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 …
Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh announced a national award for sanitation and water in the name of Maharashtrian saint Sant Gadge Baba. The Minister toured several villages in Satara district in Maharashtra to inspect the work of the Nirmal Gram Yojana for sanitation on …
Noting that economies of developing countries are impacted by climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pitched for greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address short and long term challenges in this regard. “I believe that in the future we will need to tackle the short term and …
Noting that the economies of developing countries are being impacted by climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday demanded greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address the challenge. “We need to tackle the short and long-term environmental challenges that our economies face,” the PM emphasised “in order …
Noting that economies of developing countries are impacted by climate change, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday pitched for greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address short and long-term challenges in this regard. “I believe that in the future we will need to tackle the short-term …
DHAN Foundation has been awarded the Jindal Prize 2011 for its contributions in rural development and poverty alleviation. The prize carries Rs 1 crore cash to further its initiatives. Briefing about the prize in a meet with the press here recently, Mr M.P. Vasimalai, Executive Director of DHAN Foundation, said …
A standing committee of the Legislature comprising members from the Assembly and the Council will oversee the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and other rural development schemes to put an end to embezzlement of its funds. Responding to a demand made by the Opposition in …
Project management unit to have 4 separate wings A separate mechanism has been created with headquarters in Cuddalore for monitoring and management of rehabilitation projects in cyclone ‘Thane' affected areas. K. Veera Raghava Rao, Additional Collector, took charge as Project Director (Thane Rehabilitation), in the presence of Collector Rajendra Ratnoo, …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the e-panchayat system, a new initiative of the State Government at a State-level function at Garhakota in Sagar district on March 2. The function will be presided over by Panchayat and Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava. Minister of State Dev …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has expressed satisfaction over the progress in Jharkhand in the field of rural development. The Minister also assured the State of more funds under centrally sponsored schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojya (PMGSY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNGREGA) and …
Strong rural organizations like producer groups and cooperatives are crucial to hunger and poverty reduction. They allow small producers to play a greater role in meeting growing food demand on local, national and international markets, while improving their own economic, social and political opportunities. This thinking connects a series of …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) on Government of Odisha relates to matters arising from Performance Audit of selected programmes and activities and Compliance Audit of Government departments and Autonomous Bodies. The primary purpose of the Report is to bring to the notice of the …
Both women and men play a significant role in safeguarding food security, and their respective roles and responsibilities need to be well understood to ensure that men and women benefit equally from climate-smart agriculture practices. Little research, however, has been undertaken to understand how men and women are adapting to …
SHILLONG: The state government has today said that the proposed Integrated Basin Development would eradicate poverty by the year 2020 if implemented in the 12th 5-year plan, beside other benefit like creating a multiplier effect in the rural economy. Expected outcome from this proposed integrated basin also include the entrepreneurial …
The State Government’s claim of increasing the growth rate has fallen flat. In Madhya Pradesh, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2010-11 was recorded at 8.17, whereas in 2009-10 it was 10.50. Thus it clearly indicates a downfall of more than 2 per cent in GDP of the …
Speakers at a launching ceremony of 'Social Watch Report-2012' said the rich countries responsible for climate change should assist Bangladesh to face the environmental challenge. Climate change is a serious threat to Bangladesh as rise of sea level due to global warming might displace millions of people living in coastal …
Can Jairam Ramesh become the next president of the World Bank? Unlikely, but in the steady drumbeat of the demand that the next World Bank president must come from the developing world, the rural development minister’s name is being heard alongside several other competent names from the wrong side of …
Amid increasing pointers to a slowdown in the hinterland, the Government is planning to conduct its Sixth Economic Census in collaboration with states during the course of this year. The focus, for the first time ever, will be on gathering entrepreneurial data at village and ward level, especially for unorganised …
Jharkhand wants the Centre’s go-ahead for forest diversion to set up 17 CRPF camps in Saranda, even though forest clearance authority lies with the state and the move is only expected to delay the process of setting up security hubs in the saal reserve. Sources said in a letter last …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday cleared the decks for a huge fund outlay which is set to bolster Bihar's rural infrastructure. Speaking to journalists here, Mr. Ramesh said the Union Rural Ministry would pump in Rs. 2,500 crore for laying of over 6,500 km of rural roads …
PATNA, 14 FEB: Against the backdrop of alleged irregularities in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MNREGA) in Uttar Pradesh, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today said the onus was also on the states to keep a “strict vigil” to prevent misuse of central funds and …
