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 …
T.V. Gopalakrishnan The need to support the rural sector has been well recognised and the efforts in this direction have been enormous and institutions set up to aid this sector are aplenty. The allocation of resources exclusively to develop the agriculture and other rural segments of the economy by the …
Rajahmundy, June 23: With special emphasis on rural development, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, (Nabard) has taken up several activities in East Godavari. As part of infrastructure development, Rs 370 crore was sanctioned for 670 various projects in the district. Of these, works relating to roads and …
Jamshedpur, June 22: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to initiate steps to ensure better production of rice in Jharkhand through implementation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in villages. It has decided to rope in NGOs for starting the project across the state. …
Shimla: The NABARD-funded Doodh Ganga scheme has taken off on a flying note with as many as 1,123 individuals and self-help groups (SHGs) securing loans to the tune of Rs 22.96 crore by March 31 last, within five months of the launch of the scheme. The beneficiaries were provided interest …
BALANGIR: The neem trees that were once planted aplenty in Balangir by erstwhile kings, have come as a boon for denizens of the district with NABARD introducing Integrated Neem Development Plan, touted as the first project on neem in the country. After introduction of the plan, around 10,000 women, mostly …
SHG and their federations have become a movement in India. To sustain the benefits emerging from this movement, it is important that they become independent in all aspects and take full ownership. This means that the facilitating agencies should minimise their role, withdrawing gradually. Self regulation of SHGs and their …
Parinathi, a Non Government Organisation is bringing smiles on the faces of farmers in 5 GPs of Kadur taluk by providing technical assistance. It has been taking up watershed works, promoting organic farming and self-employment to economically backward families for the last 2 years. The organisation will work for the …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has done laudable work for rural infrastructure development in the state and has fully utilised funds allocated to it. This has been said by chairman of National Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Shri Umesh Chandra Sarangi in a letter to the state government. He also said that …
Today, it's high time to harness the natural potential resources emanating the energy to fulfil the daily needs. NABARD, which is the apex institution for imparting agriculture loans, technology development for enhancing the socio-economic status of the farmers, identified village Jatakhera of Sehore district where nearly 64 households are still …
Supply of potable water through pipelines will soon be part of history. People will have to get their daily quota of potable water from the nearest reverse osmosis (RO) centre. However, this quota of purified water will be just enough to meet an individual
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has sought assistance worth Rs 1,000 crore from the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for eight projects in the state. Disclosing this here today, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said a project worth Rs 124.50 crore has been recommended for setting up low-cost …
Farmers of the state as well as self-help groups (SHGs) have many a reason to thank National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard). One of them financial uplift. At a news meet in the state capital today, chief general manager of Nabard, Jharkhand unit, M.V. Ashok announced that the …
ITANAGAR, Mar 31: In response to the clarion call of Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh for a Clean, Green and Plastic Free Arunachal, NABARD has sanctioned a pilot project on Solid Waste Management under its Rural Innovation Fund to be implemented in the state capital. The project is sanctioned …
R. Sairam For improving a sugarcane harvester he has invented ENCOURAGING:P. Kantharaj of Arapalayam in the city demonstrating the sugarcane harvester invented by him. MADURAI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs. 1.38 lakh to a farmer here for improving a sugarcane harvester he invented. …
Sugarcane is cultivated on 5,732 ha in the district Families making briquettes earn Rs. 800 to Rs. 1,000 daily TIRUNELVELI: Making of carbon briquettes, a cost-effective alternative fuel from the sugarcane trash, is gradually picking up in the district. The collection of wood for fuel or illegal felling of trees …
