-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is targeting the award of at least 17 big infrastructure projects during this financial year. These include three expressways, Mumbai elevated rail corridor, a major port, greenfield airport in Navi Mumbai, locomotive projects, two ultra-mega power plants and a number of power transmission works. The projects have been identified by key infrastructure ministries. The progress on intermediate steps will be monitored...
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Two out of three say UPA is corrupt-Rukmini S
-The Hindu Growing number believe that the BJP is better at handling corruption Two out of three people feel that the UPA-2 is corrupt and that corruption has increased over the last four years, while a growing number believe that the BJP is better at handling corruption than the UPA, according to the CSDS poll. Even though corruption is only the fifth most important issue for voters in the 2014 elections, according to...
More »Rs 27 per day: India's new rural poverty line
-Down to Earth New poverty estimate claims fastest ever decline in poverty during UPA's regime The Planning Commission has declared the new poverty line for rural and urban areas. It is Rs 27 a day for rural areas and Rs 30 a day for urban areas. Just a year ago when the Commission suggested a poverty line of Rs 22 a day for rural areas, there was a national outrage over it. Subsequently,...
More »Weak rains cloud paddy outlook for eastern region-Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times KOLKATA: Paddy farmers in eastern India are a bit worried over erratic rainfall this year. The spread of the rainfall has not been uniform across the region which has prompted states like West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and odisha to prepare contingency plans if the trend continues for long. The states are looking at options such as short-duration crops and direct seeding as possible ways of growing paddy in...
More »Gujarat slides in both rural and urban spending, data reveals -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India There's a new trend of chief ministers, particularly those with national ambitions, aggressively peddling their respective 'development models'. Interestingly, CMs from the same party at times indulge in one-upmanship. The question is: How are people in their states actually faring? How does one know whether one 'model' is better than another? One way is to look at how much a person spends on an average every month;...
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