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 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday identified 10,440 villages, spread over 15 of 30 districts, as drought-hit as more than 50 per cent of paddy crop was lost due to inadequate rainfall this monsoon. The affected farmers in 10,440 villages and urban pockets will get compensation as announced by the …
Chandigarh: Nine villages of Fatehgarh Saheb in Punjab are looking forward to integrated self-help community development projects with the help of the University of Utah and the School for Public Health of PGI. The University of Utah, USA, chief of public health Steve Alder said after an exploratory visit last …
Dryland farming has come to the rescue of drought-hit farmers of 22 villages in Gumla, courtesy agriculture scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Gumla, 150 km from Ranchi. Scientists are advocating dryland farming across Bishunpur, Ghaghra, Gumla, Kamdara and Sisai blocks, distributing seeds that grow well in uplands. Farmers …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELH Top corporates like the Tata and Reliance groups have chosen to stay away from the government's ambitious plans to provide urban amenities in the rural areas Top corporates like the Tata and Reliance groups have chosen to stay away from the government
Indian agriculture is already increasingly demand-driven. This will accelerate in future. More than two decades ago, we argued that agricultural diversification in India was basically driven by higher growth and domestic demand. The major impact of faster income growth was on domestic demand, leading a process of demand diversification in …
The state has set a target of connecting all villages having a population of 250 by roads as Rs 250 crore is being spent under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) during the current financial year. This was stated by Public Works Minister Gulab Singh while presiding over the …
ARNARAM POONAR & SUJATA RAGHAVAN Charkha Features THE definition of poverty has been at the core of discussions and commitments at the international level to address it and, by a logical conclusion, to eradicate it. This intent is the basis for the lofty Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN …
Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bharagava will tour the villages where Rural Livelihood Projects are being implemented to have an on the spot review of the projects. At the general body meeting of Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Project held at Mantralaya today, Bharagava directed to ensure wide …
Buoyed by the visit of the central leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh is concentrating on improving its image in rural Assam right now as it is almost final that the saffron party is going to fight it out alone in the coming Assembly elections. It needs to …
This paper seeks to critically examine the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) as a rights-based legal framework for guaranteeing basic livelihood security to rural households. The main concern of the paper is to examine the legal design and policy innovations and the extent to which …
Why is the right to food important for the rural and urban poor? How does it help women and children? What are the obligations of States in relation to the right to food? These and other questions are answered in the Fact Sheet on
With acquisition for projects leaving no land for open defecation and residents being given enough money to build toilets, Rasoi can now stake claim to
This new analysis published by WRI in collaboration with Center for Development Finance-IFMR focuses on the energy needs of India's rural poor and looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India. The goal of this report is to inform investors about the market potential of …
The government is planning a dedicated panchayat service cadre to push development in the Left-wing extremism (LWE) affected areas. The thought has come after the realisation that availability of adequate manpower is critical to the successful implementation of the various Central welfare and development schemes in the rural areas, especially …
The entry of FDI-driven modern retail in rural areas will induce, not throttle, growth in the food basket of the country THE government has initiated a timely and relevant debate on the desirability of allowing foreign investment in modern retail. But restricting the entry of FDI to cities with a …
Bhopal, Sept 24: Ujjwal Gram Puruskar will be given to Nirmal Gram Panchayats so that villages should become clean and government schemes are implemented there in a better way. Under the scheme prizes to the tune of Rs seven lakh will be given away on the basis of population. Giving …
KOLKATA, 20 SEPT: After a charge was levelled against the state government stating that it has failed to utilise Central funds allotted under NREGA, the state panchayats and rural development department has decided to use the meeting called by the Centre to discuss the future policies of panchayats as a …
The Chief Secretary, Shri Avani Vaish reviewed the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana here today at a meeting at the Mantralaya. The Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, Shri R. Parshuram also attended the meeting. At the meeting, the Chief Secretary Shri Vaish apprised himself of …
4/S/O/ Confining FDI in retail to the big cities will do farmers a disservice Surinder Sud / New Delhi September 21, 2010, 0:40 IST Are rural areas ill-suited for the organised retail business? This question has assumed significance in the ongoing debate on direct foreign investment (FDI) in retail, especially …
