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 …
States have suggested 19 amendments to the land law. If all of them are made, the new law would end up being a copy of the previous one The Narendra Modi government is keen to amend the new Land Acquisition Act, but making land acquisition easier for industry on the …
In its bid to tackle sanitation and waste management issues in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to make India free from open defecation on a priority basis. At a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which had senior officials from about 10 ministries, the government outlined …
Sanitation projects to reduce open defecation, increasing green cover and emphasis on creating assets form the crux of the Narendra Modi-led government's blueprint for redeploying UPA 's flagship social sector programme -the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Top officials aware of the government's re-orientation roadmap for the …
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 …
The Central Government has approved Rs 43 crore for purchase of 3,000 solar pumps in Chhattisgarh for irrigation purposes. The Central Government has prepared a special package to encourage use of solar energy across the country. In the Union budget, a provision has been made for the installation of more …
New bill will double compensation for land in urban areas while in rural areas it will be four times Real estate developers have been buying more land from farmers over the past year than usual because of apprehension that the new law may raise cost of land acquisition significantly, even …
With major states including those ruled by parties outside the ruling alliance raising objections to a host of unworkable provisions in the new Land Acquisition Act, the Modi government has put the Act, which came into force just six months ago, under a comprehensive review. Although there are minor differences …
These suggestions were made by state governments during a daylong meeting with Union Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari in June If the Centre heeds states' suggestions on the land acquisition Act, the law could be in for a major overhaul. The changes might include doing away with the requirement of …
From scrapping the “consent clause” for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to narrowing the definition of “affected families” eligible for rehabilitation and resettlement, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed a number of amendments which, if cleared, could lead to large scale dilution of the new Land Acquisition Act, making the …
Rural development min Gadkari has forwarded a set of suggestions to PMO The NDA government is set to tweak the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 which was brought in by the previous UPA government to redress some of the issues regarding compensation and rehabilitation of owners of land acquired for industrial …
Rural Development Minister and the OBC face of BJP in Maharashtra Gopinath Munde died apparently of shock and cardiac arrest suffered during a road accident early this morning. 64-year-old Munde, who made his entry into the Union Cabinet for the first time after the Lok Sabha polls, was on his …
Rajasthan, which ranks among the bottom five states in the country for open defecation, has something to cheer about. Churu is likely to become the first district in state to be declared open defecation free. The district administration's efforts were appreciated by the Union ministry for rural development. Tara Nagar …
Nearly four months have passed since the new Land Acquisition Act came into force, but development projects continue to be stalled since the government has failed to notify the rules to implement the law. Industry chambers such as the CII and Ficci are now looking forward to the next government …
At just 5.09%, Goa has the lowest percentage of below poverty line (BPL) households across states in India, as per Planning Commission statistics. But this population has grown fivefold in the state in the last 12 years, from around 7,000 in 2002 to close to 35,000 up to March 2014. …
The verdict, says Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, provides a needed clarity on a contentious area In an interpretation of a much-debated clause in last year’s landmark overhaul of the national land acquisition law, the Supreme Court recently ordered return of title of a land lot to its original …
Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person–days so far in the current fiscal in executing the central government’s flagship rural jobs scheme MGNREGS, a minister said here on Monday. “Tripura has been providing the highest average employment for the past five years …
This will be for tribals who have been granted land rights Barely a week ahead of the announcement of general election, the UPA government plans to provide an additional 50 days’ employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for tribals who have been granted land rights, …
Koraput district in Odisha was conferred the national award under the schemes District award for effective initiatives in National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) administration in the 9th (MGNREGA) Diwas. Koraput is one among the nine districts in the country, which were selected for the prestigious MGNREGA National Awards. Koraput …
Recommendations based on Dev panel; report, changes effective April 1 The rural development ministry will soon come out with a new base and revised index for determining wages under its flagship rural job guarantee scheme, according to an official. The move will address the concerns of at least a dozen …
The rural development ministry has come out with a new base and revised index for determining wages under its flagship rural job guarantee scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. The move will address the concerns of at least a dozen states where NREGA wages are lower than …
