The fertiliser ministry may seek more funds from the finance ministry to meet its subsidy obligations as it needs more than the allocated amount to take care of the rising subsidy bill, a top official said. "We have already received 17,700 crore in addition to the budgetary allocation of around 50,000 crore. But we still need more funds, and the amount will be finalised in consultation with the finance ministry," said...
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Andhra excise minister accused in hooch racket
-CNN-IBN In a shocking revelation that is certain to rock the Andhra Pradesh government and administration, state Excise Minister M Venkata Ramana has been accused of taking a Rs 10 lakh bribe to let the illegal liquor business run. The allegation has come from the man accused of running the illegal business. He has also revealed the names of top excise officials and politicians across party lines to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. The names...
More »Abroad spectrum by Prabhash Ranjan
Foreign companies affected by 2G verdict can invoke investment treaties The cancellation of the Unified Access Service Licence with 2G spectrum to telecom companies by the Supreme Court is celebrated as a triumph of the rule of law over jobbery and nepotism. Amidst this celebration, it is pertinent to understand the ramifications of the ruling. Since it affects foreign companies like Telenor of Norway, Sistema of Russia, and Etisalat of the...
More »Pvt hospitals still closed for poor patients: RTI reply by Pritha Chatterjee
Nearly four years after the High Court mandated reservation of 10 per cent beds and 25 per cent out-patient facilities for the poor in private hospitals in Delhi, only some have complied with the order. As per figures provided by Delhi government in an RTI response to Newsline, none of the major hospitals were able to treat the mandated number of patients. The government received 91 complaints about refusal of treatment...
More »Haryana n-plant land survey stopped as farmers protest
-Express News Service Work on the survey of land at Gorakhpur village — the site for Haryana’s first nuclear power plant — came to a halt on Monday after irate villagers held three engineers of a private company hostage for five hours. According to sources, the engineers of DBM Geo-Technology and Construction Company, working for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, had gone to the village without taking the local administration...
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