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 …
rajesh shukla Most discussions on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) have focused on one of few things, the leakages in the implementation of the scheme, the inadequate number of jobs created, and some even talk of how NREGA has resulted in food inflation going up in various districts …
Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has come out with an Rs 4,668-crore integrated watershed management perspective (IWMP) plan for treatment of 31,12,472 hectare in the state. Highly placed official sources told FE that
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The Centre is likely to adopt the now-famous Haryana model for recompensing displaced people whose land is acquired for big industrial projects. There will be amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill for providing an annuity to be paid to land owners as part of the compensation …
Jalpaiguri, Sept. 15: Rahul Gandhi today accused the state government of hindering the implementation of the NREGS in the tea belt to prevent poor garden workers from joining the
In Saraiyahat block of Dumka district in Jharkhand, a state administration board announces completion of a dam and pond for Janardan Yadav of Pagwara village under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 190,364. The project — code 3411002011 is mentioned on the …
THE Centre has approved a proposal for recruitment of 10 lakh technically-qualified personnel for execution of rural development programmes of gram panchayats. A brainchild of rural development minister C P Joshi, who also holds the reins of the panchayati raj ministry, the move is expected to strengthen panchayati raj institutions, …
TURA: To facilitate speedy and proper implementation of all centrally sponsored schemes and projects in Garo Hills, the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Agatha K Sangma, who also happens to be the local MP, held a review meeting on the progress of works pertaining to rural development with …
Pumps will be made available for irrigation to the beneficiaries of Kapildhara wells. For this objective, camps will be organised in the districts covered under Bundelkhand package. A beneficiary farmer will himself select the pump to be given to him. Giving this information, Panchayat & Rural Development and Social Justice …
Ranchi, Sept. 12: A centrally sponsored adult education scheme of the department of school education and literacy, Saakshar Bharat Programme, will start soon in the districts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Dumka and Dhanbad, focussing on women
This document prepared by Gandhi Peace Foundation, is a blueprint of the Himalayan People's Manifesto. The manifesto has been brought out with the help of various documents prepared by various people and organisations at different times. It will be finalised by the next Himalayan Day on September 9, 2011. This …
A CONFLICT has risen between the National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the rural development ministry over the time-frame for completing the BPL census. NAC members N C Saxena and Harsh Mander, in particular, want the head count to be completed by September 2011. The rural …
Implementation of the prestigious rural connectivity road scheme of the state government with construction of gravel roads in all 50 districts has begun. In the first phase of the scheme, construction process of 2700 roads has started. Under the scheme, 2676 roads with a length of 6118 km will be …
New Delhi: The Centre has cleared proposals for rural roads worth Rs 4,440 crore which includes areas in Orissa reeling under Left-wing influence. Union rural development minister C P Joshi told reporters on Wednesday that the empowered committee for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) approved the proposals, taking the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Thirteenth Finance Commission has given a grant of over Rs 1,300 crore for operation and maintenance of the drinking water supply system in rural areas. Scarcity of drinking water in rural areas is becoming a major problem of the State as natural sources of water are drying up …
A new guide on the sustainable use of woodfuel resources and sustainable production of charcoal published by FAO. It outlines global woodfuel use and supply, reviews existing criteria & indicators systems and highlights institutional frameworks needed to ensure sustainable woodfuel use.
The United Nations is considering a proposal to implement the Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukti Gaon Mohim (Dispute-free Village Scheme) of the state government in other developing nations of the world, State Home Minister R R Patil said on Monday. Pune Rural SP Pratap Dighavkar had presented the model of the …
District administration, Local MLA under scanner JORHAT, Aug 31: Almost 70 per cent of the development work undertaken by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the development of the rural areas is lying incomplete. The Chief Minister, as a part of the rural development scheme, took up three projects under …
NREGS is a massive rights-based social protection programme of the country. It evolved tremendously over the past five years, demonstrating the relevance in as well impact on the rural landscape. In spite of being a nationally designed programme, it demonstrated varying performance across states, and several local innovations, improvisations, and …
