Madhya Pradesh addresses 3.6 mn complaints: Sounds too good?
July 12th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 12 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government claims it has disposed of a staggering 3.6 million public complaints in the last six months, thanks to a law passed ... Read more...
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Kerala departments’ performance to be evaluated
June 16th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) All the 30 Kerala government departments will submit by September their Result-Framework Documents (RFD) which will help in the formation of a system that evaluates their ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves Rs.417 crore for malaria control in northeast
April 28th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday approved an intensified malaria control project at an estimated cost of Rs.417.22 crore ($87.88 million) for seven ... Read more...
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World losing biodiversity at unprecedented rate: UN
January 7th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) The extinction of biodiversity due to global warming is thousand times higher than natural extinction and irreparable degradation may take place if ecosystems are pushed beyond certain tipping ... Read more...
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Row over Indian funding in Ghana presidential palace
October 13th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Francis Kokutse
Accra (Ghana), Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian government's funding for the construction of a presidential palace in the Ghanaian capital has caused a row with a former Ghana president commending ... Read more...
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World Bank stresses transparency, accountability in Pak flood aid utilisation
September 10th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 10 (ANI): The World Bank's Vice President for South Asia, Isabel Guerrero, has stressed on the importance of transparency and accountability in aid utilisation by Pakistan in reassuring donors that ... Read more...
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Haryana first with web portal for public grievances
June 18th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 18 (IANS) Haryana Friday became the first Indian state to launch a web portal for quickly addressing public grievances, an official said.
Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda launched the portal, www.harsamadhan.gov.in."Haryana ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to monitor all government departments
May 13th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Thursday started a Monitoring & Evaluation System (MES) to oversee the functioning of all its departments to make the administration more effective and ... Read more...
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World Bank lends $60 mn for afforestation in China
May 7th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 7 (IANS) The World Bank Friday approved a $60 million loan to support an afforestation project in China's eastern Shandong province, Xinhua reported.
The project will reduce soil erosion and protect ... Read more...
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SAARC workshop on government performance management Tuesday
March 29th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Senior officials from SAARC countries will study and deliberate upon India's performance management system at a two-day workshop that starts Tuesday.
The workshop, to be inaugurated by Cabinet ... Read more...
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Bureaucrats will not assess ministers: PMO (Lead)
February 16th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Tuesday denied that performance of ministers would be judged by bureaucrats and categorically maintained that the "entire process has to be ... Read more...
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36 million people with TB cured: New WHO Data released
December 14th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by admin
By Bobby RamakantUp to 8 million lives saved through 15 years of DOTS programmes, but millions still unable to access high quality careOnly 6000 out of half a million MDR-TB patients got ... Read more...
36 mln people with TB cured, eight mln lives saved since 1995
December 9th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.9 (ANI): Some 36 million people have been cured of tuberculosis (TB) over the past 15 years through a rigorous approach to treatment endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).New ... Read more...
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President calls for effective monitoring of domestic violence act (Lead)
November 13th, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday called for effective monitoring of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as a government report revealed that Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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President calls for monitoring of domestic violence act
November 13th, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday called for monitoring of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, for its effective implementation.
"The enactment of the Protection of Women ... Read more...
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Government programmes should focus on efficiency of delivery: Pranab Mukherjee
November 3rd, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that efficiency of delivery has to increasingly become the focus of Government programmes, as there is an urgent ... Read more...
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First workshop on improving department functioning begins Tuesday
November 2nd, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar will inaugurate the first of the six planned workshops on Results Framework Documents (RFDs) on improving functioning of government departments here Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Government sanctions Rs.300 crore to develop leather park
October 22nd, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday sanctioned Rs.300 crore to develop a leather park to provide the industry with infrastructure at one place and ... Read more...
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World Bank approves $300 mn aid package for Pakistan
September 11th, 2009 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) The World Bank Friday approved two projects totaling $300 million to help Pakistan strengthen its social safety nets and improve higher education.
Of the total, $200 million has been ... Read more...
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Children ill after lizard-infested meal in Bihar school
July 28th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 28 (IANS) At least 21 students of a school at Khemanbigha in Nalanda district fell ill soon after having their mid-day meal, officials said Tuesday. Their parents told police that ... Read more...
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Five arrested after lizard found in mid-day meal
July 24th, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 24 (IANS) Five people, including the headmaster and two teachers, were arrested in Bihar's Nalanda district after a lizard was found in the mid-day meals served to school children, officials ... Read more...
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To push 100-day agenda, Manmohan asks team PMO to ‘think creatively’
June 11th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Determined to make his government's 100-day agenda a success, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday told his aides to "think creatively", guided by the ethic of "equity, ... Read more...
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India signs agreement with World Bank on health project
February 13th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): India has signed a Financing Agreement of National Vector Borne Disease Control and Polio Eradication Support Project with the World Bank, here today.
The agreement is ... Read more...
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NGOs to launch awareness campaign on Domestic Violence Act
July 16th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) To create better understanding among women about the law against domestic violence, two organisations based here will kick off an awareness campaign on the act in five ... Read more...
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Use rural job scheme to end poverty by 2015: minister
May 16th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Friday called for using the centre flagship rural job scheme as "a tool" to eradicate poverty from the country by 2015. ... Read more...
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