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 …
Says Draft Land Policy Is Anti-Farmer Mumbai: Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday said there was no question of accepting the Centre’s controversial proposal to further reduce the ceiling on agricultural land. “The ministry of rural development has displayed a draft note on land reforms. Apparently, there is a proposal …
While the Opposition pillories the Planning Commission for using a formal definition of poverty that ensures the percentage of people below the poverty line is lower than what it ought to be, the government has begun moving to a broader and more realistic de facto definition that will include roughly …
The BPL census is scheduled to be completed in the next three to four months. The Census of the population Below the Poverty Line (BPL), meant to determine the number of the poor, has found close to half the rural population to so qualify, as against a 28 per cent …
The government is giving a fresh push to its flagship rural employment scheme ahead of the general elections, providing additional funds to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. To begin with, the rural development ministry will pump in . 200 crore each year, a senior official told ET, adding that …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today assured Arunachal Pradesh to allocate additional fund for covering more areas under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP).The minister’s assurance came when Lok Sabha member from Arunachal Takam Sanjoy called on the minister, official sources informed. “I’m aware of the problems of the …
The pre-empowered committee of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has cleared upgradation of the 2,834 km of roads in Gujarat. The estimated cost for the whole project is Rs 1,064 crore. Union minister of rural development Jairam Ramesh informed chief minister Narendra Modi about the Centre’s decision in …
The rural development ministry has released Rs 1078.72 crore proposal of the Odisha government for construction of roads and bridges under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said the pre-empowered committee of the ministry has approved …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced a special package of Rs 4,130 crore for rural development in Bihar. "The central government will provide this amount for rural development in Bihar," Jairam Ramesh told reporters here. The minister is on a two-day visit to the state to take stock …
Says budgetary provisions for hill state would be almost doubled to Rs 700 cr from Rs 450 cr under MNREGA Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has substantially raised financial aid for the floods-ravaged Uttarakhand. This includes a budget of Rs 700 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee …
In order to speed up the implementation of the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State a separate wing for this purpose would be created. It may be mentioned that Meghalaya has been a laggard in the execution of the flagship programme compared to other states in …
After announcing Rs 336 crore to rebuild 82 roads and 27 bridges in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the rural development ministry has offered to build 14,000 additional houses under Indira Awas Yojana. The ministry has also offered to help upgrade roads not covered under its rural roads scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram …
A new series on maternal and child malnutrition in The Lancet has revealed how malnutrition can be tracked even in unborn children by linking their weight with their gestational age. The figures for India are almost a decade old and from the 2005-06 National Family Health Survey but the four …
Linking the open defecation problem with malnutrition, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the Indian political class has been neglecting sanitation and made a strong pitch for bringing it on the national agenda. "As a country, we have stressed nutrition specific interventions, we have neglected nutrition sensitive interventions. In …
On 25 May, the ghastly Naxal attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Darbha, Chhattisgarh, jolted political leaders across the spectrum. Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh — who has been driving the development agenda in the tribal areas and is known to advocate a more empathetic response to …
Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary changes to the Act to implement it in the state. The Panchayat (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act covers tribal areas …
In an indication of poor planning and performance, only four of 28 states were able to meet their labour budget projections for the rural job guarantee scheme in 2012-13. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala performed beyond their labour budget estimates while Haryana met 100 per cent of what it …
Union minister for rural development JairamRamesh on Sunday said the Centre would spend Rs 145 crore on development of rural roads in the state. He said motorable roads would be provided to all habitations with a population of 250 and more. Jairam Ramesh told reporters here that the national rural …
'Make Karnataka open defecation-free by 2018' Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday expressed disappointment over the poor condition of sanitation in the State and set 2018 as the deadline for the Karnataka government to make state free of open defecation. Briefing reporters after holding a review meeting of …
The state has got Rs 2,133 cr for 2013-14 under the scheme Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday announced a bumper for Karnataka on his maiden visit to the state after Congress took over the reins a month ago. The minister has announced 49 per cent rise …
Centre sanctions 50,000 additional houses to state this year Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday said, implementation of the Indira Awas Yojana, a housing scheme, was very poor in the state during the BJP regime. Implementation of the Indira Awas Yojana is very bad in the state. …