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New Delhi: The government has decided to provide a major impetus to the programmes for the cleaning of River Ganga under the 'Mission Clean Ganga' initiative.

New Delhi: Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, during a bilateral meeting with Mr. Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade & Industry, Malaysia here today has invited Malaysian investments into India in sectors such as infrastructure, power, housing, etc.

New Delhi: The Minister of State for Power, Shri Bharatsinh Solanki informed in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today that four Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs), namely, Mundra in Gujarat, Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tilaiya in Jharkhand have been awarded and transferred to the identified developers selected through tariff based competitive biding.

The Secretary, Union Ministry of Tourism Shri Sujit Banerjee has called upon the stakeholders in the tourism sector to educate the travelers and also join hands with civic authorities to keep destinations in the country clean and hygienic, adopt solid waste management practices, encourage alternative energy sources and protect fragile mountain ranges from the impact of unrestricted growth.

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN), a joint venture of the Union Government and the State Government of Himachal Pradesh has set out on the path toward becoming a 6500 MW company for which a number of projects in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bhutan and in Nepal have been taken up for preparation of DPR and subsequent execution.

New York: In an increasingly globalized food sector dominated by large transnational corporations, small landowners are getting a smaller portion of the food dollar, the independent United Nations expert on the right to food warned today.

New York: The top United Nations official in Iraq says that the parliamentary election this Sunday will mark a turning point for the whole country.

New York: A senior United Nations official this week sought to raise awareness of the “forgotten tragedy” of ethnic Mbororo refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR), as he stopped in Cameroon, where they are seeking refuge.

New Delhi: Pursuant to Cabinet decision dated 30.10.2008, it has been decided to explore the feasibility of revival of the closed public sector fertilizer units of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) subject to assured availability of natural gas, to meet the emerging demand production gap of urea in the country.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may disagree, but the Government is certainly not among the best money managers. The Government's huge access to public funds, jumbo-size administration, spend-thrift attitude with expenditure outsmarting income, lack of accountability and corruption in its ranks automatically makes it a poor money manager. The national assets the Government builds come at a much higher cost if one compares with the costs incurred to create similar assets by private sector enterprises.