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Lok Sabha clears FDI in retail

December 7, 2012

Lok Sabha gave the approval to FDI in multi-brand as the opposition motion seeking immediate back down of the decision was rejected convincingly as BSP and SP walked out. The House also rejected the motion seeking amendment to the rules ..

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EC ponders over to ask govt defer cash transfer scheme

December 7, 2012

As Gujarat is going to polls on December 13 and 17, Election Commission is mulling over whether the government can be asked to hold over the process of implementation of the direct cash transfer scheme as it is receiving complaints ..

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Apex Court issues guidelines to check eve-teasing

December 5, 2012

The Supreme Court issued new guidelines to State Governments and Union Territories to curb the menace of eve-teasing at public places. It directed them to depute plain-clothes female police officers in the precincts of public places. The court felt it ..

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopts India’s first legislation on Sub-plans for SCs/STs

December 5, 2012

Andhra Pradesh Assembly adopted a Bill to provide legislative support to the Sub-Plans for SCs and STs with a mandatory provision for allocation of nearly a fourth of the State’s annual plan of the budget for them. With this, AP ..

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PPP in railways allowed

November 29, 2012

The government has allowed a private investment policy in the railways. The performance of Railways in PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects has been dismal. Now, the Govt will try 5 different models for inviting private sector participation for last-mile connectivity projects ..

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States free to keep Chief Ministers out of Lokayukta: RS Select Committee

November 29, 2012

The Select Committee’s report on the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 was tabled in Rajya Sabha recently. The report: Makes it compulsory for States to enact a Lokayukta law within a year of the notification of the Central Act. Gives ..

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‘Project Lakshya’ for streamlining LPG supply

November 17, 2012

“Project Lakshya” launched by the The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. Objective:  Reduce waiting time for delivery of LPG cylinders Track duplicate connections Preventing fake additional connections for getting more subsidized cylinders, monitor those who consumed less than six [cylinders] ..

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2G spectrum auction flops; less than Rs. 10K crore of bids received by Govt

November 16, 2012

The 2G mobile phone spectrum auction ended in a flop show with merely Rs. 9,407 crore being collected in the process contrary to the high valuation estimated by the CAG in its criticizing report of the government two years ago. ..

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U. P. has highest number of prisoners

November 15, 2012

Figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that Uttar Pradesh topped: the list death convicts lodged in various jails in the country in 2011 the list of prisoners who were sentenced to life the list by having ..

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Disinvestment of 10% stake in HAL, approved by govt

November 14, 2012

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved divestment of 10 per cent equity in HAL out of its holding on 100 per cent through an Initial Public Offer (IPO) in the domestic market as per the SEBI rules ..

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