-NYDailyNews.com AHMEDABAD--Gujarat's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader C R Patil has become India's first member of parliament (MP) to obtain to an ISO certification 9001: 2008 for his office for excellent role in implementing government schemes for the public. Patil, who represents Navsari in south Gujarat in the Lok Sabha, received the prestigious certificate at a recent function in Surat from Sandeep Vig, regional director of Intertek Moody, a leading international provider...
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Centre seeks states' consensus on contentious Food Bill issues
-PTI He was addressing the consultation meet of state food ministers on Food Bill here. With Centre planning to present Food Bill in the Budget session of Parliament, Food Minister K V Thomas today urged states to evolve a consensus on contentious issues like coverage and identification of beneficiaries. The Food Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2011, aims to give legal right over subsidised foodgrains to two-third of...
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-Outlook This could be the UPA’s worst cut to its beloved aam admi. Healthcare has virtually been handed over to privateers. Not For Those Who Need It Most Govt seems to have abandoned healthcare to the private sector Diagnosing An Ailing Republic 70 per cent of India still lives in the villages, where only two per cent of qualified allopathic doctors are available Due to lack of access to medical care, rural India...
More »A perfect day for democracy-Arundhati Roy
-The Hindu Wasn’t it? Yesterday I mean. Spring announced itself in Delhi. The sun was out, and the Law took its Course. Just before breakfast, Afzal Guru, prime accused in the 2001 Parliament Attack was secretly hanged, and his body was interred in Tihar Jail. Was he buried next to Maqbool Butt? (The other Kashmiri who was hanged in Tihar in 1984. Kashmiris will mark that anniversary tomorrow.) Afzal’s wife and...
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-Live Mint Proposal aimed at beefing up security, besides making sure development reaches neglected parts of India A day after the government pledged the partial decontrol of sugar in the next fortnight, the Union cabinet on Thursday approved a set of significant measures aimed at tackling Maoist insurgency and asserting its strategic hold over an area claimed by neighbouring China. The measures approved involve upgrading rural road connectivity with special emphasis on...
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