-Hindustan Times The Narendra Modi government has decided to introduce the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in Lok Sabha today. The controversial Bill seeks approval of Parliament for changes brought in the law through an ordinance or emergency executive order in December 2014. The Bill will lapse on March 20, if it is not passed during this budget session that began...
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India Matters: Demanding Toilets All India -Sutapa Deb
-NDTV Our journey takes us to five villages in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, to meet families that do not have a toilet at home. Nearly 65 per cent of households in rural areas of the state are without toilets. Prema and Tanu belong to a Scheduled Caste family of daily wagers in Ahlada Kheda. Students of Class 9 and 10, they are exposed to children from different socioeconomic backgrounds at...
More »Rs. 200 Crore in Uttar Pradesh MP Funds. Not Even 1 Per Cent Spent So Far -Niha Masih
-NDTV Lucknow: Some of India's biggest politicians contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh. But eight months later, they have not spent anything from their Local Area Development Fund (MPLAD). On the list of high-profile MPs from Uttar Pradesh who have spent not a rupee yet from their constituency funds are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi,...
More »Ordinance route unacceptable: Opposition -Smita Gupta
-The Hindu Govt. trying to broker deal with Congress, promises changes in land ordinance Rejuvenated by the BJP's rout in the Delhi Assembly elections and Nitish Kumar's return as Chief Minister of Bihar, the Opposition, a day ahead of Parliament's budget session, remained unwilling to co-operate with the government, especially on the passage of the ordinances that are priority on the government's legislative agenda. At an all-party meeting convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister...
More »Social schemes to get fiscal eye
-Business Standard Financial position, spending capacity to play a big role, say sources The government might take a hard view on several social sector schemes, including the Prime Minister's pet projects of Digital India and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchaee Yojana in the coming Budget for 2015-16. These might get a renewed thrust but perhaps not in the form of a significant increase in Plan allocation. New ways in which funds will be raised...
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