Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Seema Chauhan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 30/05/2022. Grievance in the application is that 382 hectares of land is being removed for diamond mining in Bundelkhand, district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, as against the requirement of 65 hectares land. The …
Under the Bundelkhand Package, so far, an amount of Rs. 522 crore 22 lakh has been spent out of total Rs. 966.51 crore received as additional central assistance. This is 54 percent of the allocation. Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Government of India, M.S. Ahluwalia took the stock …
Accepting the logics and rational of the state the Central Planning Commission has approved the annual plan of Rs 47000 crore for the 2011-12 on Monday in Delhi. The state government has also assured the Planning Commission to increase its own resources during the same period. Despite getting the desired …
LUCKNOW: Reacting to the UPA government's charge that Uttar Pradesh has failed miserably in utilizing Central funds meant for development of drought-hit Bundelkhand, UP chief minister Mayawati on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to waive off loans issued by nationalized banks to farmers in the region …
Allahabad: Taking cognizance of TOI reports highlighting the plight of farmers in Bundelkhand and the alarming spurt in suicides in the region, the Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the central and state governments to submit a status report before it by July 15. The bench of Justice Sunil Ambwani …
Farmers Of Bundelkhand Get Govt Relief Cheques For 10 From State Govt Banda: When Sushil Kumar heard that the government was about to offer drought-hit farmers compensation in the form of monetary relief, his hopes rose. Production may have been poor, but all was not lost. With the compensation amount …
Credit Pushing Poor Farmers Into Vicious Debt Cycle Banda: Rising debt and increasing poverty: that is the story of the average farmer in Uttar Pradesh
Banda: Everything is in short supply here, especially hope. There was a flicker of it, though, when on April 30 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came here with Rahul Gandhi. Maybe the people were expecting a miracle, an end to the misery created by season after season of bad crops and …
With a war of attrition going on between the Union and the State governments over Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh has sought a 'Special Incentive Package' (SIP) for this rugged region as given to hill states, saying Rs 3000 crore given by the Centre was not enough. In a communication to the …
Appreciating the India-Oman collaboration, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated the Bina refinery in Sagar to the nation. Besides, he also announced a `7,266 crore package for the underdeveloped Bundelkhand region. The `12,100 crore Bharat-Oman Refinery Limited (BORL) project is situated in Bina or Sagar district. Describing it a …
The Centre on Thursday sanctioned an additional Rs 200 crore for Bundelkhand with the allocation aimed at addressing drinking water problems in the districts belonging to the region. The fresh infusion, over and above the Rs 7,266 crore special package that was announced for the region, following intervention Rahul Gandhi, …
With the Congress deciding to hold a rally in Banda on April 30 to highlight the miseries of the people living in Bundelkhand, the Bahujan Samaj Party Government has revived Uttar Pradesh's demand for a special package saying "without this help the region cannot prosper". "The State Government does not …
LUCKNOW: The forest officers were directed by the forest minister to meet the plantation targets for Bundelkhand and Vindhyachal regions for 2011-12 on time. The minister also sought clarification from 37 forest divisions, which have not met the plantation targets for the last year or the ones, where the quality …
Constant efforts are being made to increase milk production in Bundelkhand by the MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation. So far, the federation has constituted 120 milk cooperatives in the region since July 2010. Three thousand 565 members of these cooperatives are collecting six thousand 124 litres of milk on an …
Expansion of irrigation facilities in the six districts of Bundelkhand region is in full swing in Madhya Pradesh. For the purpose, the State Government has framed a special action plan worth `1,118 crore. Under the plan, various projects have been initiated in the region. The works will be completed in …
IT IS back to square one for the farmers of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh. Reeling under persistent drought from 2003-08, they were driven to mentha (mint) cultivation that promised good returns. Instead, it increased debts. Cultivation of this water-intensive crop is fast shrinking due to depletion of groundwater and …
Pests, Frost & Inability To Repay Loans Behind Desperation Damoh: At 9pm on December 28, Nandaram Raikwa from Kuluwakala village walked into the fields behind his house with a can of kerosene. Standing there amid a totally destroyed crop of arhar lentils, he poured the fuel on his body and …
LUCKNOW: In a bid to promote bamboo cultivation and its usage, the state forest department along with the national bamboo mission would hold a workshop here on January 10. Currently, in India, there are 1,275 varieties of bamboo. The national bamboo mission is to be implemented in 20 districts of …
The government on Thursday approved a new policy for allocation of power that is generated by upcoming state-run thermal power plants. The new policy, which was cleared by the Union Cabinet in its meeting, has reworked the Gadgil formula on power sharing and has earmarked 50 per cent to the …
