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. …
The increase in corruption in coal is closely linked to the increasing importance of this mineral in the economy and of the industry in political funding. And the rot in coal runs deep and wide, reports M Rajshekhar It was a roundtable on ‘campaign finance reforms in India’, but it …
AHMEDABAD: The central government has announced Rs 320 crore aid for drought relief for Gujarat even though there was no demand from the State. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and Jairam Ramesh came on their own on a two day visit to assess the situation. During a review meeting with …
OFF THE TRACK South-west monsoon short by 15%; drought may be declared by the end of season Admitting that drought-like situation could hit economic growth, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that India’s GDP may expand only 6% in the current fiscal, dipping below the nine-year low …
The Union government on Friday granted Gujarat Rs.425 crore for rural drinking water supply and agreed to consider the State’s demand for an assistance of Rs.14,673 crore to meet the acute drought conditions. The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on drought, headed by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, and Rural …
NEW DELHI, 3 AUG: Reflecting the gravity of the situation, the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought will meet here again on Tuesday, 7 August, to discuss the drought situation in the country and suggest concrete measures to provide immediate relief to the affected states. The panel headed by …
JAIPUR: The state government's report on the initial action plan in dealing with encroachments and other unplanned and illegal construction activities in the Ramgarh dam's catchment area submitted to Rajasthan High Court has exposed its own flaws. Admitting that the encroachments exist, the government report mentioned that in the Ramgarh …
Rural development ministry asks states to identify development projects under flagship MNREGA. The rural development ministry is preparing for a big push to its flagship employment generation programme as drought has depressed demand for farm labour. The ministry has written to state governments asking them to identify development projects under …
The government on Thursday directed the Karnataka government to submit a revised report on the severe drought prevailing across the state and funds required from the Centre to take up additional relief works. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was here to assess the drought situation in Karnataka, said an …
MUMBAI: The central government's recently formed Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on drought relief identified Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra as the worst affected states this year, and released Rs 1,440 crore as immediate aid to these states. The group, which held its first meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, announced …
JAMMU, July 26: Terming effective Panchayats as essential component for rural emancipation, Minister for Medical Education, R.S.Chib, today emphasized the need for stronger coordination between the people, the government and the Panchayat representatives for all round growth and development. Chairing a high level meeting held here to review the status …
Finance Minister K. M. Mani told the Assembly on Tuesday that law allowing conversion of five per cent of plantations for cultivation of other crops and tourism would be implemented carefully. “None would be allowed to misuse the law,” the Minister said while replying to the debate on the supplementary …
Ranking list of districts on the basis of various public welfare works undertaken under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the month of June has been released. Dewas district has secured the first ranking followed by Hoshangabad. After staying at the second place for consecutive two weeks, Raisen district has slipped to …
Five years after the launch of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) on which the Centre has spent over `1,10,700 crores so far, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release a comprehensive review of the performance of the flagship scheme on Saturday. The release of the review report is …
Rural people will now have more work opportunities under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaranty Act (MNREGA) Scheme-2 as more than 30 new work sectors have been added in the scheme. Till now most works under Panchayat and Rural development department used to provide works under the scheme and thus, …
GUWAHATI: Bhubon Pegu, the General Secretary of Sanmilito Ganashakti, Assam slammed the government for the lack of a definite flood control policy and demanded it to publish a white paper on flood and erosion problems plaguing the State. The party also demanded the Government to hold special Assembly sessions every …
AGARTALA: Union minister Jairam Ramesh has said 'Aadhaar' numbers, the unique 12-digit identification numbers given to residents of India, would be used to provide different social pensions, MGNREGA wages to workers and scholarships to students. "The Aadhaar-enabled applications would be utilised immediately in some selected 50 districts of the country, …
A recent report on Employment and Unemployment survey 2011-12 reveals some cheering facts for Gujarat and some surprising facts for certain states of the nation. The lowest unemployment rate was in Gujarat, just 1%. While the largest numbers of unemployed persons were found in Kerala and West Bengal. As per …
The MGNREGA, the flagship rural employment scheme of the Government of India, was launched in February 2006. It is perhaps the largest and most ambitious social security and public works programme in the world. Six years after its implementation, the basic principles and high potential of the MGNREGA are well …
A price increase and improvement in the terms of trade of agriculture after 2004-05 have revived agriculture in Uttar Pradesh. The performance, however, has varied across regions within the state and among crop groups. Price policies in favour of cereals discourage land diversification, but rising agricultural wages induce shifts in …
States asked to send proposals for additional funds Weak performance of monsoon this year has led the government to anticipate a significant increase in demand for work under its flagship rural employment guarantee scheme. The rural development ministry has asked all states to prepare contingency plans and review their estimates …
