Cabinet
The government turns toward SC to buy 6 months time to establish an independent environment regulator which will check the projects requiring the green clearance and apply conditions for approval and impose fine on defaulters. The government also concluded that it requires minimum 6 months to complete the process. The ministry of environment and forests [...] Continue Reading »
The government is planning to come up with a company, National Highways Construction Company, for building roads in border areas and north eastern regions. A road ministry official informed that while NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) build roads all over the country, this company will focus on building roads in border areas and in [...] Continue Reading »
Touted as one of the important achievements of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the new land-acquisition law that came into force this January is turning into a major obstacle in the way of a key infrastructure project being pushed keenly by the Prime Minister’s Office. Officials said that with a sharp increase in the [...] Continue Reading »
Panaji- On 12th December, Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar pointed out the delay in the finalization of any bill on the Goa khazan land development board by the cabinet and irrigation department. He dismissed all the charges made by NGOs regarding the proposed bill in favor of land sharks and defended himself by informing about the circulation of [...] Continue Reading »
Sources reveal that Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is not in favour of extending the deadline for paying value added tax (VAT) or reducing the tax rate on flat purchases. As the order of paying VAT has been handled by the high court, the chief minister does not want to extend the deadline or reduce [...] Continue Reading »
The government is to provide interest subsidy of up to Rs 14,912 this fiscal for housing loan not exceeding Rs 15 lakh, which came as a relief to small home loan borrowers. The Cabinet decided to extend by one year the interest subvention scheme of one per cent on housing loans up to Rs 15 [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka state alone has spent around Rs 3,847 crore to buy power since 2010! This is a huge sum where the state could have built a brand-new 800-1,000MW thermal plant utilizing the same budget. Again summer is back and the state is planning ahead and the cabinet has decided to buy 1,290MW daily upto the [...] Continue Reading »
