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. …
In a bid to ensure proper implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of Rural Development has decided to support the state government in conducting the social audit of the flagship programme by providing technical assistance under a special project that …
Patna: Forest cover in Bihar has increased to 12.86 per cent even as extensive afforestation campaign was on to achieve the target of 15 per cent by 2017, state forest and environment minister P K Shahi said today. "We are on course to achieve forest cover target of 15 per …
Providing safe drinking water and hygienic standard of living appears to be low on the priority of the State Government. The project Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), supported by Drinking Water & Sanitation Department, covers schemes to provide safe drinking water, managing hygienic disposal of human and animal wastes besides sanitation …
Budget-Eve Report Pegs GDP growth at 5.4-5.9% this fiscal Says need to recast subsidy plan The Economic Survey for 2013-14 has advocated tough reform measures, including cutting down on food and fertiliser subsidies, broadening the tax base, curbing the fiscal deficit and controlling inflation to fix the economy. Coming a …
GDP is expected to grow in the range of 5.4-5.9 per cent in 2014-15. There are downward risks to the economy arising from poor monsoon, external environment and poor investment climate, states the Economic Survey 2014 tabled in the Lok Sabha today. The Survey calls for putting public finance on …
Arun Jaitley will be presenting his maiden Budget on July 10. Technically, it will be a budget for eight months only but such occasions have been used earlier in dramatic fashion. A similar Budget presented by none other than Manmohan Singh himself in July 1991 effected a revolutionary shift in …
Are ostensibly demand-driven public programs less susceptible to political clientelism even when private goods are allocated? Investigate this conjecture using expenditure data at the local level from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. By focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have …
This report is based on the employment and unemployment survey conducted in the 68th round of NSS during July 2011 to June 2012. The survey was spread over 12,737 FSUs (7,469 villages and 5,268 urban blocks) covering 1,01,724 households (59,700 in rural areas and 42,024 in urban areas) and enumerating …
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The government plans to plant 200 crore trees along the entire 1 lakh km National Highways network across the country to employ jobless youth. “The length of National Highways in the country is one lakh kilometre. I have asked officials to come out with a plan to plant 200 crore …
Asks Forest Officials To ‘Shed Negativity’ And Work With Tourism Dept Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is pushing ahead with her plan to develop eco-tourism hubs near protected forests, ignoring objections from senior officials. Mamata met forest officers on Wednesday and asked them to work in tandem with the tourism department …
Strongly pitching for "drastic" reforms in green clearance processes, an environmental think tank today urged the Modi government to set up an independent body for such approvals and a task force so that enforcement and penalties for non-compliance can be strengthened. The Centre for Science and Environment which released its …
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take urgent steps for fixing air and water pollution; sanitation and regeneration of forests and water bodies; and provide access to …
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take urgent steps for fixing air and water pollution; sanitation and regeneration of forests and water bodies; and provide access to …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees employment of every rural household for 100 days, has different progressive provisions which incentivise higher participation of women in the programme. Official data suggest that 47% of all MGNREGA workers are women. This paper uses the National Sample Survey …
Even as 106 villages in Kutch district have already been declared semi-drought-hit, the Gujarat government is likely to double the number soon with the Relief Commissioner’s office sending a fresh proposal to add around 100 more villages to the list in the same region. The state government had identified these …
Punjab -- famed as the granary of the country -- continues to be troubled by suicides in the agriculture sector. The latest to join the victims was one Jugraj Singh of Hassanpur village near Budhlada in Mansa district. His brother, who is admitted to a hospital at Mansa, also made …
All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), an amalgam organization of various panchayat bodies today slammed Omar led government for its failure to clear liability of over Rs. 300 Crore under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). According to a release, calling it as criminal negligence of the …
In admission of a severe drinking water crisis, the Karnataka government on Thursday declared 28 of 30 districts and 125 of 176 taluks drought-hit. Chief minister Siddaramaiah explained to reporters here that the announcement of drought was preceded by a three-phase assessment conducted in October, December and February. On the …
