Maharashtra to create 50 smart villages
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he wants to focus not only on smart cities but also smart villages and create 50 such in 2016. Maharashtra has developed its first smart village with the
Village Level Planning
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New villages suffer MC apathy
Chandigarh, September 07 Neither the bylaws nor any architectural norms apparently exist anymore in any of the villages Even after city villages have been included in the Municipal limits of Chandigarh, the authorities are yet to accept these in the true spirit, as most villages lack basic amenities. Lack of concrete roads, streetlights, adequate health and sanitation services comprise a small list of the larger picture of neglect.
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Haryana village shows the way in conservation agriculture
Saba Rahman Some say it began with the Mayans who used a stick to plant maize in unprepared soil while others trace it to ancient Egypt. But it is clear that conservation agriculture (CA) in the modern sense started in the mid-20th century and was practised successfully in the Americas, particularly Brazil.
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VPTS provided to ne villages
VPTS provided to ne villages SHILLONG, Aug 28
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SAIL funds for hamlets
PINAKI MAJUMDAR Jamshedpur, Aug. 28: The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) would invest Rs 12 crore this fiscal under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. Director (personnel) and in charge of SAIL's raw materials division, Ganatantra Ojha, said majority of the funds earmarked for CSR would be spent towards developing model villages in mining areas and near the steel plants of the company.
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Power to all villages by 11th plan period'
BHUBANESWAR: Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday announced in the Assembly that electrification of all villages and hamlets in the State will be completed by the Eleventh Five- Year Plan. To a question from Arun Kumar Sahu of BJD, the Minister said 18,017 villages and 48,172 hamlets are without electricity. Out of this, 26 villages were given electricity under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY). Besides, 1,629 villages/ hamlets were electrified under the Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana.
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Gaon kalyan samiti' by 2009 for every village
BHUBANESWAR: There will be one
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Raised flood shelter for Chirang villagers
North East India Committee on Relief and Development (NEICORD), an organisation working for relief and development in the north eastern region, recently inaugurated a raised flood shelter on the July 10 constructed for the community of Daokabaha village in Chirang district. NEICORD has been working in this district for the last two and half years focusing on disaster risk reduction at the grass root level.
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Fund released for checking erosion at Jagun village
Deputy Speaker of the Assam Assembly, Pranati Phukan yesterday took stock of the erosion by Dehing river at Jagun village near Naharkatia and announced commencement of anti-erosion works in the affected area. To initiate the anti-erosion project work, Phukan released Rs five lakhs. She also announced that NABARD would step in with Rs 66 lakhs project to check the continuing erosion in the area in the current financial year.
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GoM demands Rs 7,140 cr special scheme for Dalits
A ministerial panel reviewing measures for Dalit welfare has asked the government to prepare a blueprint at the earliest to implement a Rs 7,140 crore