New Delhi: In far-reaching reforms, the Government today proposed setting up of a single school board at the national level for a uniform examination for

New Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal is strongly in favour of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in India's education sector and also plans to 'synchronise' madrassa education

New Delhi: The government will provide health insurance to 150,000 weavers and open two textile parks, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said Wednesday while unveiling the

The Government on Wednesday announced a slew of initiatives such as widening the coverage of Technology Upgradation Fund (TUFS) Scheme, additional allocation of Rs 1,660 crore to the Cotton

Acknowledging that the 78,000 MW capacity addition target for the XI Plan was a difficult task, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said the Government had decided to give a major

New Delhi: The Centre is fully committed to coal sector reforms, including divesting stake in mining monopoly Coal India Ltd and allowing private participation in the sector, the Coal Minister,

There are few instances where a new Government desisted from declaring itself a champion of all causes in a bid to please all. Predictably, the address of the President of India, Ms Pratibha Patil, to

Freeing petrol and diesel prices from official control, restoring tax breaks on natural gas production and tax holiday for private oil refiners should be part of the government's agenda in the first

Steel Minister, Virbhadra Singh on Friday said Rs 70,000 crore would be spent by his ministry on moderanisation and expansion programmes of three PSUs SAIL, RINL, NMDC.

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, innovation and public