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 …
With a war of attrition going on between the Union and the State governments over Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh has sought a 'Special Incentive Package' (SIP) for this rugged region as given to hill states, saying Rs 3000 crore given by the Centre was not enough. In a communication to the …
After initiating discussion on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, Union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday expressed confidence that the Central government would be able to take the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress on board on the issue. He reiterated that the Centre would be able to draft a
Directive comes in the wake of turmoil in Greater Noida Supplementing political offensive with a dose of administrative endeavour, in the build-up to the next round of Assembly elections, focussed on Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minster Manmohan Singh has asked Union Minister for Rural Development Vilasrao Deshmukh to finalise at the …
In India you have quality standards specifications for soft drinks, but none for potable water. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, under the Ministry of Rural Development, is now seeking to correct the record, and, thankfully, the exercise will cover urban habitations too. The department has found the current …
A survey by the Indian government in 2002 to determine households below poverty line (BPL) left out many poor families. Nearly a decade later, the Union Ministry of Rural Development (MORD) is trying to set the wrong right. But it is unable to decide on the criteria for identifying poor …
A survey by the Indian government in 2002 to determine households below poverty line (BPL) left out many poor families. Nearly a decade later, the Union Ministry of Rural Development (MORD) is trying to set the wrong right. But it is unable to decide on the criteria for identifying poor …
With implementation now being the buzzword in the UPA-II, the Union rural development ministry is seeking to create a large pool of trained manpower to monitor the mplementation of a number of Central schemes at the grassroots level to improve their effectiveness. The rural development ministry is unveiling a "Lab …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to seek an estimated Rs 3,000 crore for rural connectivity under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) from the rural development ministry during the 2011-12 fiscal. Briefing newsmen after attending a high-level review meeting on the status and progress of the PMGSY in …
The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will take up the controversial Land Acquisition Bill in order to make it more practical. The bill has been hanging fire following opposition from UPA ally Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. Sources said the advisory body will discuss the issues related to the bill …
The government has finally notified the draft rules empowering the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to audit the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Under the rules, the director, local fund audit or a chartered accountant empanelled with the CAG, shall audit the schemes under the MGNREGA. …
Concerned over the performance of UPA flagship MGNREGA in the northeastern states, the government will review implementation of the rural job plan on April 19 in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. According to data available with the rural development ministry, in 2010-11, the monthly information system (MIS) indicating performance of the rural …
Landlessness & Illiteracy Come With Social Identity, Finds Survey Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN New Delhi: Scheduled Castes and Tribes constitute half of the total
THE government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it had given its consent for a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the utilisation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) funds in Orissa. "The consent to have an investigation into the alleged misappropriation and diversion of funds for the …
In order to get a deeper understanding of the problems in the rain-fed areas, the NAC on natural resources management would soon hold consultations with the rural development ministry, states and NGOs Concerned over asset creation under the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Sonia Gandhi-led …
A campaign to spread awareness on the MNREGS through two television commercials failed to penetrate the rural masses because of faulty planning, an impact assessment study by the Union Ministry of Rural Development has found. The MNREGS awareness campaign was aired on cable and satellite channels in UP, Rajasthan, Bihar …
New Delhi: A pilot survey finding that 25-30% of the rural population can be automatically excluded from food security entitlements for below poverty line population might help forge a consensus between the government and the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council. The
