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May 25, 2012
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| Jaipal Reddy non-committal on rollback of petrol price hike |
| India Infoline News Service/20:03,May 25, 2012 |
| The Centre was conscious of the anger among the consumers after the petrol price announced by the national oil companies, Reddy said, but added that the decision was taken by the OMCs. |
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| Power distribution utilities to be rated |
| India Infoline News Service/19:52,May 25, 2012 |
| The objective is to rate all utilities on the basis of their performance and their ability to sustain commercially viable operations in the long run. |
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| Most rural households will get tapped water by 2022 |
| India Infoline News Service/19:07,May 25, 2012 |
| The Rural Development Ministry has sought 230 crore rupees as grant from the Finance Ministry for this project. |
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| India Infoline Weekly Newsletter - May 25, 2012 |
| India Infoline News Service/18:41,May 25, 2012 |
| Whether UPA II manages to improve its scorecard in the remaining two years of its term is anybody’s guess. Things have not exactly been rosy for the Congress-led regime, and the biggest victim of the policy paralysis has been the rupee. |
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| No rollback in Petrol Prices, says IOC Chairman |
| Capital Market/10:07,May 25, 2012 |
| However, the IOC Chairman added that if the international crude price softens and the Dollar-Rupee exchange rate eases, the hike may be partially rolled back on 1st of June, when the companies review the prices in a cyclic mode |
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| India seeks Japan help in urban transportation |
| India Infoline News Service/09:07,May 25, 2012 |
| The high speed rail based RRTS would enable people living in the suburbs of metropolitan cities, say within radius of 100 kms, to commute for work thereby easing the pressure on the infrastructure services within the metropolitan city. |
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| No rollback in petrol prices: IOC Chairman |
| India Infoline News Service/09:01,May 25, 2012 |
| Oil Companies revises petrol prices on 1st and 16th of every month on the basis of average international price and exchange rate in the previous fortnight. |
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May 24, 2012
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| Petrol price hike...NDA calls for Bharat bandh on May 31
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| India Infoline News Service/17:50,May 24, 2012 |
| NDA convenor and JDU President Sharad Yadav asked why the hike in petrol prices was not announced when Parliament was in session and why did oil companies take the step the very next day after the budget session ended.
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| GPF and SDS Interest Rates revised for FY13 |
| India Infoline News Service/17:47,May 24, 2012 |
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| Partial rollback of petrol price hike likely: reports |
| India Infoline News Service/17:04,May 24, 2012 |
| A partial rollback in the petrol price hike is on the cards with the Centre realising that the hike of ~Rs 7.50 per litre was perhaps too steep. |
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| Govt forms new panel on arriving at poverty estimates |
| India Infoline News Service/15:49,May 24, 2012 |
| The Tendulkar Committee, which submitted its Report in 2009, has incorporated adequacy of expenditure from the normative and nutritional viewpoint. |
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| Kaushik Basu terms rupee’s fall a “bit of a bubble”
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| India Infoline News Service/11:15,May 24, 2012 |
| Denying that India was the worst performing currency, Basu said currencies of other emerging economies such as South Africa’s rand, Brazil’s real and the Mexican peso were all moving in a similar manner as the rupee.
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| Govt very keen on Passing of the Lokpal Bill: Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Capital Market/10:16,May 24, 2012 |
| During the Budget Session- 2012, overall 21 Bills were passed in the Parliament, which included one Ordinance replacing Bill |
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| Indo-Pak home secretaries to dicuss easy visa regime: PHD Chamber |
| India Infoline News Service/09:40,May 24, 2012 |
| The Chamber compliments the Governments of both India and Pakistan for making concerted efforts in improving relations between both the countries in the recent past. |
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| India and EU launch project on skill development |
| India Infoline News Service/09:18,May 24, 2012 |
| Dr João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union said, "Skills development is the central thread of `Europe 2020` strategy, as well as the Indian National Skills Development Mission. |
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| Task Force on National Security presents report to PM |
| India Infoline News Service/09:14,May 24, 2012 |
| The Task Force was headed by Naresh Chandra, and included retired government servants, former armed forces officers and experts in aspects of national security.
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May 23, 2012
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| We will prove the skeptics wrong: PM |
| India Infoline News Service/18:15,May 23, 2012 |
| I believe that the annual Report to the People that we are releasing today presents an objective statement of what we have achieved in office over the past year. |
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| Ajit Singh cancels his US visit |
| India Infoline News Service/18:09,May 23, 2012 |
| B 787-Dreamliner to Arrive in India on Schedule |
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| PMEGP to generate employment for over 4.2 lakh people |
| India Infoline News Service/16:59,May 23, 2012 |
| This will facilitate setting up of 47,000 micro enterprises and generate additional employment opportunities for more than 4.2 lakh people. |
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| MGNREGA job demand declines this year |
| India Infoline News Service/11:50,May 23, 2012 |
| Number of Households which demanded employment under MGNREGA in 2010-11 was 5,57,56,087, while in 2011-12 it was 5,00,85,526. |
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