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 …
Suneeti Ahuja Kohli Payments made to NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers in the LWE-affected areas have become a bone of contention between banks and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The banks argue that they are incurring huge costs for disbursing payments to NREGA workers in the LWE …
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a Rural Development Ministry proposal to launch the National Rural Livelihood Mission that aims to reduce poverty in a time-bound manner through provision of diversified employment opportunities and skill development. The proposal for the big-ticket development mission was earlier approved by the Expenditure Finance …
Ranchi, June 2: The second social audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) will kick off in the state from Friday. Unlike last year
With the proposed food security law likely to get a momentum after the formal constitution of the National Advisory Council (NAC), under the chairmanship of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Rural Development Ministry has also decided to speed up the process for identification of rural below poverty line (BPL) families. …
The poor utilization of funds meant for rural development continues unabated in Orissa, especially in the backward districts of the state. The pointer to this fact is the gross under-utilization of the funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MG-NREGA) in Kalahandi, one of the poorest districts in …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Rural development ministry will create a database of biometric cards and share it with the UIDAI : Realising an urgent May 30: Realising an urgent need of transparency in the implementation of its flagship MGNREGA, the government will soon introduce biometric cards for the workers to …
priyadarshi siddhanta To ensure the widest possible coverage under the proposed Food Security Act, the government has formally begun the process of identifying the number of people living below the poverty line (BPL) in the urban areas also. The Planning Commission has set up a high-level committee to devise a …
NEW DELHI, May 26: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant-in-aid worth Rs.93,91,000 as first installment of central share of funds for the implementation of centrally sponsored Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) to be spread over 8 districts of Mizoram during the current financial year 2010-11. The objective …
NEW DELHI: Concerned at the depletion of level of ground water and general water scarcity in Meghalaya, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has released a grant-in-aid of Rs 31.41 crore to the State for 2010-11 to mitigate the problem. The release has been made for execution and completion of …
Seven years after it was announced from the Red Fort and after seven unsuccessful pilot projects in the Tenth Plan, the government is now looking towards the corporate sector for implementation of former president A P J Abdul Kalam
Big names like Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Jindal Steel, Tata Reality and Infrastructure, IL&FS;, IDFC have shown interest. PURA, the pet theme of former President Abdul Kalam -- Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
Sujay Nag Despite the best of intentions on the part of the government, many people hit by land acquisition for projects continue to get a raw deal. One corporate's efforts in this field may serve as a model to follow. The Government of India had laid down as the objective …
BHUBANESWAR: As traditional water sources are drying up and groundwater table is shrinking due to excessive exploitation, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has requested all the states to prepare village water security plan. The objective is to decentralise the water resources management with emphasis on community management of the …
KOLKATA, 5 May: The Union ministry of rural development will launch a scheme where basic urban amenities will be provided in rural areas through the public private partnership model. The scheme will be called Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA). The project will be taken up in all …
With more than 1.51 lakh habitations being affected by contaminated water and over 38 per cent of the rural population defecating in the open, the Centre will review the implementation of related development schemes with Rural Development Secretaries of the States and Union Territories during a two-day conference beginning in …
Minister for Panchayats and Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that Rs 625 crore has been allocated to 26 districts of the State for providing employment. He said that so far, savings accounts of over 66 lakh job card holders have been opened in banks and post offices. …
