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National Mission For Clean Ganga Gets Income Tax Exemption Status
The Finance Ministry has granted tax exemption status to the National Mission for Clean Ganga, according to a notification of the CBDT, the decision-making body for the Income Tax department and direct taxes administration.
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Wrestlers Halt Plan To Immerse Medals In Ganga, Give 5-Day Ultimatum
Protesting ace wrestlers have temporarily shelved their plans to consign their medals in Ganga at Haridwar after intervention from farmer leader Naresh Tikait. They have given a five-day deadline for action against the wrestling federation chief.
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Centre Making "Determined Effort" To Clean Ganga, Says P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday praised the BJP-led Centre for making a determined effort to clean up River Ganga, about which he "felt proud".
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Rajiv Gandhi's Ganga Action Plan Failed, Here's My Promise: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that during former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, Rs 5,000 crore was spent on cleaning the Yamuna which yielded no results, but after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, the government initiated projects to clean not only the river Ganga, but also the river Yamuna.
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Ganga Cleaning: NGT Issues Warrants Against Haryana, Rajasthan
The National Green Tribunal has issued bailable warrants against Haryana and Rajasthan governments for not submitting their action plan on cleaning and rejuvenation of the river Ganga.
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Money Wasted? Rs 2,958 Crore Spent To Clean Ganga, But Results Discouraging
It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule - in spite of spending Rs 2,958 crore of the Rs 3,703 crore allocated - to improve the condition of the holy river.
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PM Modi Likely To Launch Work On Clean Ganga Action Plan Mid-May
In line with the ruling BJP's pre-poll promise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch the work on 'Clean Ganga' action plan later this month, official sources said today.
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Action Against Industries Polluting Ganga Soon: Union Minister Uma Bharti
Government has asked the pollution control boards to initiate action against industrial units discharging contaminated effluents in river Ganga, Union Minister Uma Bharti informed Lok Sabha today.
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'Will You Clean Up Ganga In This Term or The Next?' Supreme Court Asks Centre
In a sharp criticism of the progress of the Ganga Action Plan today, the Supreme Court asked the NDA government whether it would be able to complete the cleaning of the river in this term or in the next.
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Will Clean Up Ganga in Three Years, Says Union Minister Uma Bharti
Union Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Centre was committed to cleaning up Ganga within three years even as she voiced dismay over the extent of pollution after inspecting the river at Allahabad.
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'Your Plan Will Take 200 Years to Clean Ganga': Supreme Court Raps Centre
The Centre's action plan may not help clean the river Ganga "even after 200 years", the Supreme Court said on Wednesday in a sharp critique, as it asked for a PowerPoint presentation within three weeks on a "stage-wise plan" to clean up India's holiest river.
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Ganga Action Plan May Be Extended to Other Rivers: Government
The government today said that based on the outcome of the action plan on Ganga, the program may be extended in a phased manner to other major rivers in the country.
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PM Modi's Clean Ganga Plan Ready, First Top-Level Meeting Today
On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...
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National Mission For Clean Ganga Gets Income Tax Exemption Status
The Finance Ministry has granted tax exemption status to the National Mission for Clean Ganga, according to a notification of the CBDT, the decision-making body for the Income Tax department and direct taxes administration.
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Wrestlers Halt Plan To Immerse Medals In Ganga, Give 5-Day Ultimatum
Protesting ace wrestlers have temporarily shelved their plans to consign their medals in Ganga at Haridwar after intervention from farmer leader Naresh Tikait. They have given a five-day deadline for action against the wrestling federation chief.
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Centre Making "Determined Effort" To Clean Ganga, Says P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday praised the BJP-led Centre for making a determined effort to clean up River Ganga, about which he "felt proud".
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Rajiv Gandhi's Ganga Action Plan Failed, Here's My Promise: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed that during former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi's tenure, Rs 5,000 crore was spent on cleaning the Yamuna which yielded no results, but after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, the government initiated projects to clean not only the river Ganga, but also the river Yamuna.
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Ganga Cleaning: NGT Issues Warrants Against Haryana, Rajasthan
The National Green Tribunal has issued bailable warrants against Haryana and Rajasthan governments for not submitting their action plan on cleaning and rejuvenation of the river Ganga.
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Money Wasted? Rs 2,958 Crore Spent To Clean Ganga, But Results Discouraging
It is not just the opposition which is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotive connect with the river Ganga. Statistics show that very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule - in spite of spending Rs 2,958 crore of the Rs 3,703 crore allocated - to improve the condition of the holy river.
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PM Modi Likely To Launch Work On Clean Ganga Action Plan Mid-May
In line with the ruling BJP's pre-poll promise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch the work on 'Clean Ganga' action plan later this month, official sources said today.
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Action Against Industries Polluting Ganga Soon: Union Minister Uma Bharti
Government has asked the pollution control boards to initiate action against industrial units discharging contaminated effluents in river Ganga, Union Minister Uma Bharti informed Lok Sabha today.
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'Will You Clean Up Ganga In This Term or The Next?' Supreme Court Asks Centre
In a sharp criticism of the progress of the Ganga Action Plan today, the Supreme Court asked the NDA government whether it would be able to complete the cleaning of the river in this term or in the next.
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Will Clean Up Ganga in Three Years, Says Union Minister Uma Bharti
Union Minister Uma Bharti today asserted that the Centre was committed to cleaning up Ganga within three years even as she voiced dismay over the extent of pollution after inspecting the river at Allahabad.
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'Your Plan Will Take 200 Years to Clean Ganga': Supreme Court Raps Centre
The Centre's action plan may not help clean the river Ganga "even after 200 years", the Supreme Court said on Wednesday in a sharp critique, as it asked for a PowerPoint presentation within three weeks on a "stage-wise plan" to clean up India's holiest river.
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Ganga Action Plan May Be Extended to Other Rivers: Government
The government today said that based on the outcome of the action plan on Ganga, the program may be extended in a phased manner to other major rivers in the country.
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PM Modi's Clean Ganga Plan Ready, First Top-Level Meeting Today
On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...
