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 Stand Alone Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) for the period 2007-12 containing the results of Performance Audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Bihar under Article 15(12) of the Constitution. The Government …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains the results of performance audit of implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The performance audit covered the period …
In an effort to uplift rural infrastructure, the government has taken three mega projects involving Tk 1,530 crore, official sources said. Under these projects, the government will develop rural market places, roads, improve irrigation facilities and remove water logging in the underdeveloped areas of north and south-western districts of the …
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year. Patil told mediapersons here that officials have been instructed to take steps to have two toilets with commode in each village, for the …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced a special package of Rs 4,130 crore for rural development in Bihar. "The central government will provide this amount for rural development in Bihar," Jairam Ramesh told reporters here. The minister is on a two-day visit to the state to take stock …
The broad objective of the Regional Plan-2021 "for promoting growth and balanced development of the Region” is to be achieved by: Providing suitable economic base for future growth by identification and development of regional settlements capable of absorbing the economic development impulse of NCT-Delhi; Providing efficient and economic rail and …
To get additional Rs 10,000 cr through Central assistance: Ahluwalia The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a whopping Rs 47,000-crore plan size for Karnataka for the year 2013-14, up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal. Planning Commission Deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who held a meeting with Chief …
Jaipur: The Pachpadra village in Barmer where the new refinery will come up, will have a separate master plan for regulated development of the region. The urban development & housing department on Wednesday took a decision to keep Pachpadra expansion aside from the master plans of Barmer and Jodhpur and …
The State government is working on an organic policy in order to make organic food accessible in rural areas, according to sources. They told City Express that eight states including Karnataka, Kerala and Uttarakhand already have such a policy and Tamil Nadu is likely to come up with a similar …
Agroforestry is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resources management system that, through the integration of trees on farms and in the agricultural landscape, diversifi es and sustains production for increased social, economic and environmental bene fits for land users at all levels (ICRAF). Yet it is still considered a peripheral …
The Integrated Development of Fishing Villages Project will be launched statewide during a function at the Paravoor HMY Ground on Thursday. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the meeting organised in connection with the launch, while Excise Minister K Babu will preside over the function. Union Minister of State for …
Adding another feather to its cap, Chhattisgarh has been adjudged second among the states in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MNREGS) by successfully completing various construction works under the scheme in last five years. Chief minister, Dr Raman Singh, congratulated the panchayat and rural development department …
Development in Bangladesh is happening, and despite being one of the most densely populated countries in the world, prosperity is now a possible reality. As one of the top 20 achievers of the Millennium Development Goals, the past few decades have been vital for development in Bangladesh and future related …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found a number of flaws in implementation of the government’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. In its second performance audit of MGNREGS, from April 2007 to March 2012, it checked 3,848 gram panchayats in 28 states …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday presented to Sikkim an award for “extraordinary and innovative” work done by the State’s Rural Management and Development Department. The Prime Minister presented a medal, a scroll and cash award of Rs 5 lakh to DR Nepal, secretary, Rural Management and Development Department, Sikkim, …
Of this, Rs 6,072 cr had gone to agriculture sector. Nabard had pumped Rs 7,881 crore in Madhya Pradesh state rural refinances through its various promotional initiatives during 2012-13. Of this, Rs 6,072 crore had gone to agriculture sector to boost investment credit and capital, form mechanisation, minor irrigation, rural …
GUWAHATI, April 11: The main objectives of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are rural development and employment. But so far as Assam is concerned, these objectives have hardly been achieved. Out of the households given job cards under MGNREGA in Assam, only few got 100 days work …
Pune: The regional office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has disbursed Rs 7,348.39 crore for agriculture and rural development across the state. The amount — which is 22% higher than the previous year — has been allotted for the financial year 2012-13. M V Ashok, …
Total financial aid for agriculture and rural development activities in state touched Rs 4,388 cr in FY13 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) financial assistance in Chhattisgarh has recorded new high during the financial year 2012-13. The total financial assistance for agriculture and rural development activities in …
BHOPAL: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has pumped Rs 7,881 crores during 2012-13 into the state's rural economy to boost crop production, capital formation and improving rural infrastructure, according to a release. NABARD boosted the rural economy through financial support to banks for ensuring enhanced crop loans, …
