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May 14, 2012 7:30 PM
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to regulate Public Procurement. The Public Procurement Bill -2012 aims at ensuring transparency, accountability and probity in the procurement process. It is intended to give a fair and equitable treatment to the bidders by p...
May 14, 2012 6:32 PM
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today asked Environmet Minister Jayanti Natrajan to take effective measures to save the river Ganga. Making an observation in the House during an inconclusive discussion on protecting the Ganga from pollution, she said it is the unanimous view of the House to save the r...
May 14, 2012 5:16 PM
The Congress today said that the UPA government is committed to pass the Lok Pal and Lokayukta Bill in the Rajya Sabha which was already approved by the Lok Sabha. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party spokesman Manish Tiwary said, there are differences about certain clauses in the legislation. He ...
May 14, 2012 5:05 PM
The Rajya Sabha has taken up a short duration discussion on the problem of storage of food grains in the country. Initiating a discussion, Mr Shanta Kumar of BJP suggested that the government should offer 6 months ration at one go to the eligible consumers to overcome the shortage of space in the go...
May 14, 2012 4:42 PM
Expressing concern over rise in food inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the prices could be kept under check through institutional reforms in agricultural marketing and he would discuss the issue with states.Reacting to the latest WPI inflation data, he said in New delhi th...
May 14, 2012 4:41 PM
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that the government has made several steps to strengthen Medical Education scenario in the country. Addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting of his ministry in New Delhi, Mr Azad said last three years alone the number of PG seats has inc...
May 14, 2012 4:33 PM
A Delhi court today reserved forFriday its order on summoning Army Chief General V K Singh and four others on a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh.Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja reserved the order after conclusion of the argumentson behalf of Tejinde...
May 14, 2012 4:00 PM
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second time till 3 PM amidst noisy scenes with the opposition members demanding that the Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee clarify the Aicel-Maxis telecom deal. As soon as the House reassembled at 1435 hours after its first adjournment on the issue, entire op...
May 14, 2012 3:59 PM
The government has said that Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) is refined and updated periodically. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of Defence A K Antony said that DPP was last reviewed in 2010 on the basis of experienced gained during its implementation and feedback received from di...
May 14, 2012 3:59 PM
The Group of Ministers (GOM) constituted to tackle corruption has urged the government to consider state funding of elections. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Law and Justice MinisterSalman Khurshid said that the GOM has considered certain proposals to address the issue of state funding o...
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