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 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has released the key indicators of household consumer expenditure in India, generated from the data collected in its 66th round survey during July 2009 - June 2010. The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of household monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) and …
Agriculture continues to be the predominant component of the national economy and a principal means of livelihood for two thirds of country's population living in the rural areas. Hence, it occupies central stage in the Indian economy and the Government of India places high priority on reducing poverty by raising …
Ministers handling various departments in Assam submitted individual strategy papers, outlining various innovative and pragmatic schemes, to chief minister Tarun Gogoi this morning. The strategy papers were prepared in accordance with Gogoi
Leh has become the first district in the state to have its own five-year perspective plan 2011-16 for all 93 panchayat halqas of the district and Leh town for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as per the wishes and needs of people. The formulation …
Retail, marketing, construction & healthcare see action Companies faced with a shortage of hands in service-oriented, labourintensive sectors such as retail, marketing, construction and primary healthcare are heading to the rural hinterland to hire workers, with a bit of help from the government. In a public private participation (PPP) arrangement …
Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS), around 1.25 crore mandays employment has been created for over 52 lakh beneficiaries in 54 thousand villages in all districts of Madhya Pradesh. Not only were the jobs provided to the maximum beneficiaries but many important infrastructural development works have also …
GANDHINAGAR: After successfully completing the e-gram project of providing basic IT connectivity to all the district, taluka and village panchayats, the Gujarat government is now all set to launch a comprehensive e-panchayat project in order to create a complete database and monitor all the activities taken up in the rural …
Taking note of the failure of the Odisha government in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Center has decided to sanction only 25 per cent of the total funds earmarked for the state in the current fiscal. Moreover, the six districts in the state where …
Arunachal Pradesh is all set to launch a rural tourism project at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district by involving local people with the tourism department. Entitled as
BHUBANESWAR: The Government has set an ambitious target to improve the condition of 10 lakh hectares of agricultural land through watershed management programmes for sustainable livelihood in rainfed areas. The target will be achieved in next five years. The Government claimed to have taken drought-proofing measures over an area of …
PIRAVOM: The National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA), a multi-crore project for the conservation of soil and development of agriculture, is dragging in the state. Only 15 percent of the Rs 50 crore allotted by the Central Agricultural Ministry has been spent till date. The amount was allotted …
The World Bank will give India . 5,000 crore to start a comprehensive rural livelihood mission in 12 poorest states of the country which have around 85 % of the India
JAMMU : The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar today dedicated the newly created facilities to the people developed under the Model Village development scheme at Akalpur village of Marh Block. The facilities developed include a community facility centre, Rural Informatic Computer center, Children
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a rural livelihood programme, another ambitious poverty alleviation plan after the popular rural jobs guarantee scheme. The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), launched in Rajasthan
The Union government will set up an independent financial institution to give funds for effective functioning of the self-help groups (SHGs) and better empowerment of the rural poor. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi announced this while launching the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), which will be funded through financial institutions. As …
