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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above. Of the 1,687 such projects, 450 reported cost overruns and 558 were delayed. "Total original cost of implementation of the 1,687 projects was Rs 21,44,627.66 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 25,72,670.28 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs 4,28,042.62 crore (19.96 per cent of original cost)," the ministrys latest report for December 2...

CHINA / DIPLOMACY Intl governance should not be on the order given by one or a few countries: Xi By GT staff reporters Published: Jan 25, 2021 08:09 PM Updated: Jan 25, 2021 08:59 PM Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda and delivers a special address via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday calls for upholding multilateralism and building a community...

Provisional payroll data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, released on Monday, shows net new subscriber added under EPFO in November 2020 stood at 1.01 million compared to 1.05 in October and 1.33 in September. However, the figure was higher than the average monthly addition of 0.65 million in 2019-20.

Updated: January 25, 2021 00:56 IST The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives Share Article AAA The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives Farmers on the warpath would mean that agriculture reforms have again occupied centrestage not just in the minds of the politicians but also policymakers. To enable small farmers to diversify their crops or improv...

COVID-19: A smart testing strategy is a smart economic investment By Dr Daya Krishan Mangal and Sharang Shah The last twelve months have been tumultuous. From detection of the first case of COVID-19 in Wuhan city, China to its spread like wildfire; the disease has impacted almost every country in the world. The rapid spread of COVID-19 is a result of an increasingly globalized world and lack of knowledge of the epidemiology of this novel virus. In just one year, there have been 93.53 million co...

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ON THE GO Dambazau: IPOB, OPC similar to Boko Haram — they don’t believe in Nigeria Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former chief of army staff, says the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) share similarities with Boko Haram.Advertisement He said the... Prison officials injured as inmates attempt jailbreak in Bauchi Two officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Bauchi have sustained injuries, after a riot at the facility....

Delhi tops list of India Innovation Index in second edition Delhi tops list of India Innovation Index in second edition 20 January 2021 | News The India Innovation Index aims to create an extensive framework for the continual evaluation of India’s innovation environment NITI Aayog, along with the Institute for Competitiveness, has released the second edition of the India Innovation Index in a virtual event. The report examines the innovation capabilities and performance of the states...

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Timely generation, dissemination of data needed for evidence-based policy-making: Rao Inderjit Singh ANI | Updated: Jan 15, 2021 11:22 IST New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (MoS) in Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Thursday emphasised upon timely generation and dissemination of data, for evidence-based policy-making in sync with changing policy paradigm in the Natural Capital Accounting ...