The government is likely to raise the qualification bar (from `10 lakh to `15 lakh) for availing a one per cent interest subvention (interest subsidy) on the existing rate, a move that will prove to be a Diwali bonanza for millions of middle-income people who have taken long-term home loans on floating rates.

The National Development Council (NDC) will meet on Saturday to approve the approach paper of the 12th Plan (2012-17).

The result of the much-hyped Hisar Lok Sabha byelection was much on expected lines: the sympathy factor and a strategic electoral tieup with the BJP helping Haryana Janhit Congress candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi to defeat his

India is set to become the first Asian nation to join the Paris-based elite International Organis-ation of Vine and Wine.

Taking a step further in finalising the 12th Plan (2012-17) document, the government is all set to give its nod to the “Approach Paper” on Thursday as the issue is high on agenda of the meeting of the Union Cabinet. The approach

The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the landmark Land Acquisition and Resettlement Bill, which will allow the states to enact their own laws on the subject. The bill will now be introduced in Parliament on September 7.

The notion of plan and non-plan expenditure — a separation of categories that Dr C.

A Day after Team Anna Hazare met the parliamentary standing committee, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) informally met here on Thursday. In the meeting, the leaders discussed and reviewed possible fall out of the proposed indefinite fast protest by the Gandhian social activist beginning from August 16.

In a bid to enable the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to have a tighter control over the functioning of ministries and departments, the Cabinet Secretariat has asked the concerned secretaries to adhere to a month’s time line in putting up a proposal before the Cabinet for its approval after getting the Prime Minister’s nod.

The Planning Commission is all set to take the approach paper for the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) to the Union Cabinet for its approval later this week.