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Jaitley to spend MP area development funds on Rae Bareli

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......

LS revokes Afzal Ansari's disqualification, but can't attend House

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......

MPLADS Fund: 14 Assam MPs Get Highest Share

'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......

60% of Central Vista project has been done, govt tells Lok Sabha

Redevelopment of the Central Vista Avenue, stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and has a deadline of December 2021, has achieved 60 per cent of physical progress, the Union housing and......

Union Cabinet restores MPLADS suspended during pandemic

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.......

2,376 railway stations lack passenger amenities: Govt

As many as 2,376 railway stations lack minimum essential amenities for passengers, the government said on Wednesday. As many as 2,376 out of 8,472 railway stations have shortfall in amenities,......

Smooth ride for Suresh Prabhu and his maiden Rail Budget

Image: Overall, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu did a balancing act in Railway Budget 2015. Photograph: Sailesh Andrade/Reuters Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with......

New approach to Nrega as it loses steam

Even while the UPA Government is pushing for two more flagship programmes of food for all and medicines to all, its first flagship programme of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment......

MP funds for job scheme

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......

Ramesh's funds still go to self-help groups

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......

New school, water supply, toilets: Tendulkar set to transform Donja village

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,......

'Not yet thought of pulling out of London Olympics'

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have......

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