Articles tagged under: State vs Centre

“State will get Rs. 2500 crore royalty per year thanks to ONGC verdict in SC”

February 14, 2014

Gandhinagar, 14 February 2014 The Supreme Court of India has in its interim order asked Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) to pay crude oil royalty to Gujarat on pre-discounted crude price. The court asked ONGC to pay royalty for present and future beginning from February 1. Following this the state will start getting about Rs. 200 crore royalty per month. The state treasury will earn Rs. 2500 crore as crude oil royalty every year according to minister Saurabh Pate...Read More

Kerosene quota for Gujarat reduced,will not be restored: Union Minister

March 26, 2012

By DeshGujarat News, New Delhi, 26 March 2012 Replying to a query in Rajya Sabha, Minister of state in the ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri RPN Singh agreed to the fact that public distribution system(PDS) Kerosene quota for Gujarat was rationalized last year. The minister however regretted inability to restore the earlier quota. Minister RPN Singh in a reply in Rajya Sabha said, "during 2011-12, PDS Kerosene quota for the States/UTs, including Gujarat, was rationa...Read More

Centre’s injustice poses danger to winter crop:Gujarat govt to Pawar

October 18, 2011

Gandhinagar, 18 October, 2011 Gujarat Agriculture minister shri Dilip Sanghani has written a letter to central Agriculture minister shir Sharad Pawar protesting against centre's allocation of only 22800 mt DAP fertilizer to Gujarat against state's need of 1.20 lakh mt of same. Sanghani in his letter said that Gujarat had good monsoon this year and as reservoirs under irrigated area have 95% level of water, there is good opportunity of winter crops in 40 lakh ha land. However, w...Read More

Last article of Gurumurthy series:How CBI betrayed court to save Congress

August 17, 2011
Last article of Gurumurthy series:How CBI betrayed court to save Congress

Ahmedabad, 17 August, 2011 And if you have become fan of Shri S.Gurumurthy after reading his first two (first one, second one) articles published on Express Buzz, how can you leave the third and concluding article in the same series. The article is fruit of Shri Gurumurthy's investigative pen. He explains the truth behind the names Tulsi Prajapti and Kalimuddin involved in investigation of Sohrabuddin encounter case. Shri Gurumurthy explains the politics not just behind the inv...Read More

Centre expects discipline from Anna Hazare, but not from Police: Modi

August 14, 2011

Gandhinagar, 14 August, 2011 While addressing the students of Dharmsinh Desai University(DDU) in Nadiad, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that he would perform the task of `cleaning-up' all sectors of public life in his state effectively, so that Anna Hazare do not have to go on fast. "I have been given the responsibility of cleaning up all the sectors, which I will perform effectively,and if this succeeds, people like Anna Hazare will not have to go on a fast," ...Read More

BJP MPs meet Civil Aviation minister for more flights to Surat

August 11, 2011

BJP MPs meet Civil Aviation minister for more flights to Surat Surat, 11 August, 2011 BJP MPs from Gujarat led by Rajya Sabha MP Purushottam Rupala met central Civil Aviation minister Vyalar Ravi to demand better air connectivity in Surat. However the delegation of BJP MPs could not get any concrete assurance on this issue and returned. MPs C.R.Patil, Darshna Jardosh, Kanji Patel, Balubhai Shukla, Punamben Jat, Natubhai Thakor and others told central minister that the ...Read More