Growth Development

If you pay your taxes regularly but still wonder why development work around you is not up to the mark, then the reason behind it is that a large amount of tax-payers money and funds that should be directed towards country's growth are diverted to fund various politician's whims and fancies as in the case of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) which has been footing Union Chemicals and Fertilizers ... [full story]

India has set up 18 radiation emergency response centres in different parts of the country to deal with any nuclear emergencies which can occur due to an act of terror, nuclear attack, transportation of nuclear materials and accidents in nuclear facilities. The first of these centres with well-trained scientific manpower, advanced radiation measuring and monitoring instruments, software and other emergency material, was inaugurated at the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research in Bangalore by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman ... [full story]

To help upgrade the country's aging military hardware, the Defense Ministry announced Thursday that Indian authorities would allow private companies to develop high technology military systems. Such work had previously been the sole domain of the government, and the government's decision comes as India plans to spend more than US$30 billion on military equipment, much of it high-end, in the next six years. At the top of India's shopping list are ... [full story]