Government policies

All 2G scam accused seek cover of TRAI report

06 Sep 2011

The fact remains that the entire allocation process was flawed and that the out-of-turn allocation of licences and spectrum was intended to benefit select companies.

Cabinet approves Land Acquisition Bill

05 Sep 2011

The bill proposes to ban acquisition of multi-cropped, irrigated land for public purposes even as the government will stop acquiring land for private companies for private purposes.

Parliament passes SBI subsidiary banks bill

05 Sep 2011

Biotech companies line up over 100 GM crops for field trials in India

05 Sep 2011

Government to sell 10 per cent paid-up equity of RINL through IPO

03 Sep 2011

Government targets Team Anna, claims Rs9-lakh dues from Kejriwal

02 Sep 2011

Rangarajan panel suggests recast of budget accounting

02 Sep 2011

The panel's recommendations, if implemented, would reduce the role of the Planning Commission and make finance ministry the nodal agency for formulating the budget.

Cabinet dumps draft Sports Bill

30 Aug 2011

The union cabinet decided against moving the bill that sought to bring transparency and accountability in the functioning of national sports bodies.

Hazare to break fast on Sunday as Parliament bows to 'sticky' demands

27 Aug 2011

The Lok Sabha today adopted by a voice vote a resolution calling for the formulation of a strong Lokpal bill that in effect included the three key demands made by the civil society members.

Time to save Anna’s life

27 Aug 2011

Team Anna came close to frittering away all that it had gained, and jeopardising Anna Hazare's life, over what was a matter of form and not substance. Should anything have happened to Anna, they would have to answer to history for all that would have followed, writes Prem Shankar Jha

A Rs1,200-crore mining scam surfaces as NGO moves HC against illegal mining in Goa

27 Aug 2011

Lokpal debate: nation is watching, Pranab tells house

27 Aug 2011

Though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today set the ball rolling in the Lok Sabha for a discussion on the various lokpal bills, it is the version drafted by Anna Hazare’s team that is expected to dominate the discussions.

Government holding back oil pricing reforms on inflation concerns: Parikh

26 Aug 2011

Lokpal debate likely tomorrow as Rahul lauds Hazare

26 Aug 2011

A debate in Parliament on all versions of the lokpal bill could be held as early as Saturday, though it won’t happen today as was being hoped

Government relaxes stake sale norms for insurance firms

25 Aug 2011

PM says Hazare bill can be debated in house

25 Aug 2011

The prime minister says Parliament will discuss the weak and strong points of the Jan Lokpal bill as well as other versions of the bill and send the entire record for consideration of the Parliamentary standing committee.

Fresh round of Hazare-government talks collapse in acrimony

25 Aug 2011

Talks on the proposed anti-corruption bill have failed yet again as government hardens its stand.

Pranab to mediate as PM seeks peace with Hazare

23 Aug 2011

The prime minister said the parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and personnel would seek permission of the Lok Sabha speaker to study Hazare's version of the Lokpal bill.

Govt calls all-party meet on Lokpal as Hazare camp seems ready to talk

23 Aug 2011

The government has called an all-party meeting at 3.30 pm on Wednesday to help resolve the Lokpal issue, amid indications that the Anna Hazare camp may be willing to talk to senior government members

Bihar acts to check corruption

22 Aug 2011

The Right to Public Service Act, 2011 ensures that government services are provided to all sections without delay.

'Scope for give and take' on Lokpal issue, says PM

20 Aug 2011

We are open to discussion and dialogue so that a broad national consensus emerges in favour of a strong and effective Lokpal, he said.

Processing of fruits in India to reach 20 per cent of production by 2015: minister

20 Aug 2011

West Bengal to soon be renamed 'Paschimbanga'

19 Aug 2011

India to have a national manufacturing policy soon: Sharma

19 Aug 2011

Pranab introduces bill to curb ‘benami’ deals

19 Aug 2011

The new bill seeks to repeal the existing Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988, which was never fully implemented because its provisions did not go far enough