The two day 43rd Session of the Indian Labour Conference (ILC), the apex national tripartite body that discusses key issues affecting labour and employment and provides policy perspectives and recommendations, concluded in New Delhi today. The Conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday 23rd November 2010. Senior level representatives of the three pillars of the tripartism, Trade Unions, Employers’ Associations and Government, participated in the deliberations...
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PM hints CAG be permitted to go into ppp accounts
Indicating the official auditor CAG be permitted to look into the books of public-private partnership (ppp) projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underscored the need to ensure transparency in these infrastructure schemes. "CAG will play a leading role in ensuring that these new initiatives (ppp) deliver as intended," the Prime Minister said at a function to mark the 150 years of Comptroller and Auditor General of India. "There is a need to...
More »Number of Internet users to surpass 2 billion by end of year, UN agency reports
The number of Internet users worldwide has doubled in the past five years and will surpass the 2 billion mark in 2010, with the majority of the 226 million new users this year coming from developing countries, the United Nations telecommunication agency reported today. The number of people with Internet access at home has increased from 1.4 billion in 2009 to almost 1.6 billion in 2010, with 65 per cent of...
More »UPA-II to unveil 'slum-free India' dream scheme by Mahendra Kumar Singh
UPA-II's ambitious programme to make the nation slum-free within five years is all set to take off as the housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has finalised the scheme, and how now sent it to finance ministry for approval. Last year, the government had announced the launch of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) aimed at making cities slum-free, addressing the problems of slum-dwellers and urban poor in a definitive and holistic manner....
More »Nine firms selected to provide urban amenities in rural areas
In a first step of its kind, nine private companies have been shortlisted by the Union rural development ministry to develop infrastructure in the rural areas and maintain it for a period of 10 years. The project, envisioned as part of former President A P J Abdul Kalam’s pet scheme, Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), will see these nine private players undertaking pilot projects in January next year...
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