He said that to work efficiently, the GST Council requires a "full-time, independent, professional expertise", and that it can neither depend on the Finance Ministry nor the state governments.

The just-enacted Land Acquisition Bill will help to a great extent in tackling the problem of Naxalism in the country, Union minister Jairam Ramesh...

The Land Acquisition Bill would be notified by early next year after framing of rules, union minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday and stressed the...

Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday favoured splitting Uttar Pradesh to end the 'administrative nightmare' in the country's biggest state. 'Uttar Pradesh should...

Hitting out at Opposition presidential candidate P A Sangma and his poll managers for indulging in 'mud slinging' against UPA nominee Pranab...

The union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday that India has embarked on a 10-year mission to turn into an open-defecation-free...

Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, saying...

Taking a contrary view of the recommendations made by the standing committee on the Land Bill, the rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday...

The rural development minister Jairam Ramesh recently offered to spare one per cent of the budgetary allocation of his ministry for the panchayati raj...