Centre To Rank States

The Union Environment Ministry will rank states based on the time taken in granting environmental clearances to developmental projects to encourage "transparency, efficiency and accountability".

A section of Haryana farmers have accepted in writing that they want the farm laws to stay, but with amendments. Representatives of three groups, which claimed to cumulatively represent 1,20,000 farmers from the state, met agriculture minister Narendra Tomar this evening, ahead of tomorrow's all-India strike by farmers and the sixth meeting between...

Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country and Karnataka is in the fourth position, according to the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC).

Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.

Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...

Amid disappointment in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked top officials in states and at the Centre to study the latest World Bank report which has ranked the country at 130th place out of 190 nations in 'Ease of Doing Business' and asked them to analyze areas requiring reforms and improvement.

Raking up a reported survey which ranked Jaipur at 370th position in terms of cleanliness, Congress leader Sachin Pilot today accused the BJP governments at the Centre and state of misleading people with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as it has proved to be a failed attempt.

In a move aimed at triggering competition among states, the Centre is set to come out with a mechanism under which they will be ranked in terms of ease of doing business under the 'Make in India' initiative, a government official said on Friday.

The Union Environment Ministry will rank states based on the time taken in granting environmental clearances to developmental projects to encourage "transparency, efficiency and accountability".

A section of Haryana farmers have accepted in writing that they want the farm laws to stay, but with amendments. Representatives of three groups, which claimed to cumulatively represent 1,20,000 farmers from the state, met agriculture minister Narendra Tomar this evening, ahead of tomorrow's all-India strike by farmers and the sixth meeting between...

Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country and Karnataka is in the fourth position, according to the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC).

Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments.

Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...

Amid disappointment in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked top officials in states and at the Centre to study the latest World Bank report which has ranked the country at 130th place out of 190 nations in 'Ease of Doing Business' and asked them to analyze areas requiring reforms and improvement.

Raking up a reported survey which ranked Jaipur at 370th position in terms of cleanliness, Congress leader Sachin Pilot today accused the BJP governments at the Centre and state of misleading people with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as it has proved to be a failed attempt.

In a move aimed at triggering competition among states, the Centre is set to come out with a mechanism under which they will be ranked in terms of ease of doing business under the 'Make in India' initiative, a government official said on Friday.