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, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to take the energy-saving mantra to every household, Biotech- the Centre for development of bio-gas technology and other non- conventional energy sources - plans to start energy clubs throughout the State. The project is expected to create a marked difference wherever waste and waste disposal pose …
TAMBARAM: Six town panchayats in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Kancheepuram district will have their underground drainage projects in place in a couple of years. The Union Ministry of Urban Development, according to the town panchayat officials, has given its nod for the project to be implemented in the six …
Karthik Madhavan BHAVANI: Appakoodal Town Panchayat has been implementing solid waste management for the past one year. It collects about 500 kg of waste a day from six of the 15 wards. About 300 of the 500 kg comes from households and the rest from commercial establishments. With the help …
Staff Reporter Pollachi: A training programme on Solid Waste Management for the presidents of village panchayats was organised at Pollachi Municipality recently A release from the Municipal Commissioner, K.R. Selvaraj said that solid waste management scheme was being implemented successfully in Pollachi and a ban has been imposed on use …
This paper documents the Andhra Pradesh experience of institutionalizing social audits into the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and uses it to analyze the social audit process. It draws on empirical work aimed at measuring the effectiveness of social audits conducted in Andhra Pradesh between March and …
This paper documents the Andhra Pradesh experience of institutionalizing social audits into the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and uses it to analyze the social audit process. It draws on empirical work aimed at measuring the effectiveness of social audits conducted in Andhra Pradesh between March and …
Chief Minister Pawank Chamling, who has led the march towards prosperity since he took over on December 12, 1994, says the beautiful state of Sikkim will soon be a developed state on the basis of its natural and human resources. He enlists some of the initiatives taken by his government …
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 22 Benaulim villagers cried foul over the Regional Plan 2021 with the people demanding the government to meet the expenses towards preparing the plan or threatened to draw the own village panchayat taking into account the requirements of the village. As the draft plan was conspicuous …
COIMBATORE: Solid waste management is progressing in all the 52 town panchayats in the district, even though at least half of them are struggling to find land to create landfills for the disposal of non-biodegradable waste. But, almost all of them have managed to find ways to make manure out …
Hail those who bail themselves out Move over, Dwalpment. Beyond boom-and-bust cycles, there exists the exponential effect of growing grass to bind the soil, planting trees once the soil is so held, catching every drop of water clouds supply, accounting for every drop of water demanded, and so prospering. The …
With varying statistics on the number of kids in child labour (between six to 100 million), the ministry of panchayati raj believes the government needs to follow the Kerala model and use panchayats to track down the status of every child drop-out. Mr A.N.P Sinha, secretary of the ministry of …
Visakhapatnam, Jan. 4: People of 32 panchayats which were merged with the Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (G-VMC) two years ago have a special reason to celebrate this year
Beneficiaries of National Rural Employment Guarantee programme will get Rs 100 per day. Rural development and Panchayat Raj department has issued an order in this respect. The State government will contribute Rs 15 along with Union government which is already paying Rs 85. Disclosing this at a meeting to review …
A survey of households in six villages in Birbhum district of West Bengal provides evidence that decentralisation in delivery of water supply leads to better quality of services. The participation of the local government in distribution of water supply, and household contribution to operation and maintenance appear to have a …
It seems India just can't save its little babies. Globally 9.7 million babies under five die and 2.1 million are in India alone. Around 27 million births occur in India every year, but 1.7 million infants die before one year and 1.08 million within one month. An India Report on …
The NREGP is the largest ever employment programme in human history and India will have to allocate Rs 30,000 crores every year to sustain this programme. It has, since it was implemented, made news across the country, some good and some not so good.
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, is a landmark legislation that recognizes and provides a framework for vesting forest use, protection and conservation rights, and occupation in forest land, to tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, residing in such forests for generations.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Sunday that a sum of Rs.10,000 per acre yearly would be given to those panchayats whose land would be acquired under the Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojna for carving out 100-100 square yard plots to be given to the members belonging to …
In order to provide 100 days employment in a year to rural unemployed, the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has started its operations in various Gaon Panchayats of the district under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). As a part of the operation, the NREGA was also inaugurated at …
