea for putting a freeze on her party symbol `Elephant` and seeking her disqualification. Turning down the plea of two advocates, the Commission sa
India is way behind the rest of the world - at least most of it - in parity of the two sexes considering pay, education, health and economic representation, according to a World Economic Forum report. The report, released Tuesday, ranks In
Government today named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir as part of efforts to bring peace in the state. Besid
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised here on Tuesday a one-day conference on prenatal sex selection leading to declining sex ratio in India. In India, sex ratio at birth, that is, number of girls per 1,000 bo
The Delhi high court (HC) committee set up to inspect schools run by the municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the state government will submit its report on December 1 - two months after the initial October release. The three-member co
Four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) have been signed between different Scottish and Indian higher education institutions here on Tuesday. The new MoUs, which build upon an overarching MoU signed in 2009 between the Association of Indian
The Delhi government on Monday decided to increase circle rates, used for valuation of land and immovable properties for the purpose of chargeability of the stamp duty on the instruments, by 100 percent. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit said
A prominent union, among those representing the around nine lakh sugarcane cutters in Maharashtra, has said they will strike work if the sugarcane cutting rate is not hiked to Rs 200 per tonne. The announcement by the `Maharashtra O
