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 …
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — a specialised agency of the United Nations based in Rome — has decided to chip in with funds to aid promotion of livelihood in the tribal hinterland. The move, which is in line with IFAD’s goal of empowering poor rural men and …
Marg Ltd, a Chennai-based integrated infrastructure company plans to launch a ‘Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas' project in Karaikal. The company won the Rs 93-crore public private partnership project of the Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India through competitive bidding. The PURA projects envisage provision …
With an aim to protect fertile land of the State, Uttarakhand Government on Tuesday approved the Uttarakhand Agriculture Policy according to special agriculture zones (SAZ) would be notified. Also, voluntary land consolidation (VLC) would be welcomed by the State. The Cabinet sanctioned a grant of Rs 35 lakh with immediate …
This draft report by the Planning Commission, which presents an approach to the twelfth five year plan among other things outlines some of the challenges related to agriculture, natural resources management and water resources management.
Recommending the government to ensure that “at least two-thirds of investment” under the NREGS is channelled towards “natural resources management”, the National Advisory Council Thursday decided to suggest to the government to set up a “mission structure for intensive support and facilitation” for decentralised planning and implementation of the scheme …
Months ago, when a bunch of “foreigners” came to meet Nileema Mishra, she considered it as just another visit by people who wanted to see her work. But later, when the group closely started vetting her work at the Bhagini Nivedita Gramin Vigyan Niketan (BNGVN), an organisation she started in …
The National Mission for Empowerment of Women will soon establish a state-level resource centre to bring about coordination among the schemes of different government departments to ensure the empowerment of all sections of women. This was disclosed during a consultative meet and workshop on Operationalisation of NMEW in Assam organised …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Rural Development Department to give priority to sanitation measures in all schools and hostels. Naveen on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of total sanitation campaign (TSC) in the State. He directed that mainly schools and hostels meant for girls should have all sanitation …
Amid the furore over misappropriation of funds meant for development, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has proposed bringing all rural development programmes worth about Rs 90,000 crore under the ambit of the government auditor. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh welcomed the proposition after he met CAG today to discuss …
In order to ensure self help groups better livelihoods opportunities by strengthening them, the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) would be implemented in ten districts of the state that include - Mandla, Dindori, Balaghat, Shahdol, Anuppur, Sheopur, Dhar Jhabua Badwani and Aalirajpur. The NRLM would be implemented by the State …
- Centre-sponsored dairy entrepreneurship changes face of tribal hamlet Joba Murmu (35) had to watch her husband Chako die of a chest ailment last year, as there was no money for treatment. But now, she sends her daughter Dulari (14) to a private Hindi medium school in Jamshedpur by bus. …
NEW DELHI, 18 JULY: Seeking to promote self-employment among women, the government has proposed to bring down the interest rate on bank lending to self help groups (SHGs) at par with that on crop loans to farmers and set up a dedicated national bank for women SHG on the lines …
New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh put Rahul Gandhi and National Advisory Council (NAC) in focus on his first day in the rural development ministry, drafting the Sonia Gandhi-chaired panel in the internal review meetings and pushing the post-padyatra politics by telling the ministry that the land acquisition bill be
A loss for environment is a gain for rural development. That's how an environmental activist responded on hearing news of shifting of Mr Jairam Ramesh from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Rural Development. Hated by corporates and liked by quite a few environmental activists, Mr Jairam Ramesh's …
He hogged the limelight for clashes with corporate interests and for outspoken statements. There will soon be a new set of glass doors at Krishi Bhavan. The newly elevated Cabinet Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh plans to bring the doors — a signature element of his interior décor right …
Accepts To Cover 75% Rural, 50% Urban Population New Delhi: The government is set to accept the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council’s recommendation tocover 75% rural and50%urban population under a food security law,butwantstokeep the percentages outside the language of the Act itself. UPA-2 is inclined to set the percentage of …
The farm sector cries out for reform. And we must start by amending the marketing and land lease laws In the rapidly transforming Indian economy all the attention has consistently centered on the emerging sectors, almost by default. Though not by design, agriculture has ended up a much neglected sector …
This National Food Security Bill, 2011 has been approved by Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and sent to the government. It seeks legal food entitlements to 90 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban households. An Act to ensure public provisioning of food and related measures to enable assured …
