-The Telegraph A government panel has recommended mandatory registration of all lease agreements and power of attorney documents to ensure revenue augmentation. At present, only lease agreements for a year and more need to be compulsorily registered. Registration of power of attorney documents is optional. If the proposal is accepted, it will mean that some of the ubiquitous 11-month rent agreements will lose their sheen. Some landlords prefer the 11-month tenure as registration...
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Govt takes steps for accountability in Indira Awas Yojana
-PTI Government is all set to make its public housing programme for rural poor more accountable at panchayat level with new draft guidelines suggesting "proactive" disclosure of details of beneficiaries and making social audit of the scheme a must. The draft guidelines issued by the Rural development Ministry say that the implementation of Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) should be informed to the local people through wall paintings or notice boards at the...
More »Build a company like Infosys, lift people out of poverty: World Bank president
-NDTV Jim Yong Kim, who took over as the president of the World Bank in July last year, is on his maiden visit to India. He speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on his first impressions of the country, the development challenges that India is facing and how poverty levels can be brought down. Here are the highlights of what Mr. Kim said: Significant that I went to Uttar Pradesh in my first...
More »National Plan Soon to Prevent Child Marriages: Govt
-Outlook A National Action Plan is being prepared to prevent child marriages, Women and Child development Minister of Krishna Tirath said today. While there has been a reduction in number of child marriages in the country, the social evil still existed in states like Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, she told Rajya Sabha. "Child marriages continue to take place at some places in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh... It is also prevalent in...
More »Jairam Ramesh, Rural development Minister interviewed by Urmi A Goswami
-The Economic Times A balance between the need to unleash animal spirits and the larger issues of ethical governance is essential for the country to move ahead, Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh tells ET in an exclusive interview. * Is unleashing animal spirits still the main focus of the government? Unleashing the animal spirits is all very well but it has to be in an ethical framework. Markets is all about...
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