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| MP to import 4.5 lakh tonnes coal for power generation | 30-SEP-09 |
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| Toeing the line of some other states, Madhya Pradesh, which is facing a severe power shortage, has finally decided to import 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of coal to meet its shortfall and does not affect its electricity generation, officials said. |
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| UPA II completes 100 days in office | 29-AUG-09 |
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| The UPA government completed 100 days in office in its second stint today with a mixed bag of good work on certain fronts while stumbling on the diplomatic front with Pakistan as it grapples with a severe drought and its effect on the price front. |
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| Utilisation of funds under NREGS declined in 2008-09 | 25-AUG-09 |
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| There was state wise variation of only 5.71 percent of the families provided with 100 days employment, says the citizens’ report on governance and development 2008-09 prepared by National Social watch Coalition (NSWC). The scheme is also plagued by delay in setting up of implementation structure, shift in supply driven to demand driven approach, inadequate and ineffective awareness campaign, massive siphoning and embezzlement of funds in certain cases, the report stated. |
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| PM should talk to CMs on drought-like conditions: Rajnath | 08-AUG-09 |
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| BJP President Rajnath Singh today said the UPA government should not put the onus of fighting price rise and drought-like conditions prevailing in the country on the state governments as the latter had limited resources. |
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| Few people get 100-day employment under NREGA | 06-AUG-09 |
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| Even as the Centre is mulling to raise the number of job days under the NREGA scheme, none of the states have provided the guaranteed 100-days wage employment to all the registered rural households in over three years of the landmark legislation. |
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| States not doing enough in health sector: Azad | 04-AUG-09 |
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| Unhappy with the way the National Rural Health Mission has been implemented by states, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the flagship scheme was not going in the right direction and the state governments should equally "share the burden". |
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| Mittal for greater business-politics ties | 02-AUG-09 |
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| The face of telecom India, Sunil Mittal, who was once keen on joining politics but left his ambition behind to create the largest private teleco, feels it is time for greater business-politics ties on the lines of Nandan Nilekani heading a prestigious government programme. |
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| Farmers demand scraping of NREGP | 28-JUL-09 |
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| Hit by shortage of farm labourers, a farmer's forum in Tamil Nadu has blamed the UPA government's flagship project National Rural Employement Guarantee Programme for the situation and demanded its scrapping. |
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| 'Our aim is to connect rural India and have all Panchayats connected with broadband' | 07-JUL-09 |
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| One of the few young members of the UPA government, Sachin Pilot -- Minister of State for the Department of Information Technology (DIT) -- has taken charge of this portfolio at a time when there are great expectations from the information, communications and technology (ICT) industry. In a chat with Leslie D’monte and Kirtika Suneja, the young minister broadly outlines his vision for the industry even as he's learning the ropes. |
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| BJP slams Rail Budget; Cong says it is pro-people | 03-JUL-09 |
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| BJP today slammed the Railway Budget saying that it had been prepared in haste and failed to provide the needed impetus even as Congress described it as pro people and a reflection of the policies of the UPA government. |
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