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 : The food ministry is finalising a proposal to rechristen the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) as Indiramma Anna Yojana after the former prime minister and Congress leader. The food security Act won't be renamed. Food minister KV Thomas said the new name for the existing TPDS has …
New Delhi : At a time when Nitish Kumar and his party JD(U) are exploring their political options, with Kumar participating in Left convention on Wednesday, the Congress appears to be making all effort to reach out to the Bihar CM. In the latest attempt, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh …
It is the country’s longest road project under PMGSY The Centre has cleared the 157 km Miao-Vijaynagar road project that will connect the remote Vijaynagar circle in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh along the India-Myanmar border, 100 km of it passing through the Namdapha National Park. Touted to be the …
The Planning Commission has convened a meeting of ministries concerned next month to discuss the issues related to mining, including the ban on such activities in some states. "We have called a high-level meeting of the ministries concerned next month to discuss the issues related to mining sector, particularly the …
Seeking to dispel the impression that the Food Security Act was against the interests of States like Tamil Nadu, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said Tamil Nadu was ranked fourth among the States that would gain immensely from the law. “I am not making a political statement. …
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the 2013 Land Acquisition Act would come into force on January 1, 2014. The Ministry’s website specifies draft rules elaborating the process of implementation of the law, and also invites comments from stakeholders, including industries, non-governmental organisations and civil society. …
Setting up of a national resource centre for monitoring the smooth acquisition of land and the creation of state-level social impact assessment (SIA) units, along with timelines for completing the consent taking exercise from the affected land owners, are among the key highlights of the ‘first set of draft rules’ …
The central government has sanctioned Rs 1,493 crore for construction of 2,982-km road in the state under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh communicated the Centre's decision to chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday. Ramesh said last year the Centre had sanctioned Rs 2,445.75 …
Even as the Centre released another instalment of Rs.431.5 crore for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act in Uttar Pradesh, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has once again drawn Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s attention towards the need to improve the State’s performance. In another letter written …
The Ministry of Rural Development will soon put up maps demarcating the availability of wasteland in the country to help in the process of land acquisition, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. Ideally, non-irrigated land should be the first to be acquired, Ramesh said, while addressing the industry …
Keeping his promise to focus on creating durable assets under the UPA’s flagship rural employment guarantee programme, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has made changes to the programme’s guidelines. In a letter sent to all chief ministers, Ramesh announced a clarification to the operational guidelines of the Mahatma Gandhi National …
The new land acquisition law, replacing a 119-year-old legislation, will be notified in the next two months, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013, passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session, received the President's …
In July this year, there was high drama around Maruti Suzuki's Manesar factory in Haryana. The factory was set up on 600 acres of land acquired in two phases in 2004 and 2005, and its landowners filed references under Section 18 of the existing Land Acquisition Act seeking higher compensation …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was not a permanent solution for providing jobs in rural parts of the country. “I do not see MGNREGS as a permanent employment generating programme. It is a transition programme for a …
Only 18% Have All 3 Facilities; Fall In Agriculture’s GDP Share: Report One in five rural households has none of three basic facilities — drinking water, electricity and sanitation — while only about 18% have access to all three. The India Rural Development Report 2012-13 released by Jairam Ramesh on …
Says state govt must find alternative bauxite mine for Vedanta Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh today slammed the Odisha government for fuelling Naxal movement in the state by adopting a ‘very lopsided land acquisition policy’. Emphasising that the new land acquisition act proposed by the Centre would remove the …
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 will prevent forced acquisition and protect the rights of farmers and tribal people, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, he said the new law, would ensure that …
New Delhi: A good number of dalits and tribals may be left out of the ambit of the ambitious Food Security Act, with the socio-economic caste census reporting less number of households of the two communities than found by the decennial census, a prospect that has made the government jittery. …
Jairam Ramesh said these were in response to decades of injustice done to masses in the name of development. The draft rules of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act would be ready on September 30, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on …
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013 includes penalties for officials who fail to implement its provisions, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has said. The Bill was amended to exclude irrigation projects from Social Impact Assessment and application of retrospective …
