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 current state of rural banking in the country is poor. A recent report, by the National Sample Survey Organization, revealed that 51.4 per cent of the 89.3 million total farmer households in the country had no access to credit; 27 per cent of the households were indebted to formal …
NEW DELHI: Chairing the meeting of the full Planning Commission for mid-term appraisal of the Eleventh Plan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pointed out that the exercise not only presents a report card of the government's achievements but also
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's pet project for the water-starved Bundelkhand region has received its first tranche of additional Central assistance well in time for water-harvesting structures, ponds and dug wells to be in place before the monsoon sets in. Last week, on the Planning Commission's recommendation, the Centre …
The state panchayat and rural development minister, Mr Anisur Rehaman today claimed in the Assembly that the panchayats in the Maoist-dominated areas of West Midnapore performed better in creating work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme than the Trinamul-controlled panchayats in South 24 Parganas. He also conceded that state's …
The Performance Review Committee of the Union Rural Development Ministry will take stock of various development schemes sponsored by the Centre at a two-day meeting beginning here Wednesday. Besides the working of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, preparations for BPL Census will also come up for review. …
The State government has identified about 405 villages across the State where drinking water will be supplied through tankers this summer. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 153.91 crore and a detailed report has already been prepared by the department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj as per …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today presented in the State Assembly a deficit Budget of Rs 3464.46 crore for the 2010-11 financial year of the State. He expressed the hope that the State would be able to attain a growth rate of around nine per cent during the financial year. In …
Bokaro, March 14: Buoyed by the overwhelming response to contact programmes and health camps organised for the villagers of Jhumra hills, the CRPF and district administration yesterday convened a medical camp and janta durbar at Rehawan, about 135 kilometres from Bokaro steel city. Villagers, ignoring the diktat of Maoist rebels …
KOLKATA, 14 March: After doing much better in terms of providing jobs to the rural populace under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the state panchayat and rural development department may face trouble to provide jobs to the villagers in the first quarter of the next financial year owing …
The current state of rural banking in the country is poor. A recent report, by the National Sample Survey Organization, revealed that 51.4 per cent of the 89.3 million total farmer households in the country had no access to credit; 27 per cent of the households were indebted to formal …
Technology plays a crucial role in making banking services available to the rural poor. And banks are exploring options. To begin with, the Reserve Bank of India (rbi) has permitted banks to use intermediaries such as cooperatives or microfinance institutions to provide services in places banks cannot reach. These intermediaries, …
Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargav has said that by 2013 all the villages in the State would be connected with roads throughout the year. Replying to budgetary demands of his department in the Assembly, the Minister said that Chief Minister Road Plan has been prepared through …
France was only 55 per cent urban in the 1940s; so were large parts of Europe. Today, France, Italy and Spain, not to mention Germany and Scandinavia, are only 2-3 per cent rural. This is an indication of their prosperity. Latin America has just driven in to the smart set. …
Present in every village, anganwadi workers have a standing that is turning them into a reforming force In the vast rural hinterland of India, a new social force has silently emerged, unlike anything ever seen before. Today, it numbers 30 lakh educated and mostly young women. In a few years, …
Mahim Pratap Singh MoUs disclosed under Right to Information Act Government promised investors continuous power BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Government has promised a free hand to investors to exploit the grossly under-developed Bundelkhand region. RTI documents accessed recently from the Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (MPTRIFAC) under the …
With an aim to provide better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State, the Agriculture Department has decided to build 1,00,000 non-concrete check dam and similar number of ponds across the State. The Agriculture Department has held a review meeting on Wednesday headed by Chief Secretary Shiv Basant. The …
In the parched lands of Bundelkhand, officials of the Government of India have found a success story in e-governance, which they now want to replicate across the country to strengthen the flagship scheme of the UPA Government
