-The Times of India Maoist-affected districts across the country might have seen years of neglect by successive governments, but a new Central scheme - Integrated Action Plan (IAP) - under the UPA-II is fast filling up the 'critical gap' in those 'deficit zones' through taking up a number of development projects. As many as 67,072 basic infrastructure projects across 60 districts in nine states have been taken up at Rs 2,740...
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Tata plea to amend suit
-The Telegraph Tata Motors today sought Calcutta High Court’s permission to move an ex-parte petition to make amendments to its earlier plea as it had been filed in “great hurry”. The original petition of the Tatas had challenged the constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, through which the government has taken back the land acquired for the Nano project in Singur. A Tata Motors spokesperson said in...
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-Press Trust of India Altogether 1,807 farmers have submitted applications for return of their land acquired for the Tata Motors Nano project here. The plea for return of land has been made under the new Singur land Rehabilitation and Development Act enacted by the West Bengal government. "Among them, 76 submitted application forms today and three yesterday," sources in the Block Land and Land Revenue office said. On the discrepancy in the notices...
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Vinod Rai’s searing honesty in his job as the country’s CAG has the government in many a bind CAG Catch 1 2G Spectrum, 2010 The CAG audit over a six-year period from 2003 finds loopholes in the implementation of norms, leading to DoT allocating spectrum at 2001 prices. Estimated loss to exchequer: the now-household figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Outcome Former telecom minister A. Raja, MP Kanimozhi, telecom and...
More »Singur survey, day and night
-The Telegraph Industries minister Partha Chatterjee today asked the Hooghly administration to hurry up and complete the Singur land survey in three days, working through the nights if necessary. Sources said the Bengal government was keen to wrap up all the paperwork so that the plots could be immediately handed over to farmers if Calcutta High Court ruled in the state’s favour. “I want the survey completed within three days. If necessary,...
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