An all-party meeting in India has failed to break a parliamentary deadlock over opposition demands for an inquiry into an alleged telecoms scam. Parliament has been adjourned for two weeks because of the stand-off. Telecommunications minister A Raja quit last week, denying claims that he had undersold mobile phone licences by billions of dollars. The government has ruled out a joint inquiry, saying "impartial" agencies were already investigating. Correspondents say the widening scandal involving...
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Labour laws hurting employment growth need to be revisited:PM
Acknowledging that some labour laws have not yielded the desired results, Prime Minister manmohan singh today said there is a need to revisit some of them which have hurt the growth of employment. "We have enacted several progressive labour laws since independence and some even before that. But it appears that not all these laws have had the intended good effects that we would like to see on the ground," he...
More »UPA2: Praful richest and Mamata poorest minister by Nidhi Sharma
The income and asset details furnished by ministers to Prime Minister’s Office for 2009-10 have some surprising claims. Textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran, whose family owns a media empire, is worth just Rs 6.87 crore. His assets include a Mercedes E class valued at Rs 8.10 lakh and a Toyota Innova at Rs 12.24 lakh. He is not the only who has modest assets. Minister of new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah...
More »Media can help protect rural job scheme by S Viswanathan
After 16 days of intensive Statewide campaigning and 47 days of dharna, thousands of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Rajasthan scored a significant victory. Led by the Suchana Evum Rozgar Ka Abhiyan, they entered into an agreement with the State government under which they would be entitled to the prevailing minimum wage for their day's work. Describing this outcome as “historic,” social activist...
More »It's up to Manmohan to decide on MNREGS wage hike: Joshi
Union Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi on Friday maintained that the Centre was set to increase the wage rate paid under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), but it was for Prime Minister manmohan singh to address the issues raised by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Dr. Joshi said it was not for him to react to the recommendation made to Dr. Singh by Ms. Gandhi — in her...
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