Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
The conference of state sanitation ministers organised in Delhi by the rural development ministry called for accelerating Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) & mainstreaming rural sanitation agenda in the public domain. <br>
KOCHI: The conference on climate change and environment that concluded at Cochin University of Science and Technology on Tuesday suggested concerted efforts by the various stakeholders to check the increasing impact of climate change across the globe. In his presentation on the role played by self-government institutions in addressing climate …
KOLKATA, 18 OCT: The state health department has decided to provide bicycles under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) to reach remote areas in the blocks. A team of officials from NRHM recently visited various block primary health care centres and primary health care …
In April 2010, panchayats of five villages in Chamba district had rejected the proposal of GMR to shift the location of its mega hydel project at Bajoli Holi. GMR had proposed to shift the location of this 180 MW project from the right bank of Ravi river to the left …
This study of the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme between February 2006 and July 2009 in Birbhum district, West Bengal reveals that in order to serve as an effective
The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act of 2006 offer a great opportunity to provide equitable governance in tribal-dominated backward areas. But these laws are skeletons and need the flesh and sinews of operational rules and guidelines, removal …
While promising to release a sum of Rs 500 crore to keep the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) running in West Bengal at the earliest, the team from the Union rural development ministry that met the state panchayat minister today forced the state to frame a policy …
India is experiencing paradigm shift in rural sanitation with the launch of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). Mobilisation, motivation and innovative financial incentives are bringing about positive sanitation and hygiene behaviour changes amongst rural communities. This document seeks to capture successful case studies, success stories, and best practices from States …
The Haryana Government on Tuesday approved Rs. 52.50 crore under the Calamity Relief Fund for restoration of public infrastructure damaged due to floods in the Yamuna and heavy rain in August and September, Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati said after presiding over a meeting of the State level committee here. The …
The process of taking out Rabi Yatras for creating awareness about the efforts to ensure 15 per cent increase in farm productivity is on in Indore district. The process was set in motion on September 13 on the occasion of Balram Jayanti. These Yatras have been taken out in as …
A special audit carried out by the Rajasthan government has detected irregularities adding up to Rs 6.2 crore in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in 30 panchayats spread over nearly all districts of the state. The audit focussed on just the material expenditure component, and …
With acquisition for projects leaving no land for open defecation and residents being given enough money to build toilets, Rasoi can now stake claim to
The government is planning a dedicated panchayat service cadre to push development in the Left-wing extremism (LWE) affected areas. The thought has come after the realisation that availability of adequate manpower is critical to the successful implementation of the various Central welfare and development schemes in the rural areas, especially …
Bhopal, Sept 24: Ujjwal Gram Puruskar will be given to Nirmal Gram Panchayats so that villages should become clean and government schemes are implemented there in a better way. Under the scheme prizes to the tune of Rs seven lakh will be given away on the basis of population. Giving …
