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 …
Pune: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has proposed a credit outlay of Rs 79,451.58 crore for Maharashtra in the 2013-14 fiscal. The outlay was released at the state credit seminar titled, ‘Development of rural infrastructure for accelerating inclusive growth’, by Nabard on Monday. The release of …
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) on Monday announced it has sanctioned Rs.47.50 crore to Tamil Nadu under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF XVIII) for executing water conservation and canopy improvement project in degraded forest lands. In a press release, Nabard Chief General Manager Lalitha Venkatesan said …
Scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) introduced their technologies developed for rural development and public welfare to officials from the district administration and city corporation here on Monday. During their three-day campaign under their social initiative 'AKRUTI' (Advance Knowledge and Rural Technology Implementation), the team of officials, is …
Agroforestry is a dynamic, ecological based, natural resources management system that, through the integration of trees on farms and in the agricultural landscape, diversifi es and sustains production for increased social, economic and environmental benefi ts for land users at all levels. Yet it is still considered a peripheral activity …
This budget publication, viz. “Socio-Economic Review, Gujarat State, 2012-13” has been prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Assembly. This publication presents a profile of key socio-economic activities and achievements in different sectors of the state economy for the year …
Plans on to construct check dams, recharge and village ponds at a cost of Rs.1.65 crore National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has called for intensive water and soil conservation/harvesting efforts in some blocks and other promotional efforts in Tiruchi district. In its Potential Linked Credit Plan, the …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a new project for development of villages through value addition in animal husbandry and innovations in agricultural practices in Bharatpur district. The emphasis will be on getting high returns on low investment. Launching the project at Sheorana village in …
The government has proposed an annual Plan of Rs 4,100 crore for 2013-14, which is an increase of 11 per cent from the current fiscal year Plan. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh stated this while addressing a meeting convened to ascertain the priorities of legislators for the finalisation of the Plan …
The Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh on Monday approved the construction of two roads in Arunachal Pradesh - Bameng to Lada (55 kms) and Miao to Vijaynagar (157 kms) - in principle under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Ramesh conveyed this to chief minister Nabam Tuki, …
PANJIM: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 141.10 crore to Goa under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) which government proposes to construct three crucial bridges ~ Calvim-Aldona bridge across the Mapusa River, Tormas-Ozrim bridge across Chapora River and a parallel Arpora-Baga …
Each of our schemes must incorporate ecological objectives, says Jairam; report, co-authored with UNDP, looks at what needs to be done To make important rural development programmes more environment-friendly, the ministry of rural development, along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Friday released a report defining ‘green’ outcomes …
This new report released by the rural development ministry examines environmental implications of its schemes & assesses their potential to deliver green results and contribute to the national goal of 'faster, sustainable & more inclusive growth'. The Ministry of Rural Development, with support from the UNDP released a report “Greening …
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement. The publication provides data sets, not only on the various facets of the economy of the country, but also …
Bihar statistical hand book is a biennial publication of the Directorate. Bihar statistical handbook 2012 is designed to give a synoptic view of the state economy through statistics. It incorporates tables with latest data on area and population, climate and rainfall, agriculture and irrigation, livestock, fisheries, forest, education, science and …
In what seems to be a "low-cost high-impact" project of the Punjab Government, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department has allocated Rs 6.56 crore to over 12,885 villages in the state to improve drinking water and sanitation facilities. Despite this little budget allocation of about Rs 5,100 per village, …
Idukki will get Rs one crore for drought relief works as part of a Rs 125 crore Central fund for various development projects in the five assembly constituencies of the district, P. T. Thomas, MP, has said. He said that Rs 50 crore has been sanctioned under the Idukki Package …
After bagging the best State awards in the sectors of health, horticulture and forest protection in succession, the Jammu and Kashmir bagged the `Best state award for poverty reduction’, which was conferred to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by Speaker Lok Sabha Meira Kumar at the awards giving function of …
The government is likely to shoot down the department of financial services’ (DFS) plan to appoint common banking correspondent companies for transferring cash to poor people, and replace it with a countrywide network of ‘micro ATMs’, as it seeks to finalise the last-mile payment architecture for cash transfers. In a …
Cows are still considered holy to the people of the Hindu faith across the Indian subcontinent. In this paper, the authors discuss details of the religious, historical, economic, cultural and sociological significance of the sacred cow in Hinduism. The authors also suggest options to use the sacred cow for the …
The Plan proposes an acceleration of growth over the plan period to reach 9 percent in the terminal year, yielding an average growth rate of 8.2 percent for the plan period as a whole. It emphasizes that the growth must be both inclusive and sustainable, and to achieve these objectives …
