Lakhs of children waiting to take the entrance test for admission into the prestigious Navodaya Vidyalayas can now finally appear for the take relief as the law ministry has finally said that these schools can be exempted from two key provisions of the Right to Education Act. However, the law ministry has asked HRD ministry to take the precaution of issuing the necessary Notification exempting these schools from the RTE...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 1158
Tatas to move High Court
-The Hindu Tata Motors Limited will move the Kolkata High Court on Wednesday against a Notification issued by the West Bengal government regarding the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011. The Bill was made into law on Monday after Governor M.K. Narayan gave it the nod. The legislation provides for the State government taking over the land leased to Tata for its small car project and ancillary units at Singur. The government...
More »Heads roll in NREGA job council, Aiyar, Nikhil De in new list by Sreelatha Menon
The Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC), a statutory body under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) which is supposed to have at least one meeting every six months, will finally meet this week after a gap of nine months, with many new faces. The Council had announced a list of members before the exit of former rural development minister C P Joshi last year, but it was not notified. Now,...
More »Notification on Singur Land Bill issued
-The Hindu A day after West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan gave his assent, the State government on Tuesday issued a Notification to turn the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill into law. Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said the Notification would be followed by the framing of rules by a committee, which would determine the process to return an equivalent portion of land to the “unwilling” farmers of Singur. Their land was...
More »Governor seal on Singur land bill
-The Telegraph Governor M.K. Narayanan has given his assent to the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, which will pave the way for the Mamata Banerjee government to award plots to “unwilling” farmers. According to government sources, Raj Bhavan officials informed chief secretary Samar Ghosh today about the clearance to the bill, passed by the Assembly on June 14. The chief minister, away in Delhi on a three-day visit, has...
More »
