New findings released offer a compelling business case for investing in the protection of the world’s coral reefs, with economic benefits stretching into the tens of billions in just over a decade. Focussing
A package of Rs 582 crore for Jammu and Kashmir was announced by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. He also promised the Centre's help for trying up an amount of Rs 2,200 crore for the
The State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Assam, in collaboration with the Oil India Limited (OIL) will undertake a joint venture to support young entrepreneurs in the State to take on
Remember the 20 point programme announced by Indira Gandhi in 1975? As many as 28 years down the line and several changes of the government at the Centre, with power passing on non-Congress parties,
The Centre has identified 132 districts spread across the country, including some affected by left wing extremism, for a backward districts initiative cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will offer a special gift to people living in 25 most backward districts in the country by providing for them Rs 15 crore per year. The announcement to this effect
The World Bank warned the trade negotiators that delivering a Doha deal that spurs development would not be "easy" as they might "well have to transcend the mercantilist mind-set". In its Global
The growth of the Sough Asian economies is expected to accelerate to 5.4 per cent in 2003, primarily on the back of a strong Indian recovery, says a World Bank report published. The projection is
Atal Behari Vajpayee will be happy to learn that Bengal's economic report card looks better than it had appeared one-and-a-half months ago when he wondered what had gone wrong with the state. Bengal
The Union Rural Development Ministry has expressed unhappiness over the Jharkhand Government's poor performance in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Top government officials including industry, finance, power, and information & technology (IT) secretaries have met visiting Asean delegates to dispel their doubts on investing in India and project
