Has the 15th Lok Sabha been the WORST performing ever?

From 1952 to 1967, each of the three Lok Sabhas sat for an average of 600 days and more than 3,700 hours. In comparison, the 15th Lok Sabha -- from 2009 till 2013 -- has met for just 345 days and......

Politics clouds shuffling of senior bureaucrats

As eight senior secretaries get ready to demit office in the next few months, there is speculation and a sense of anticipation in official circles about which of these officers will get lucky and......

Parl function is govt's responsibility: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha, member of Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party and former finance minister, tells Gyan Varma compromises with the UPA government in Parliament are meaninglessThe BJP has stalled......

Trump rolls back Obama climate change measures

IMAGE: US President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence, left, during the signing of an executive order on ‘Energy Independence’, eliminating Obama-era climate change......

Mining an opportunity: Firm, transparent laws key to attract investments

Parliament has cleared the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, recently. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters The objective of the Act is to invite investments from......

Govt might resort to ordinance route for insurance, coal Bills

Senior ministers in the Narendra Modi government said on Monday it might take the ordinance route for the insurance and coal mines Bills as the Opposition, stronger in the Rajya Sabha, has been......

Coal India to benefit from mining reforms

The government has finally paved the way for ending the state monopoly, by allowing commercial mining in the private sector. The backdrop for the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act (CMNA) of 1973,......

Mining bill: Firms to share profits with locals

The government on Friday approved a landmark draft mines bill which provides for miners to share 26 per cent of their net profits for the people affected by the coal projects, while the burden on......