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Giving a fillip to bilateral ties, India and Russia signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier. The two countries plan to set up a joint venture to produce GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System)-enabled equipment and sign a contract for construction of [...]
Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo, M.P. and Chairman of the Committee on Public Undertakings, presenting the 4th Report of the Committee on Public Undertakings on the National Aviation Company India Ltd. – Merged Entity of Erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines, observed that the root cause of the ills plaguing NACIL is the ‘merger’ of Indian Airlines and Air [...]
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has emerged as the richest person in the world with USD 53.5 billion in assets, while Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani ranks fourth with USD 29 billion in the US magazine Forbes annual list of world’s top billionaires. Slim is followed by William Gates III (popularly known as Bill Gates) with a net worth of USD 53 [...]
Describing the agriculture sector as the centre-stage in the Government’s resolve to promote inclusive growth, enhance rural incomes and sustain food security, the Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, proposed nearly 21.6 per cent increase in the Central Plan outlay for this sector in the 2010-11 Union Budget. This is the biggest step up in the plan allocation for this sector [...]
The Supreme Court order allowing CBI investigations without State governments’ consent is seen as a setback to federalism. “Within the sphere allotted to them, States are supreme. The Centre cannot tamper with their powers. More particularly, the courts should not adopt an approach, an interpretation which has the effect or tends to have the effect of whittling down the powers [...]
A total of seven aircraft of the Indian Air Force have crashed in air mishaps in the last six months. From September 2009 to 4th March, 2010, six fighter aircraft and one helicopter of the IAF have crashed,” Defence Minister A K Antony said in reply to a Rajya Sabha query in New Delhi.
It is the policy of the Government of India to conclude extradition Treaties with as many countries as possible to ensure availability of fugitive criminals for trial. Negotiations are held through diplomatic channels on the basis of drafts proposed by the either side.
A contract for the procurement of 20 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) configuration was signed with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on March 31, 2006. The total contract cost is Rs. 2701.70 crore. Delay in LCA production is primarily due to refinements carried out in the development phase. A total of Rs. 1712.11 crore has been [...]
No reference has been received in the Ministry of Rural Development indicating decline in the productivity of agriculture due to staffing of labor from field to Mahatma Gandhi NREGS . The Government has not commissioned any study in this regard. However, studies have been conducted by professional institutions to assess the impact of MGNREGA in rural areas. None of the [...]
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