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    NAC recommends sustained increase in state spending on health

    National Advisory Council, NAC, has recommended sustained increase in state spending on health and setting up of an over arching regulator to ensure that quality healthcare is provided by public and private entities.   The NAC, at a meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi Friday, also suggested greater focus on urban health with decentralised planning by […]

    National

    Centre to give a special package under Indra Aawas Yojna to construct houses in flood hit Uttarakhand

    Union Rural Development Ministry has announced a special package under Indira Awas Yojana for flood affected Uttarakhand. In a letter to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna Friday, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said his ministry has doubled the allocation of housing units by adding another 14 thousand. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde also announced that […]

    National

    Government to set up 51 new low-cost airports to increase air connectivity

    The government has decided to set up 51 new low-cost airports with an aim to the give a fillip to civil aviation sector and increase air connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities. Airports Authority of India will set up these airports in 51 cities in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, […]

    National

    Community-led prog to address under-nutrition among women, kids

    Government on Friday announced launching of an ambitious community-led programme to address pervasive under-nutrition among women and children. “One of the things that we are going to do as part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission- which is the women self help group promotion mission is we are going to now mainstream this nutrition intervention […]

    Agriculture GOI

    Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 60/qtl, tur dal by Rs 450/qtl

    The Centre announced a hike in the support price of paddy marginally by Rs 60 to Rs 1,310 per quintal for the 2013-14 crop year, but the prices of some pulses and oilseeds were increased substantially by up to Rs 450 per quintal to boost output and reduce import dependence. Briefing the media about the […]

    Commodity

    Gold hits 23-month low in Delhi, plummets by Rs 1,150

    Gold prices on Friday plunged by Rs 1,150 to hit 23-month lows of Rs 25,650 per 10 grams in the bullion market in Delhi tracking weak global trends. This is the third-biggest single day decline ever. The largest fall was of Rs 1,250 in April 13 this year. In Mumbai, prices tumbled to 22-month low […]

    Economy

    Petrol price hiked by Rs 1.82 per litre

    Petrol price was on Friday hiked by a steep Rs 1.82 a litre, the third increase in rates this month, as falling rupee made imports costlier. An increase in diesel rates is expected early next week. Oil companies raised petrol rates by Rs 1.82 a litre, excluding local sales tax or VAT, with effect from […]

    Crime & Corruption

    Railway bribery: CBI waiting for sanction to book Board member

    The Railway Ministry is yet to give sanction to CBI to prosecute the then Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar as the agency has finalised its charge sheet in the Railway bribery scandal. The agency has concluded its investigation in the case and has sent its file to the Directorate of Prosecution seeking legal opinion on […]

    Travel

    SMS-based rail ticket booking launched

    Railways on Friday launched SMS-based ticketing with two dedicated numbers – 139 and 5676714 – for the service. “In order to give improved customer service and empower the common man who does not have access to internet and cannot afford to buy smart phones, we are today launching SMS ticket booking service”, Railway Minister Mallikarjun […]

    Economy

    PM highlights the need to ramp up investment in infrastructure

    In a bid to ramp up investor sentiment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday set an investment target of Rs 1.15 lakh crore in PPP (public private partnership) projects across infrastructure sectors in rail, port and power in the next six months. The proposals include Mumbai elevated rail corridor (Rs 30,000 crore), two international airports […]

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