Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will spend his MP area development funds on Rae Bareli, a move being seen as an attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to breach the Gandhi family bastion in the......
The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday revoked the disqualification of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Afzal Ansari as a member of the Lower House after the Supreme Court conditionally suspended his......
'The pace of disbursement and project recommendation picks up as the tenure of the House draws near and usually all amount is released.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nearly a third of the......
Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per cent "to meet the exigencies" arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of......
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), which was suspended in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.......
The Ahmedabad division of Indian Railways will get funds from Members of Parliament along with help from various NGOs to set up sanitation facilities at Ahmedabad railway station. "For the first......
The country's premier B-school is all set to help MPs in effectively spend their grants so that maximum number of people can reap benefits. A group of students of Indian Institute of Management,......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the impact of Covid-19 on the Indian economy and a possible second stimulus to boost sectors hit hard by the pandemic. IMAGE: A file......
Member of Parliament can now allocate funds from their local area development scheme kitty for rural employment guarantee programmes. The move that comes just ahead of Budget is aimed at providing......
Much before Jairam Ramesh threw his weight behind tigers and mangroves at the cost of irking corporate interests, he was an enthusiastic champion of the experiments in rural development being done......
Sachin Tendulkar will adopt the Donja village in Osmanabad, where he will oversee the development of a new school building, a water supply scheme that would provide potable water to each household,......