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The coal bearing State Governments have been advised to facilitate and expedite in obtaining the various clearances, grant of mining leases and land acquisition by the coal blocks allocattees so that coal production can be increased. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri PratikPrakashBapu Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. He said that a total of …
A team of five students from Russia, India, Bahrain, Canada and the UK are competing to win USD1 million of funding for their social enterprise to help slums in Mumbai in the Hult Prize Global Challenge, a competition judged by former USA President Bill Clinton. The full-time MBA students from Warwick Business School are aiming to address the main …
Following is the text of the address made by the Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram during the First Business Session of ADB Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors at IEML, Greater Noida today: Mr. President, Honourable Governors and friends, It has been a year when we last met at Manila. It is …
Following is the text of the Union Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram’s Opening Address at the 46th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors’ today at IECM, Greater Noida: Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, President Nakao, Fellow Governors of the Asian Development Bank, Management and staff of member country delegations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. …
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s speech at the Inaugural Session of the 46th AGM of the Asian Development Bank in Greater Noida today: “On behalf of the Government and people of India, I warmly welcome you all to the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the …
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that India has been active in international forums relating to environmental protection, and is party to 94 multilaterals environmental agreements such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), among many …
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope — Martin Luther King, Jr. Some disappointment was always on the cards especially after the RBI released its Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments report in 2012-13. Friday turned out to be more of a damp squib with the Reserve Bank of India turning out a token …
The banking sector, industry, and capital markets, among others, were expectantly waiting for the RBI to cut repo rate, which it duly delivered. This was the third repo rate cut this year, taking the cumulative cut to 75bps in 2013 and 125bps over the last one year. Rate cuts have the direct impact of lowering …
More than 1,000 leaders from business, politics, academia and civil society will be in Cape Town, 8-10 May, for the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa The meeting’s programme will focus on economic diversification, infrastructure and talent Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 May 2013 – Delivering on Africa’s Promise will be the theme of the World Economic Forum on …
As per available information, the state of Maharashtra has imposed cess of 8 paise per unit from 1st May 2008 on the sale of electricity to commercial and industrial consumers. The cess is to be used for executing schemes of generation of renewable energy. The Electricity Act 2003 and Tariff Policy 2006 provide enabling framework …