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 …
“Need for regulatory space for MFIs so they function without affecting SHGs” The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) would connect at least one woman from every poor household across the country with self-help groups (SHGs) in five years, Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. “The objective …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Irrigation Department to moot a proposal for amending the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act to check the growing malpractice of water theft in the state. In a meeting held to review the functioning of the department this morning, Badal asked the …
GUWAHATI: Continuing its support for rural infrastructure development in Assam, NABARD has sanctioned two projects to the Assam Government under RIDF-XVII for a total sum of Rs 138.34 crores. Under the two projects, a total of Rs 16.73 crore have been sanctioned for 5 rural road projects in Golaghat district …
NABARD extending big assistance The government has sanctioned Rs.1,000 crore for the Public Works Department (PWD) to take up works of road and construction of bridges.The funds have been made available for the Rs.701-crore projects announced in the last budget and for the Rs.291.33-crore road development project being implemented with …
Works to be completed within 27 months: Palani Manickam The National Highways Department has sanctioned Rs.1,402 crore for laying four-lane on the national highway from Vikkiravandi to Thanjavur, said S. S. Palani Manickam, Union Minister of State for Finance, here on Friday. He told reporters that the works would be …
The Health Department has approved programmes under the unified master plan package for relief and remediation of endosulfan victims in Kasaragod district. The Rs. 136-crore package is funded by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Health Minister Adoor Prakash said in an official release here on Tuesday that …
GUWAHATI: The State Irrigation Department has geared up to implement new irrigation schemes in Assam and to also complete the schemes that are under construction within this year. Talking to mediapersons, Irrigation Department chief engineer Tilak Chandra Das said that out of the total 627 minor irrigation schemes under the …
Shimla: The government has proposed a Rs 3,700-crore annual plan for 2012-13, an increase of 12.12 per cent over the current year’s plan of Rs 3,300 crore. Stating this while initiating discussions with MLAs for finalising the priorities here today, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the growth rate at 9.5 …
Jatakheda, a small village in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh is different from other villages of the State, as it has the distinction of being the first village to have its very own wind energy power unit. Jatakheda sarpanch Devji Mewara while talking to VivaCity said, “Having lived in darkness …
Farmers always wonder how the price of produce shoots up the moment it leaves their hands. The crop in their hands is quoted below the MSP (minimum support price). A week or two later, prices in the secondary and tertiary markets skyrocket, leaving fruits of their labour somewhere else. Farmers …
Rs.99.63 crore from the agency constitutes 85 per cent of approved projects The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to sanction nearly Rs.100 crore to implement a special package for upgrading infrastructure in 11 endosulfan-hit panchayats in the district. “The NABARD assistance of Rs.99.63 crore from …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has introduced a Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (NWR) system to help farmers avoid distress sale of their produces. Post-harvest loans In a statement here on Friday, NABARD chief general manager K.C. Shashidhar said the NWRs would enable small and marginal farmers with …
National Agriculture Bank and Rural Development (NABARD) has agreed to provide more funding support and guidance in agriculture sector to boost farming sector in the State. The issue was discussed at a high level meeting of NABARD officials held under the chairmanship of Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir here …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced a new refinance scheme in order to incentivise banks to accelerate the pace of creation of quality warehousing facilities for agricultural commodities, particularly for reducing post harvest losses, According to Lalitha Venkatesan, Chief General Manger of NABARD, Tamil Nadu …
JAMMU: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has formulated potential-linked credit plans ( PLCPs) worth Rs 4,180 crore to give a boost to the agriculture sector in Jammu and Kashmir in 2012-13. "The credit potential under the priority sector, estimated at Rs 4,180 crore, is the aggregation of …
BHUBANESWAR: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Thursday announced a credit plan of Rs 30,000 crore for the State for 2012-13. Last year the Bank had made a credit plan of Rs 25,000 crore. NABARD’s Chief General Manager (CGM), Odisha Circle, K K Gupta, said that …
NABARD releases Rs.4 crore for laying 12 rural roads The State Government has allocated flood relief assistance of Rs. 8 crore to the district, P. Mohan, chairman of Tamil Nadu Assembly Petitions Committee, has said. Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Mr. Mohan said Rs. 7 crore had been allocated …
More than 200 farmers from across the city underwent special training in zero budget farming as part of a farming training and farmers' mela that concluded here on Sunday. The training, jointly organised by the Kerala Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), had …
Bhopal : NABARD chief general manager S Akbar on Wednesday said 8% agriculture growth in the last fiscal in Madhya Pradesh is an encouraging development given that 70% people are dependent on agriculture in the state. “This financial year, the state government wants to rev up agriculture growth to 10%,” …
KOCHI: The PWD will soon start the road work for Rs1,343 crore allotted by the Finance Department, said Public Works Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju. After a review meeting of the top officials of PWD here on Tuesday, the minister said the Urban Development Project under the Road Fund Board …
