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Planning Commission’s Environmental Performance Index – State wise rankings 2012

The planning commission is in the process of developing an Environmental performance index (EPI) to incentivise states for environmental performance through budgetary allocations. The major aspects taken into account for this are Air pollution, Forest, water quality, water management and Climate change. The state-wise EPI and ranking are given below. State/UT Final EPI 2012 Rank Andhra… Read More

CLR Snippets | UIDAI – Biometric Standards Committee Report

On 29th September 2009, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) constituted a Biometric standards committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, National Informatics centre with the objective of framing biometrics standards for the use by the UIDAI and its partners. The committee submitted its report on 30thDecember, 2009. The report is available here for download.… Read More

Over Rs 19,000 crore collected as Additional Excise Duty on Petrol and Diesal in 2012-13

The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the total amount collected from Additional Excise Duty during the years 2012-13 (Provisional) is 19,333 corre. Smt P. Lakshmi said that the amounts collected during 2011-12 and 2010-11 are Rs 18,428 crore and… Read More

Assam Plan for 2013-14 Finalized

The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for the state of Assam was finalised here today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Assam, Sh. Tarun Gogoi. The plan size has been agreed at Rs.12,500 crore. In his comments on the performance of the State, Mr… Read More

Number of Judges in the Subordinate Judiciary to be Doubled in Five Years

Backlog and pendency of cases in courts is a major problem affecting dispensation of timely justice. The pendency in courts is not declining because filing of cases is either equal or more than the disposal. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of Law &… Read More

CLR Snippets | Enhancing the Efficiency of Court Management

With a view to enhance the efficiency of court management and resultant improvement in case disposal, Government has allocated Rs. 300 crore to the States for creation of posts of professionally qualified Court Managers, on the recommendation of 13th Finance Commission. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr.… Read More

Budgetary Allocation for Ayush

The total budgetary allocation for 2013-14 in respect of this Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is Rs. 32,745.00 crore under Plan and Rs. 4585.00 crore under Non-Plan. Out of this, the amount earmarked for Department of AYUSH is Rs. 1069.00 crore under Plan and Rs. 190.00 crore under Non-Plan. There is no separate allocation… Read More

FSSAI’S Norms for Cleanliness at Food Outlets

Schedule 4 of the FSS (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulation, 2011 prescribes the general hygienic and sanitary requirements to be followed by Food Business Operators. All Food Business Operators (FBOs) in the Country should get a Central/ State licensing depending upon installed capacity and Registration in case of petty food businesses. The FBO… Read More

Rs. 4995 Crore Centre Subsidy to Provide Ration Sugar at Existing Rates

Prof. K.V.Thomas, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has informed Lok Sabha today that the Central Government is providing subsidy for distribution of sugar through fair price shops in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) at a uniform Retail Issue Price (RIP) throughout the country. He was replying to a written question in… Read More

Empowered Committee Approves PPP Project for Viability Gap Funding

The Empowered Committee at its Seventeenth Meeting on May 6, 2013, chaired by the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India accorded final approval for viability gap funding of Rs. 1458 crore (12.35 percent of Total Project Cost of Rs. 11,814 crore) under the Viability Gap Funding (VFG) Scheme to the project from Government of Andhra… Read More

Rs. 1693 Crore for National Mission on Micro Irrigation in 2013-14

Annual budget outlay of National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) scheme has been enhanced by approximately 13% from Rs.1500 crore for the financial year 2012-13 to Rs.1693 crore for the financial year 2013-14. Andhra Pradesh allotted higher sum of Rs 295.00 crore, Maharashtra Rs 250.00 crore and Gujarat gets Rs 200.00 crore under National Mission… Read More

National Fitness Policy

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that National Physical Fitness Programme (NPFP) envisages that every school going child studying in class V and above should be evaluated on the six basic components of physical fitness e.g. cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, explosive… Read More

CLR Snippets | ACC Appointments to National Cooperative Development Corporation

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Managing Director (MD), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) to Shri Anup Kumar Thakur, IAS(AM:79). Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in addition to his own charge for a period w.e.f. 13.2.2013 upto 30.6.2013 or till a regular… Read More