-The Business Standard Inflationary figures could also desist RBI from easing its monetary stance to perk up economic growth The retail price index-based inflation jumped to an all-time high of 11.24%, driven by high vegetable prices, official data showed today. The inflation stood at 10.09% in October, entering double digits for the first time in six months. The surging prices of essential commodities were an important issue in the...
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Odisha Plans 30,000 Pucca Houses Along Coastline: Min
-Outlook Bhubaneshwar: Prone to natural calamities like cyclone, flood and tsunami, Odisha government plans to construct about 30,000 pucca houses along state's coastline, besides setting up 162 cyclone and flood shelters in the coastal region. "We have plans to spend Rs 3 lakh each for 30,000 pucca houses in the coastline. The houses will be located within five km from coastline," Revenue and Disaster management minister S N Patro said in the...
More »Gujarat gets Lokayukta after a decade
-PTI GANDHINAGAR: Retired Gujarat high court judge DP Buch was on Wednesday sworn in as the state's fourth Lokayukta, a post that lay vacant for a decade and over which chief minister Narendra Modi and governor Kamla Beniwal were on a collision course for three years. Justice Buch(retd) was sworn in as the anti-corruption ombudsman at a function in Raj Bhavan by governor Beniwal in the presence of Modi and assembly Speaker...
More »NGO showcases Gujarat’s ‘other story’
-The Telegraph Kolkata: An NGO set up in response to the 2002 carnage in Gujarat has decided to carry out awareness programmes across the country in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to highlight the potential pitfalls of Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister. "A dream of development is being shown to the people of India.... But that is not the reality. There is another side to the story of Gujarat,...
More »Centre approves Rs. 7,346 crore compensation package for Uttarakhand
-The Hindu An additional allocation of Rs. 100 crore was also made Dehradun: The Cabinet Committee on Uttarakhand (CCU) approved a package of Rs. 7,346 crore for the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. The CCU, which was formed under the Uttarakhand Reconstruction and Rehabilitation plan, held a meeting in New Delhi on Monday under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In the meeting, other than Rs. 7,346 crore, an additional allocation of Rs. 100 crore was...
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