Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi: For the past two months, around 2,000 workers enrolled under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Orissa have been collecting their wages from their local post offices using smart cards. What began as a pilot project to ensure better transparency and timely disbursal of wages under …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has declared 7,372 villages in 12 districts of the State as scarcity-hit and decided to launch relief works and make arrangements for supply of drinking water and fodder in these villages. According to an official release here on Thursday, the relief works will continue till March …
New Delhi: The UPA Government seems to be strictly adhering to the priorities charted out with its coalition partners. In the interim budget to be presented on February 16, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will seek Parliament nod for a gross budgetary support (GBS) of Rs 2,85,000 crore
NREGS is effective in dealing with credit crunches and aggregate demand slowdown and has a higher multiplier effect that makes public expenditure more effective
The draft Congress manifesto for the next Lok Sabha election, which will be sent to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for approval, is likely to focus on the successful running of the UPA alliance in contrast to its NDA predecessor. Sources said other key points in the draft would include developing …
Chandigarh: All the persons registered under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Haryana will now be insured under micro insurance scheme. An official spokesman said that Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been roped in for the implementation of this scheme. Employment assistants appointed under the National Rural Employment …
SAMBALPUR: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been in existence here for three years now but the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Sambalpur district, has been able to provide 100 days of work to only 170 households against 1,33,154 job cards issued in the district. As per statistics …
To commemorate three years of its flagship programme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the UPA Government organised an NREGS conference in New Delhi on Monday. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee were the key speakers before an eight-thousand strong gathering of gram and zila …
- IAS officers bring glory to East Singhbhum, Pakur Puja Singhal Purwar and Nitin Madan Kulkarni At a time when the state is plagued by controversies over the National Rural Employment Guarantee, two IAS officers have brought pride and glory. Puja Singhal Purwar and Nitin Madan Kulkarni will receive national …
The recently published guidelines for convergence of water conservation and irrigation works to be taken up under NREGA and the programmes of Ministry of Water Resources. These are meant to optimize synergies between NREGA and MoWR as more than 50% of NREGA projects are related to water management. Convergence between …
Taluk Panchayat President Nagesh Kundalpady instructed the nodal officers to take measures for the quick implementation of projects undertaken through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Addressing the KDP meeting held at the panchayat hall here on Thursday, he asked the Executive Officer Motappa to issue notice to the …
Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) has worked out a revised schedule for quantum of work to be completed to get minimum wage under National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme. The new schedule came into effect from January 1, 2009 across the State. The revision was effected, after …
Enabavi, a village of 52 families, is abuzz. It is hosting farmers from the nearby Kallem village who have come here for tips on profitable agriculture. Those who missed the excitement of the Green Revolution in the 1960s can get a glimpseSavvy Soumya MisraEnabavi, a village of 52 families, is …
Special Correspondent TIRUVARUR: Dairy Development Minister U. Mathivanan on Saturday said that steps were being taken to find out a long term solution to prevent floods in Tiruvarur district as per the demand made by farmers. Speaking at a farmers meeting held at Tiruvarur, the Minister said that the Government …
A reality check of the status of the government schemes as well as problems of the villagers by Indore collector and his administrative paraphernalia on Saturday and Sunday under the Gram Sampark Abhiayaan, has not only brought to the fore the pitiable condition of basic infrastructure - like road, electricity …
Special Correspondent Promised: Workers engaged in desilting the South Ayyan Vaical at Sathamangalam in Lalgudi Union on Friday. TIRUCHI: The district administration has given a fresh impetus to the execution of works taken up under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme after a brief lull following last month
