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 …
In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women. Recent evidence shows that reservation policies for women stimulate the political participation …
Natural plant resources yielding both timber and non timber forest products (NTFP) have gained ground in the present global scenario for rural and urban upliftment for poverty alleviation and amelioration of national income respectively.
SHILLONG: Admitting that implementation of Central schemes has not been satisfactory in Meghalaya, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Development Vincent Pala has asked the MUA Government to ensure that Central schemes are properly implemented in the State. Mr Pala, also the Chairman of the Vigilance Monitoring Committee constituted …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI June 29: Concerned over the unplanned implementation of its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the rural development ministry is planning to use the programme to create tangible assets like women
Development takes a backseat as states combat extreme weather spending on disaster management has exceeded spending on agriculture and rural development in some states. A World Bank report said extreme weather events like floods, cyclones and droughts forced Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to spend more on relief and damages …
The Raia gram Sabha at a stormy meeting on Sunday rejected the draft Regional Plan 2021 prepared by the Village Level Committee and has authorized the panchayat to draw up a fresh plan taking into account the suggestions and objections from the people. The decision to scrap the interim plan …
The Union Cabinet secretary and a battery of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting Jharkhand on Sunday to review ongoing development programmes and the prevailing law and order situation in the backdrop of an anti-Maoist operation in neighbouring Bengal. Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar, who last visited the state …
MUKESH RANJAN June 22: In a bid to ensure effective outreach of banking system in rural India and adequately help the Centre properly transfer huge volumes of fund to poor masses under Nrega and other social sector programmes, the government is likely to make provisions in the upcoming Budget for …
Ramesh Sharma Long way to go: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Mr Subodh Kant Sahay (right), and the Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mr V. Prakash, at the 2nd Food Technology Summit in the Capital on Monday.
It may be recalled that Rajasthan was a top NREGA performer in terms of implementation of the scheme for three consecutive years during the previous BJP government During the current financial year, the state government would receive Rs 9,525 crore, highest among the states, and has fixed a target of …
Kushalnagar Town Panchayat presented a surplus budget of Rs 177.98 lakh for the year 2009-10 on Friday. The budget was presented at a meeting presided over by Town Panchayat President H J Kariappa. The budget estimated a sum of Rs 1,013.56 lakh income for 2009-10 and expenditure of Rs 835.58 …
III Finance Commission headed by A G Kodgi, in its final report has recommended that State government must take steps to further fortify the Panchayat Raj bodies in the State. Mahendra S Kanthi and T Thimmegowda were the members of the Commission. An officials of Zilla Panchayat feels that if …
The State government became numero uno in the country in implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) and set an ambitious plan to achieve cent per cent target in the coming five years. Talking to reporters here today state Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargav said that in the …
Back in power after cashing in on its social sector programmes, the UPA government is all set to re-draw its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) by converging it with "similar
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:21 IST Three political parties and four ministers, three of them first-time MPs, are sharing the Ministry of Rural Development, which probably means the most to the government in terms of Budget allocations, as well as recognition for its work for the …
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:37 IST Chartered accountants may soon see their world expanding with the government considering a proposal deploying them in the countryside to audit the finances of sarpanches, block development officers and other officials handling the United Progressive Alliance
Though Masti hobli has been allotted funds amounting to several crores under the Suvarna Grama Yojane, failure on the part of Zilla Panchyat officials has affected developmental works in the region, said Minister for Housing and Musrai S N Krishnaiah Setty here on Sunday. He was speaking at a programme …
On the eve of President Pratibha Patil spelling out the priorities of the new UPA government, TOI examines how key government initiatives and programmes
