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New Delhi: The Government has accepted the Report of Shri Nandan Nilekani led Experts' Committee on Electronic Toll Collection (ETC).

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment released its first Annual Report to the People on Employment in New Delhi today. One of the central ideas of the Report is that high economic growth and growth of quality employment reinforce each other. Recognizing low level of earnings and poor working conditions of casual labourers and a part of self employed workers, the Report argues for increasing the share of organised sector employment in total employment of the country, particularly in the manufacturing and service sectors.

KOLKATA: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has questioned the sincerity of the union home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram's suggestion to the human rights and social activist Swami Agnivesh for initiating a dialogue between the Union government and CPI(Maoist). Spokesman of party's central committee Azad in a letter to Agnivesh termed Chidambaram's letter of 11 May this year - highlighted by the mainline media - as “apparently genuine” but “lacks seriousness and is intended only to satisfy people like you who have been insisting on peace.

KOLKATA: A major financial scam in Assam, allegedly involving several ministers and ruling party MPs, has come to light, causing embarrassment to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the Congress party just as they were getting ready for the State Assembly elections next year.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party and ruling Bahujan Samaj Party are facing credibility crisis for their agitation against price rise effected by wrong economic policies of UPA government led by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

The AfDB and Cameroon on June 29, 2010, in Tunis signed an UA 10 million ADF loan agreement and a UA 5 million grant agreement.

The share of farm receipts provided by government programmes rose slightly in OECD countries last year, reversing a declining trend in state support since 2004, according to a new OECD report.

An IMF mission conducted discussions on the 2010 Article IV consultation with Belize during June 21-July 1. The mission met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the government's economic team, the private sector, and civil society. The cordial policy discussions focused on the economic outlook for 2010 and the medium term, and the government's macroeconomic strategy.

New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed new measures announced by the Republic of Congo to boost child protection, calling them a major breakthrough for the Central African nation.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank approved today a US$ 1.045 billion loan, in two tranches, for the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio de Janeiro Municipality Fiscal Consolidation for Efficiency and Growth Development Program Lending loan supports initiatives aimed at bolstering economic growth in the Municipality and improving the quality and coverage of social services, especially in low income areas. This is the first World Bank loan for the City of Rio de Janeiro and is the biggest loan to date provided by the institution directly to a municipality around the world.