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 …
A sum of Rs 25 crore has been granted to Chikmagalur district by NABARD through non governmental organisations for the development of rural areas by implementing watershed project with the help of villagers, informed NABARD Assistant Executive Dr Diwakar Hegde. He was speaking after the inauguration of Hasiru Habba programme …
Microcredit/microfinance as a poverty alleviation strategy: implications for right to food and livelihoods (Note for Fourth National Convention of Right to Food and Work Campaign, August 2010).
The Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act, 1996, or PESA has been hyped as a weapon to empower the tribals in Maoist hotbeds, but the ground reality is something else. When Parliament passed PESA, the goal was to protect the resources of communities in Schedule V areas by upholding their …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Sunday that while Rs.1,200 crore would be spent on development of rural areas, Rs.250 crore would be transferred directly to the accounts of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) during this financial year. Addressing a large gathering of elected representatives of PRIs after …
The Eleventh Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12) sought to build on the gains achieved in the Tenth Plan and shift the economy to a path offaster and more inclusive growth. Inclusivenessa critical element in the strategy was to beachieved by ensuring that growth is broad-based and is combined with programmes aimedat …
Jamshedpur, July 21: The management board of District Rural Development Authority (DRDA) today put a seal on various development projects meant for rural areas of East Singhbhum in the next three years. Jamshedpur MP Arjun Munda and three legislators -- Bidyut Baran Mahato of Baharagora, Ramdas Soren of Ghatshila and …
Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh is likely to appoint a panel, comprising members of Parliament, to examine the implementation of the Rs 7,266-crore Bundelkhand package, allocated to drought-hit districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The move comes after inputs from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and a number of complaints …
BHUBANESWAR: Parliamentary Affairs and Industries Minister Raghunath Mohanty today told the Assembly that the State Government would formulate a policy on the use of groundwater for industrial purposes and industries using groundwater illegally will be taken to task. Replying to the demand discussion of the Water Resources Department on behalf …
Lack of broader supervision and close scrutiny of the works under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) by the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA) has led to inferior quality of road works under the Centrally-sponsored projects in Uttar Pradesh. National Quality Monitor, SK Sharma, had in an indicting …
Assam, along with other northeastern States, have slipped in implementation of majority of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development. This has emerged during the review of the performance of its flagship programmes by the Ministry on Friday. The Ministry of Rural Development has convened a two-day meeting …
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: The initiative taken by the state panchayats and rural development department to form a new board to run the Sishu Siksha Kendras (SSK) and Madhyamik Siksha Kendra (MSK) has run into a rough weather after the Governor, Mr MK Narayanan has raised several questions over the Bill. …
Ranchi, July 14: To give fresh impetus to grassroots democracy, the state has decided to gift every gram panchayat a permanent secretariat building, equipped with computers and Internet connectivity. According to sources, out of 4,564 gram panchayats in Jharkhand, the secretariats would come up for 1,610 panchayats by the end …
