‘Reforms will continue even under Third Front government’

September 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The global economic crisis has encouraged a rash of government reforms that should make it easier to start, run and close businesses around the world, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday night. The annual "Doing Business" survey recorded more regulatory business reforms in more countries than any time since the report began in 2004.

August 21st, 2009 Correction: Q&A on credit card reformsNEW YORK — In an Aug. 19 story about credit card reforms, The Associated Press erroneously reported that cardholders will face fewer surprises about credit limit changes under the new rules.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A conference of Secretaries of Administrative Reforms will be held here today. It will be inaugurated by Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A conference of Secretaries of Administrative Reforms will be held here tomorrow. It will be inaugurated by Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government is working for a national consensus on judicial reforms, and within a couple of months the judicial reforms will be implemented, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Centre today informed the Lok Sabha that in light of the recommendations made by the Soli Sorabjee Committee there is no proposal under government's consideration to introduce a Bill on police reforms. "Police is a state subject under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution and therefore, police reforms is primarily the responsibility of the state government," Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullapally Ramachandran said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India's General Secretary A. B. Bardhan has criticised the West Government saying it is guilty of neglect in not doing anything for the masses, especially the tribals, after carrying out agrarian reforms.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Thursday urged the Congress party, the largest party in the new government, to undertake police reforms in the first 100 days after taking office. 'In its first 100 days of office, CHRI urges Congress to take concrete steps to ensure full implementation of the Supreme Court directives on police reforms and strongly encourage the state governments to implement the directives at the state level,' CHRI director Maja Daruwala said in a statement here.

May 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's main stock market is booming after the people gave a thumping mandate in favour of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Lok Sabha polls, dispelling fears of a fractured mandate. The main stock market leapt by nearly 15 percent on Monday, triggering a temporary trading halt, after the ruling coalition sealed a decisive election victory that calmed fears of political uncertainty.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Enthused by the poll win, the Congress party Saturday said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will continue with its economic policies, but not at the cost of the public sector. 'We will continue with the economic reforms, but not at the cost of the public sector,' Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, referring to the disinvestment carried out by the previous National Democratic Alliance government in state-owned profit making firms.

May 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani termed the verdict of the 15th Lok Sabha elections 'decisive' Saturday and said it was a signal from people to the government to go for 'bold reforms'.

May 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Once a poster boy of India's economic reforms, Nara Chandrababu Naidu is today a changed man as he gears up to play a key role in government formation in New Delhi and Andhra Pradesh. From his stand of 'no free lunches' during his nine-year rule (1995-2004) to the electoral promise of monthly cash doles of Rs.1,000 to Rs.2,000 for the poor, the transformation of the Telugu Desam party (TDP) president has been remarkable.

April 9th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Thursday announced a new cabinet line-up of 28 ministers and 40 deputy ministers who he said represented the government's focus on reforms and change. The cabinet includes Human Resource Minister S.

March 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Conceding that there were 'shortcomings' in the Left Front government's land reforms programme, West Bengal's Transport and Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty Wednesday said the front would have to make way for an improved alternative in due course of time. 'There are some shortcomings in our land reforms project.

January 6th, 2009 KOCHI - There has been a mixed response in Kerala to the suggestions made by the law reforms commission, which will submit its report later this month. Among other reforms, the commission has asked for a change in the marriage customs practiced by the Muslim community and appointment of non-Brahmins as temple priests.