The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The expenditure squeeze being enforced for 2012-13 and the likely freezing of the Budget size for 2013-14 could impact many welfare schemes run by the ministry of rural development (MRD) the most, although the UPA's showpiece Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) might be spared. With economic prospects …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has opposed the Forest Advisory Committee recommendation to divert over 500 hectares of land in Saranda forest division of Jharkhand for iron ore mining. He said this will negate all that has been done in the region in the last one year. "Over the …
A Bill prohibiting manual scavenging can be passed in the Budget Session if Parliament exhibits its resolve to eliminate this “despicable” practice, the Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh said here today. “I urge the Parliament to support the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill...if we resolve, …
Thiruvananthapuram will be declared free of open defecation At long last, the State capital is ready for Nirmal status, by which it will join the list of districts that have been declared free of open defecation, a major challenge to State efforts to combat contagious diseases. The work to get …
Itanagar: Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today approved in principle construction of two roads in Arunachal Pradesh namely Bameng to Lada (55 kms) and Miao to Vijaynagar (157 kms) under Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Ramesh conveyed this to Chief Minister Nabam Tuki who met him at …
The Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh on Monday approved the construction of two roads in Arunachal Pradesh - Bameng to Lada (55 kms) and Miao to Vijaynagar (157 kms) - in principle under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Ramesh conveyed this to chief minister Nabam Tuki, …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called on Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in Delhi and urged him to ensure speedy completion of formalities related to construction of rural link roads in Punjab under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Official sources here said the Chief Minister demanded …
“Mining has only resulted in displacement of lakhs of tribal families instead of creating jobs for them” Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged the governments in the mineral-rich Naxal-affected States to focus on development of agriculture and implementation of rural development programmes instead of focusing on mining …
Tells VAL to look for bauxite beyond Niyamgiri for its refinery Union Minister for Rural Development, Jayaram Ramesh on Sunday announced a package worth Rs 300-crore envisaging construction of houses and roads for the Dongaria and Kutia Kandhas, a primitive tribes group (PTG), living at the foot-hill of Odisha’s bauxite …
‘Cos, both PSUs & private, have neither operated in an environmentally sustainable manner, nor socially beneficial manner’ “Mining only leads to greater poverty,” Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of Rural Development explained to the tribals of Lanjigarh, Odisha at the foothills of the Niyamgiri hills. This is the union minister's first …
Interview with Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Rural Development. THE newly christened Right to Fair Compensation in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, which was due to be passed in the Lok Sabha with amendments, has been deferred to the Budget session. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh …
In a move that could speed up the ambitious direct cash transfer programme, rural development minister Jaiarm Ramesh has suggested other entities such as state governments and banks should be roped in to enroll residents in the Aadhaar system. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Ramesh said the …
The direct cash transfer scheme is not a “jaadu ki chhadi” (magic wand) to reform a “broken down” delivery system and problems are there in its implementation, Union minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. “It (Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme) is not a single ‘jaadu ki chhadi’ (magic wand). It is …
Each of our schemes must incorporate ecological objectives, says Jairam; report, co-authored with UNDP, looks at what needs to be done To make important rural development programmes more environment-friendly, the ministry of rural development, along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Friday released a report defining ‘green’ outcomes …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday pitched for inclusion of green objectives and guidelines in the various social sector schemes of the rural development ministry like the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme, Integrated Watershed Development Programme and Indira Awas Yojana. “With an annual budget of around R75,000 …
New Delhi: The Centre has set up an expert committee to determine the poverty mark to identify beneficiaries for the rural development ministry’s programmes. The committee, to be headed by Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen, will examine figures of the socio-economic caste survey to decide who is below the poverty …
JAIPUR: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that the new land acquisition law would ensure that state governments have little say in land acquisition process. The bill is to be tabled in the parliament which will ensure that the rights of farmers could be protected. Ramesh, who …
There was no dilly-dallying over the new draft of the land acquisition Bill nor was the technical opposition raised by the Trinamul Congress and other parties responsible for the government postponing the proposed legislation to the budget session of Parliament, according to sources. The Union rural development ministry under Mr …
On the surface, it sounded like an outburst from a minister known to speak his mind. “Public health lies outside the medical fraternity,” said Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh inaugurating THE WEEK Health Summit held on December 7. He was referring to the lack of proper sanitation and …
In a setback for UPA, the much-awaited bill on land acquisition has been pushed back to the Budget session. Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh failed to move the amendments to the land bill after protests from BJP leader Rajnath Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Trinamool Congress and the …
