Tripura Governor D N Sahaya has assured that the newly formed Left Front Government in Tripura would give utmost importance to eradication of poverty and improvement of overall socioeconomic condition of the people. Addressing the first session of the 10th Tripura Legislative Assembly here yesterday, Sahaya said a number of …
A tool to empower people in Assam's rural areas now faces serious threats as a result of Government apathy and public disinterest. The overall scene of rural libraries in the State is bleak with only a few having proper infrastructure, funds and personnel. In some libraries books are scarce or …
A five-day Afro-Asian workshop on Innovative Micro-credit Delivery Systems for Rural Poverty Alleviation began at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) in Comilla yesterday. Secretary to Rural Development and Cooperatives Division ATM Fazlul Karim inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest while Dr Abdalla Yahia Adam, secretary general, Afro-Asian Rural …
When he was the president of India, he made it a point to mention it in almost every speech he delivered. APJ Abdul Kalam underscored the importance of the Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) as a strategy to bridge the rural-urban divide and achieve balanced socio-economic development. …
Minister-designate for local government and rural development, Bashir Ahmed Bilour, has said that the new provincial government will ensure obtaining its hydel net profit and due share of the revenue generated from the province's tobacco produce from the centre. Talking to delegations of notables of the city here on Tuesday, …
There are 1,515 villages in the State, which are totally covered under the rural electrification programme. The number villages partially covered under the programme is 6,603. This was stated by Power Minister Pradyut Bardoloi in the State Assembly today in reply to a starred question from Independent member Pranab Kalita. …
Launches pilot project in Maharashtra M. Somasekhar Hyderabad, March 5 The successful e-Choupal model of ITC has provided impetus to an experiment in healthcare
The performance of agriculture sector during the year 2007-08, despite its record production of food grains, is still a cause for concern due its low rate of growth (2.6%) affecting the well being of farmers in various parts of the country. This calls for bold measures for bringing about a …
Says area under orchards increases to 97000 hectares, about 4000 hectares of additional land in Jammu division is being brought under fruit plantation under technology Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture during the current financial year raising the total area under horticulture to 97000 hectares. For this purpose, about 5 …
The Union Government, which has launched several schemes for inclusive growth and tackling the rural-urban divide, seems to be dragging its feet in sanctioning rural development projects submitted by the State Government. The Centre has not cleared 21 rural projects estimated at nearly Rs. 200 crore, and now officials are …
6,630 houses constructed for homeless families The Haryana Rural Development Department has spent Rs.175.14 crore so far for the welfare of Below Poverty line (BPL) families and creation of community assets and infrastructure in the villages, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Rural Development) Urvashi Gulati said on Saturday. In a …
JOBS: Allocation for the scheme, which provides job on demand to the rural population, is Rs 16,000 crore. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, the flagship programme of the UPA government, which provides job on demand to the rural population, has been extended to all the 596 rural districts in …
BHARAT NIRMAN: Allocation increased to Rs 31,280 crore against Rs 24,603 crore in 2007-08. Bharat Nirman, the flagship programme of the UPA government for rural infrastructure, with a cost of Rs 1,74,000 crore and a fast approaching deadline of 2009, got an allocation of Rs 31,280 crore this Budget. The …
Finance minister P. Chidambaram today gave a brief account of the progress made under the flagship programmes such as Bharat Nirman, which were aimed at boosting development in the rural areas. In his Budget speech, Chidambaram proposed to provide Rs 31,280 crore for Bharat Nirman as against Rs 24,603 crore …
Although the State Government has declared some villages as "model village' from time to time its apathy towards them has raised a question mark about the Government's sincerity in making these villages as model villages. Jhaskal village under Satrasal GP in Dhubri district located in the far-western Part of the …
Works would be undertaken under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the National Parks. This information was given by Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah at a meeting of officers of National Parks, Forest Department and National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme . This meeting of officers of National Rural Employment Guarantee …
In the wake of a CAG report pointing to "significant deficiencies' in the implementation of UPA Government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, the Union Rural Development Ministry has decided to keep all the In a recent letter to all MPs, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad has informed them about …
UPLIFTING RURAL ECONOMY: S.R.Rao, executive Director of Exim Bank (right), exchanging a memorandum of understanding on export of rural products with P.K.Kesavan (left), Director (Rural Business Hubs), Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj, in the presence of Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayat Raj, and Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of …
BRAC Bank has asked for permission to open 140 new branches this year as part of a huge expansion scheme aimed at bringing full banking services to rural areas. The move, if approved by Bangladesh Bank, will almost quadruple the size of the bank's existing branch network and will be …
