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 …
Kandi (Murshidabad), Jan. 4: Residents of a Murshidabad village have given up their land to build a road that will reduce the distance to the nearest place where schools, government offices and banks are located, the endeavour inspired by a similar effort in a neighbouring pocket. Ninety villagers of Tentulia …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will shortly send the action plan under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to the Centre for approval. Though the Government had decided to include all the blocks under NRLM in phases during the next five years, the programme will be implemented in four blocks each …
GUWAHATI, Jan 1 – Asserting that militancy had been on the wane with most of the outfits engaged in peace talks, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced a number of ‘special initiatives’ aimed at boosting the spheres of education, health, rural development, border area development, etc. The schemes would be …
Urges Montek to consider changes for effective implementation of projects in LWE-affected areas With an eye to ensure that the government’s development efforts are effective in the Left Wing extremistaffected areas, the rural development ministry is pushing to make block the basic unit and involve elected representatives in the rolling …
The spikes in global food prices in 2007-8 served as a wake-up call to the global community on the inadequacies of our global food system. Commodity prices doubled, the estimated number of hungry people topped one billion, and food riots spread through the developing world. A second price spike in …
The present issue of the Statistical Year Book India 2012 is 45th edition of the publication in the series. The present volume of the publication contains comprehensive data on economic and social sectors, spread in 44 chapters covering more than 350 tables. The data includes the latest state-wise indicators. In …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has pointed to “operational” shortcomings in the government’s efforts to tackle the decades-old Maoist insurgency through developmental work and urged greater political involvement to deal with it more effectively. The minister made the suggestion in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after touring Left-wing …
Priyungal, a far-flung village situated at an altitude of 2,600 m in Kolka gram panchayat in Chamba district, has been identified to be made as a ‘model village’ under the the village development programme undertaken jointly by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and local NGO Arpana. …
The World Bank (WB) has agreed to fund for implementation of the North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP) in nine districts of four northeastern states including Tripura, officials said here on Thursday. WB has approved a 130 million US dollar credit to empower rural communities in the Northeast and improve …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is learnt to have reluctantly agreed to file an appeal against a Karnataka High Court verdict in September that NREGS wages cannot be fixed lower than what is prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act. For over a month, Ramesh was opposed to the idea of …
Bhopal : With the Centre giving its in- principle consent for providing funds under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for smaller villages, the dream of the people of 2,494 villages in Madhya Pradesh to have all- weather roads would be fulfilled soon. The issue of providing funds for connecting …
DIMAPUR: Coinciding with the Mon District Village Development Board (VDB) Conference 2011, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, inaugurated the celebration for achievement of cent percent rural housing of Tobu village on December 9 last at Tobu. With the inauguration of cent percent rural housing, Tobu village became the second village …
The US continues to be the biggest donor for Indian NGOs, contributing a little less than one-third of the total Rs 10,337 crore received by various NGOs. NEW DELHI: The US continues to be the biggest donor for Indian NGOs, contributing a little less than one-third of the total Rs …
JHANSI: Unhappy over poor implementation of the Centre's Bundelkhand package, Planning Commission's deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Sunday that he would write to the chief ministers of UP and MP about the state of affairs. "Out of three years of time limit given to implement the package, …
Tamil Nadu is one of the most socially developed and economically progressive States in the country and progressing faster in terms of per capita income and Human Development Indicators (HDI). The Eleventh Plan (2007-12) was formulated with the broad objective of ensuring steady growth and sustainable economic growth coupled with …
Study says natural growth of urban population added largest chunk of 40m people to urban areas & sees rapid urbanisation of villages as challenge Rapid urbanisation of villages and expansion of urban areas pose a more pressing challenge to Indian policymakers and administrators than migration of people from rural areas …
The country’s main planning body will overhaul of the system of village panchayat in the next Five-Year Plan period to improve its functioning and check siphoning of funds meant for social sector programmes. Over 250,000 panchayats or village councils in the country collectively handle about . 90,000 crore in social …
Shillong, Nov. 20: The Meghalaya government is planning to launch a training programme on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for its beneficiaries, who are unaware of the scheme. Launched in February 2006, NREGS aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in …
Shillong, Nov. 20: The Meghalaya government is planning to launch a training programme on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for its beneficiaries, who are unaware of the scheme. Launched in February 2006, NREGS aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in …
For the first time in the history of panchayati raj in India, the government is planning to bring statutory provisions to mandate videography of gram sabha meetings and scheduling of these meetings at predetermined dates, to be communicated to villagers in advance. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj in seeking legal …
