India's unemployment rate is likely to decline by as much as 97 basis points by 2028 as the country's economy hits the USD 5 trillion mark, fuelling a rise in employment, a new report said. Unemployment rate -- the percentage of people in the labour force who are without jobs …
President Barack Obama on Friday praised the House of Representatives for passing legislation to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for global warming and he urged the Senate to act too. "Today the House of Representatives took historic action with the passage of the American …
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has been operating a special loan programme for extensive fish cultivation to create employment opportunities along with fulfilling protein deficiency in the country's northwestern region. Officials sources told BSS that the specialised commercial bank has been running the credit programme on "RAKUB fisheries village" to …
AIZAWL, June 25: A sum of Rs 68,59,96,000 has been allotted for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for the year 2009-10 to Mizoram, official sources said here today. According to the state level monitoring committee, the Centre has sanctioned the fund for the eight districts of Mizoram, except …
They will be completed before end of current financial year Tirupur: Administrative sanction had been accorded to carry out 800 works under National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme in the district at Rs. 29.49 crore to provide livelihood security to rural population, said Collector C. Samayamoorthy. Speaking to
): An important factor of the economic crisis is the underlying stagnation in yields per acre of major crops, a study of Planning Commission (PC) reported. Agriculture experts revealed that if the yield potential of the medium and small size farm sector is achieved, food shortages can be converted into …
JAIPUR: The Dalit-dominated Nagala Harchand village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan has taken up self-employment ventures in a big way to drive out poverty and bring prosperity to each household, thanks to the intervention of a pharmaceutical major as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. Joint efforts by …
- NSSO begins year-long programme in rural, urban pockets next month SANTOSH K. KIRO The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will create a databank on
AMIT AGNIHOTRI June 24: Attempting to introduce "social audit" of the welfare schemes, especially the flagship National rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGS) to enhance their reach to the common man, rural development minister C.P. Joshi prefers to begin from his home-state Rajasthan. Roping in social activist Aruna Roy, the minister …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide Bangladesh with US$ 1.3 billion for construction of the proposed Padma Bridge. This was apprised by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the cabinet meeting held at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat here on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the …
MUKESH RANJAN June 22: In a bid to ensure effective outreach of banking system in rural India and adequately help the Centre properly transfer huge volumes of fund to poor masses under Nrega and other social sector programmes, the government is likely to make provisions in the upcoming Budget for …
Ramesh Sharma Long way to go: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Mr Subodh Kant Sahay (right), and the Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mr V. Prakash, at the 2nd Food Technology Summit in the Capital on Monday.
It may be recalled that Rajasthan was a top NREGA performer in terms of implementation of the scheme for three consecutive years during the previous BJP government During the current financial year, the state government would receive Rs 9,525 crore, highest among the states, and has fixed a target of …
The onus is on the Congress government in Rajasthan to make NREGA leak-proof, as the Union minister was a major critic of implementation of the scheme under the BJP dispensation--- DR C P JOSHI, now Union minister for rural development and panchayat raj institutions, which is the administrative ministry for …
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an unusual request Friday, asking President Obama to declare Fresno County a federal disaster area because of a three-year drought that is straining California
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has sought application of the Right to Information Act for elimination of corrupt practices in the much talked about National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Hyderabad, June 17: A writ petition was filed in the AP High Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to declare a notification issued by the Centre fixing Rs 80 as minimum wage per day under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme illegal. AP Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union represented by Mr P.S. …
Like all rural Bangladeshis, Saidul Islam knows the hardships of summer, when his tin-roofed house turns into a furnace with not enough electricity to power even a fan. For the 100 million Bangladeshis -- most of them farmers -- who live in the countryside, the notion of electricity supply is …
1440 work to be taken up under NREGP : Collector THANJAVUR: A sum of Rs.47.35 crore has been allotted for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) for the year 2009-10 to Thanjavur district, according to the Collector M.S. Shanmugham. Speaking at a training programme for district and block level …
