Seventh Central Pay Commission Recommendations likely to be implemented w.e.f.1st January, 2016
The Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram in a statement said here today that the Prime Minister has approved the constitution of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. The fourth, fifth and sixth Central Pay Commissions™ recommendations were implemented as follows: 4th CPC: 1.1.1986 5th CPC : 1.1.1996 6th CPC : 1.1.2006 The average time taken by a Pay Commission to submit its… Read More
Tags: Chairman, Government, History, Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Pay Commission, Prime Minister, Terms of reference
PM’s statement on the economic situation in the Rajya Sabha
"It cannot be denied that the country is faced with a difficult economic situation. And there are several causes. I do not deny that there are some domestic factors but there are also international factors arising out of the changes in the US monetary stance. There are also problems created by the new tensions that… Read More
Tags: India, Lok Sabha, Manmohan Singh, Middle East, Prime Minister, Rajya Sabha, Syria, United States
PM sets up Project Monitoring Group to Track Large Investment Projects
A meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, earlier this month, to discuss an institutional mechanism to track stalled investment projects, both in the public and private sectors and to remove the implementation bottlenecks in these projects on a fast-track basis. The Prime Minister directed that a special cell be created immediately in the… Read More
Tags: Cabinet Secretary, Commerce Minister, Finance Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, Manmohan Singh, Ministries, Planning Commission, Prime Minister
Setting up of the National Skill Development Agency
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for constituting an autonomous body called the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) by subsuming the Prime Minister™s National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD), the National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) and the Office of the Adviser to the PM on Skill Development. The NSDA will be located in… Read More
Tags: Cabinet of India, Government, Government of India, India, London, Prime Minister, Skill
Direct Benefit Transfer Rollout, Phase II
PMO writes to Secretaries on roll out of Phase II of Direct Benefit Transfer The Principal Secretary to PM has written to the GOI Secretaries of the concerned Ministries/Departments on the roll out of the second phase of the Direct Benefits Transfer. He has said that it has been decided that the three pension schemes… Read More
Tags: 15 May 2013, Clinical trial, DBT, Direct Benefit Transfer, Ministry of Rural Development, National Committee, Prime Minister, Unique Identification Authority of India
Multi-sectoral Development Programme – Implementation Review
Shri K. Rahman Khan Reviews Implementation of Multi-sectoral Development Programme and PM™s New 15 Point Programme. Ensure Successful Implementation of Area Development Schemes by being Proactive -Shri K. Rahman Khan Ministerial Review of Multi-sectoral Development Programme In spite of substantial progress, there is a need for more effective implementation of minority area development programmes during Twelfth Five-Year… Read More
Tags: Government, Government of India, India, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Planning Commission, Prime Minister, State, United States
Green National Accounts Framework – A Report
Prime Minister Releases Green National Accounts in India a Framework - Report of the Expert Group The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today unveiled Green National Accounts in India A Framework - Report of the Expert Group at an international workshop organized by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOS&PI). The report has… Read More
Tags: Government, Green accounting, Green National Accounts, India, Manmohan Singh, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India), Partha Dasgupta, Prime Minister
Prime Minister™s Address at the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting
Text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh`s address At the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting, in New Delhi I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the CII annual meeting for 2013. I have always believed that both government and business have to be partners in writing the story of development… Read More
Tags: Adi Godrej, Annual General Meeting, China, CII, Economic, GDP, India, Manmohan Singh, New Delhi, Prime Minister