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 …
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday favoured establishment of special fast track courts to handle cases linked to various scams in implementation of the rural job guarantee scheme under MNREGA in different states. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan B Lokur said such courts are operating in …
New DelhiThe Land Acquisition Bill, which has been surrounded by controversies, is set for further delay as the Cabinet is unlikely to take it up at its meeting tomorrow despite the group of ministers (GoM) approving it. Sources said the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, is not on …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s plan to make welfare schemes more effective through real-time evaluation of the . 76,000-crore rural development budget has received broad inter-ministerial support and is expected to be considered by the Cabinet shortly. Leakages, delays and uneven implementation beset welfare schemes like NREGA, blunting benefits to …
The DoNER ministry has sanctioned Rs 77 crore for two roads – Rs 60 crore for the Bhabanipur-Manas National Park road and Rs 17 crore for the Saibari-Itakhola-Seijosa road GUWAHATI: On Monday, the Assam Government signed a loan agreement with the World Bank and the Government of India for 320 …
Don't flush away these ideas. At least former Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh whose obsession with toilets led him to fire his latest salvo, 'No toilet, no bride', may love these toilets for their sheer innovation. They are automatic and convert human waste to biological charcoal, mineral, clean …
New Delhi By defining “public purpose” very broadly in the relevant legislation, the government will ensure private investors in state-controlled infrastructure projects almost always receive its help in mobilising the land required. The land Bill vetted by a group of ministers earlier and set to to taken up by the …
Thrust on improving connectivity in Maoist-affected districts With a thrust on improving connectivity in the three Maoist activity-affected districts of West Bengal, the Centre on Friday cleared road projects worth Rs.3,432 crore. The clearance was given by the Empowered Committee of the Prime Minister’s Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), which met …
Pawar, Jairam agree on remaining details in land Bill, draft to go to Cabinet next month Acquisition of land for private purposes will require the consent of at least 80 per cent of the owners, is the almost-final decision of the group of ministers (GoM) tasked with recommending on this. …
At the instance of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, changes have been introduced in the proposed draft Land Acquisition Bill. According to the revised draft, the consent of 80 per cent of the landowners has been made obligatory if it procured for private purposes. Earlier, the proposal was …
The State Government has set a target to construct 3,000 km. of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the current financial year when the demand is three times more. “At the current pace, it will take more than 15 years or three plan periods to provide …
With the Finance Ministry cold-shouldering the proposals for giving incentives to special economic zones (SEZs) to revive investor interest in them, the Commerce Ministry is likely to approach the Cabinet on the issue in a last-ditch effort to revive the sagging fortunes of these SEZs. The Finance Ministry and the …
It will help people eligible for benefits flowing out of welfare programmes Moving swiftly on the announcement he made at a public rally in Dudu in Rajasthan five days ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high-power National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers on Thursday in a bid to reduce …
Ramesh Wants Toilets in All Schools by Mar 2013 Approaches Sibal for a dedicated fund of . 12,000 for every school per yr URMI A GOSWAMI NEW DELHI After kicking up a row by saying that there are more temples in India than toilets, Union Cabinet minister Jairam Ramesh has …
Unhappy over the Planning Commission attempt to convert flagship schemes of the Union Ministry for Rural Development from Centrally-sponsored schemes to additional Central assistance schemes, Minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off a strongly-worded letter to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the commission. Apprehending that such a move will transfer …
Days after he kicked up a row by stating that there are more temples than toilets in India, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday urged women not to marry into families that do not have toilets in their homes. “Don’t get married in a house where there is no …
A delegation of Delhi farmers met Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh recently to convey their disappointment on the systematic watering down of a draft of the Land Acquisition Bill by the Group of Ministers. The farmers, who had come together under the banner of Kissan Mahasangh, said while initially …
The finalised draft of the Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill provides for rehabilitation and resettlement of land owners in all private purchases, but the threshold-level on which this will apply has been left to State governments. The restriction on amount of irrigated multi-crop land and net sown area …
New Delhi Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said rehabilitation and resettlement norms included in the new land acquisition Bill would be applied to private land purchases as well. Ramesh said that in case of private land purchase, the state government would be free to decide the threshold level …
New Delhi In a bid to provide states greater say in formulating social sector programme, the rural development ministry on Thursday proposed setting up a flexi-fund of R40,000 crore of which 70% will be contributed by the Centre during 12th plan period. The Rural Development Flexi-Fund (RDF) would be available …
In response to the increasing demand from State Governments for greater flexibility in spending decisions, the Ministry of Rural Development and Planning Commission has decided to set up a Rs 40,000-crore Rural Development Flexi-Fund. This would enable states to focus on specific projects pertaining to their own needs.
