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 …
Mangalore, June 1 Appointment of junior engineers to oversee the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and increase in wages under the scheme are being proposed by the Karnataka Government. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of a function to release two chocolate products of the Central Arecanut …
Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged the top state as regard the implementation of the 20-point programme in the country from April, 2008, to January, 2009. A communication of the Government of India in this regard was received by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal here today. It said the state had …
The development of rural India will, in all likelihood, be one of largest and most significant undertakings this century. Given the democratic nature of governance in the country and the decisive influence of the rural voter on electoral outcomes, such development is a political imperative that entails vast economic opportunity-for …
Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to
This study focuses on people who moved out of poverty during the decade from 1995 to 2005 in rural areas of four Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. It also considers people who have fallen into poverty, those who have remained poor, and some who have …
This paper provides an overview of the main risks and opportunities that may arise from liquid biofuel production and use in developing countries. Both the potential environmental impacts and the socio-economic effects of liquid biofuel production and use are discussed, focusing, in particular, on the household-level implications. A few country-levels …
A day after an MP from Uttar Pradesh got the post of Union Minister of State or Rural Development, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has loosened its purse and sanctioned Rs 246 crore for the state. The money would be used for development projects in seven …
Mihir Shah Respect for Verdict 2009 obligates comprehensive rural governance reform. Complex outcomes demand participatory processes and imaginative solutions. A hitherto dismissive Indian media have gone characteristically overboard in ascribing Verdict 2009 to initiatives such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The verdict affords a more nuanced reading. While …
New Delhi: The Centre is set to significantly expand the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which the Congress thinks played a key role in its electoral victory. The Rural Development Ministry is working towards increasing the number of days of guaranteed employment under the scheme from the existing 100 …
RAMGOPAL, a resident of Hardoi, had been running from pillar to post with his complaint of being paid less than his due under the UPA's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Until someone directed him to a NREGA helpline call centre at Lucknow. The complaint was taken care of within …
The Panchayat and Rural Development Ministry Department, West Bengal, in association with Pixel Informatics, plans to use mobile telephony to collect data of beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme. As a part of the pilot project, the Government has handed over 1,100 mobile handsets to members of Gram …
As inequality within households, across households and in society as a whole has deepened in the post-Green Revolution era, there is an urgent need to revamp the rural economic and social development process in Punjab. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Satjeet Singh as a part of …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)will coordinate with the state for improving and increasing irrigation potential. The water resources department has marked 800 new irrigation schemes. For implementation of these schemes, the NREGS will coordinate with the state government. Principal Secretary water resources department Arvind Joshi informed this at …
Mangalore, May 20 The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB), which has financed over 12,000 solar light units under its area of operation, is now planning to make 80 villages solar villages. Mr K.P. Muraleedharan, Chairman of the bank, told Business Line on Wednesday that the bank wants to make …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country
New Delhi: The government is in no mood to pare the wage rates under its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme despite the strain on the exchequer, due to substantial hikes in minimum wages by states during the last two years and concerns that higher wage rates led to ineffective …
