Birender Singh

New Steel Policy to boost domestic products use, invest Rs 10 lakh cr to up capacity to 300 mn t by 2030

The policy is applicable to all government tenders where price bid is yet to be opened.

Jat agitation: Protest, which threatened to cripple Delhi, postponed; Haryana CM Khattar meets community leaders

The Jat agitation that threatened to cripple normal life in Delhi on Monday has been postponed, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Jat leader Yashpal Malik announced on Sunday.

BJP announces 12 candidates to Rajya Sabha; Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman make the list

Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are among the 12 candidates nominated by BJP for Rajya Sabha elections

New land bill to check distress migration: Rural Development Minister Birender Singh

he new land bill will enable faster growth and check distress migration from rural areas by creating local employment, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has said while hoping that the legislation will be passed in the Rajya Sabha session beginning next week.

Govt introduces contentious Land Act in Lok Sabha amid oppn uproar, Cong walkout

The government introduced the land acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition on Tuesday.

Ahead of Anna Hazare's Land Act protest, Union minister snubs him

Ahead of Anna Hazare's planned protest against the land acquisition ordinance, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh today said government's step is in no way against the interest of farmers and any such talk is just "propaganda".

No dilution in rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA: Centre

In most cases, states were to blame more than the Centre as they did not follow procedures like sending audit reports while seeking money from the Central government.

Two skill development programmes for assured placements: Centre

Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said under the NRLM, unemployed youths in rural areas are trained through the Rural Self Employment Training Institutes and the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.

Modi U-turn for the better: Changing NREGA would have been a mistake

Whatever the reason, the change in stance is welcome because going ahead with the decision to alter the scheme would have been a flawed one given the signs of weakness in India's rural economy.

MNREGA scheme will continue, government tells Rajya Sabha

The government on Thursday allayed apprehensions over continuance or dilution of MNREGA scheme launched during the previous UPA rule and said all necessary funds have been released.