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On last day of India-Sri Lanka first test, the stadium in Sri Lanka was serried. It was sure that Sri Lanka would win the match but the faces of audience were not charming because they came to see the indelible event of the test cricket that is 800th wicket for Muttiah Muralitharan. With Ojha’s wicket there was an end to [...]
The Income Tax department is celebrating 150 years of income tax in India. The Governor General of India accorded to the bill levying the tax, introduced by James Wilson, the first Finance Member in Council, on 24th July 1860. The 150 years of income tax, spanning 3 centuries, have witnessed tremendous global changes. The Income Tax department has traveled this [...]
India is expected to become the 2nd largest steel producing nation by 2012 with a targeted production capacity of 120 million tones. During the last one year, while action on many of the crucial agenda items were completed, those involving long term targets like the modernization and expansion programmes of PSUs like Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited [...]
The controversy over leasing of bayyaram mines leading to its cancellation in Andhra Pradesh, the disquieting political developments in Karnataka havebrought the issue of illegal mining and export of iron ore to the fore. This problem is not confined to Karnataka but widespread in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Goa. Powerful mafias engaged in illegal mining [...]
The Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) is a Central Sector Plan Scheme which is being implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj since 2005-06. The scheme had an allocation of Rs.5.00 crore for 2005-06, which was raised to Rs.10.00 crore for the subsequent years. Funds released to the State Governments/UTs on 100% grant basis, after assessing their devolution of the 3Fs (Funds, Functions and Functionaries). The Scheme has continued [...]
Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister released the document ‘Economic Outlook 2010-11’ at a Press Conference in New Delhi. Following are the highlights of the document:
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) through its National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has worked extensively in quest for techno-economically viable solutions for desalination. Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) is one process that uses the availability of a temperature gradient between two water bodies or flows to evaporate the Warmer water at low pressure and condense the resultant vapour [...]
The number of telephone subscribers in India has increased to 671.69 million at the end of June-2010 from 653.92 million in May-2010. As per the figures data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today, it has registered a growth of 2.72%. With this, the overall tele-density in India has reached 56.83.
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