-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The chief ministers of Maoist-hit states have pushed for the second phase of constructing 5,624 km of road stretches in 34 districts falling in Red zones with an investment of Rs 9,400 crore. The government is yet to take a decision on the funding for these. The finance ministry had earlier refused to give this additional amount to the road transport and highways ministry. As per...
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Government ordered to disclose spend on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's treatment
-PTI New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Health Ministry to make public expenses incurred on the treatment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 15 days. While hearing a petition of an Right to Information (RTI) applicant who sought details of funds spent on treatment of the 88-year-old ailing BJP leader, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said the cost incurred on the medical treatment of the former Prime...
More »Food scheme to widen net -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi's homeless may be brought under the fold of the Delhi government's flagship Annshree Yojana as the government is having trouble finding eligible beneficiaries to meet the two lakh target set under the cash for food scheme. So far limited to vulnerable households identified by a survey of 2008-2010, the scheme will now be made "broad based". Under the scheme, a monthly subsidy of Rs 600...
More »Delhi can’t send forces for polls
-The Telegraph Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said today that New Delhi had turned down the state's request for 300 companies of central forces for the panchayat elections. Mamata said the Centre's inability to spare forces was the reason that held her back from making such a request that was necessitated by a court ruling. But sources in the state election commission said the state had done "too little, too late" and the...
More »Cong brass iffy over ordinance route for food bill -Nitin Sethi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership remains undecided on the ordinance route for National Food Security Bill, with the Cabinet meeting yet to be slated for Friday. Sources said the party is yet to configure how to handle some of its reluctant allies as well as the opposition while contending with the fact that the bill could take anything between 6-9 months before the benefits finally roll out to...
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