Smart city plan: Criteria agreed for selection, ranking

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 23:50

The important stakeholder consultations were organised by the Urban Development Ministry upon the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the states on board before proceeding further with a the launch of the smart city initiative.

IMF sets June deadline for progress on governance reforms

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 10:36

Finance chiefs around the world had previously given the United States until Jan. 1 to act and threatened to move without it if it failed to do so.

Arun Jaitley calls for credibility in terms of governance

Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 14:55

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the country must have credibility in terms of governance, adding that it is important to learn as to why people stopped investing in India.

PM's Good Governance: I-T dept to hold public meets every Wednesday

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 15:00

The Income Tax department will hold public meetings every Wednesday to resolve taxpayers grievances and tax issues as part of the 'Good Governance' initiative mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

MTNL launches app for registering complaint, bill payment

Last Updated: Thursday, December 25, 2014, 19:30

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the mobile app as part 'Good Governance Day' celebrations.

Postal life insurance limit hiked to Rs 50 lakh

Last Updated: Thursday, December 25, 2014, 18:22

To mark the Good Governance Day, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday announced that the limit of postal life insurance has been raised from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh besides launching one-month rental free MTNL broadband and landline combo plans on new bookings.

Govt plans to have e-cabinet files from January

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 15:30

In a step towards creating a paperless office for achieving better governance, the government plans to have all cabinet files in electronic format from January 2015 onwards.

Good Governance Day: Prasad to announce steps, schemes

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 22:42

Free one-month rental for MTNL's new customers and increase in postal life insurance cover up to Rs 50 lakh are some of the measures that will be launched by Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 25 to mark the Good Governance Day.

Prasad likely to give incentives to BSNL, MTNL on Dec 25

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 21:29

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to announce some "incentives" to BSNL and MTNL on December 25 - Good Governance Day - in a bid to accelerate the revival of the two state-owned loss-making telecom firms.

'Broadband for all panchayats by 2016 too ambitious target'

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014, 23:09

As government targets to expand broadband connectivity to all 2.5 lakh panchayats of the country by 2016, telecom regulator TRAI chief Rahul Khullar Thursday termed it as a very "ambitious" target, saying believing in it would be like "deluding ourselves".

Governance practices improving in India Inc: Grant Thornton

Last Updated: Monday, December 8, 2014, 16:26

Corporate governance practices across the top 150 companies in the country have improved, but the female representation on board of companies is still skewed.

Kerala govt takes steps to implement `e-office`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 16:11

To bring in more administrative effectiveness and transparency, the Kerala government on Thursday announced that it would go ahead with the implementation of `e-office`.