| Cabinet approves Rs 7,266-cr plan for Bundelkhand | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Union Cabinet has approved a special package worth Rs 7,266 crore for the Bundelkhand region, comprising parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The aim is to mitigate the effects of drought in seven districts of UP and six districts of MP. The project is spread over a three-year period. |
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| Shettar inducted into Karnataka cabinet | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Jagadish Shettar, who resigned as speaker of Karnataka assembly on Monday, was inducted into the 18-month-old B S Yeddyurappa government today. This marks the fulfillment of yet another condition of the compromise formula worked out with the dissident group by the chief minister. |
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| Stimulus rollback not at one go: Cabinet Secy | 16-NOV-09 |
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| With the economy showing mixed signals of recovery, the government today said all components of stimulus packages may not be withdrawn at one go when the rollback process kicks in, which is unlikely this year. |
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| Cabinet okays new corporate governance manual | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The Orissa cabinet chaired by the chief minister Naveen Patnaik today put its seal of approval on the new corporate governance manual drafted by the Hyderabad based Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). |
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| DoT to seek Cabinet nod for Rs 10,000-cr defence proj | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The Department of Telecom (DoT) will approach Cabinet shortly seeking allocation of Rs 10,000 crore to prepare an optical fibre cable (OFC) network for defence forces in the next three years in lieu of release of spectrum for mobile services. |
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| Govt approves policy for digitised cable content | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The government today approved the policy for Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) operators, a technology that will provide digitised cable content to viewers across the country. The guidelines are not binding on the cable operators or the subscribers and they can continue with the existing analogue system. |
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| HITS policy to enable digital delivery platform | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The much awaited Headends in the Sky (HITS) policy cleared by the Union Cabinet today would not only enable a digital delivery platform for cable operators, but will also result in reduction in subscription rates as competition will increase in the distribution sector. |
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| Govt may allow ONGC to auction off marginal fields | 03-NOV-09 |
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| The government may allow state-run ONGC to auction small and marginal fields that it has not found economical to develop, so that the discoveries in the fields could be brought into production. |
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| Maharatna status for top PSUs likely in a month | 01-NOV-09 |
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| The government is considering a proposal to elevate some Navratna PSUs to Maharatna companies to allow them more freedom regarding investment, Bhaskar Chatterjee, secretary of the Union government's department of public enterprises, today said. |
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| Mayawati protests sugar price move, writes to PM | 01-NOV-09 |
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| The tug-of-war between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on sugarcane prices refuses to end with Chief Minister Mayawati asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review a recent Cabinet decision that requires states to pay the difference between the central government-announced fair and remunerative price (FRP) and the state-advised price (SAP). |
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