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 painted milestone marks the turn-off to Kailashpur. The slab sports a poor likeness of Gandhi and announces “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Rural road constructed from the curve at Pansara to Kailashpur forest road. Sanctioned: 2007-08. Cost: 4.3m rupees [$80,000].” The road winds a few miles …
New Delhi: Fund-intensive rural development schemes may be evaluated during their implementation to identify failings in structure and execution, and enable the government to insert mid-course correctives. The philosophy of ‘concurrent evaluation’ may come to fruition if the rural development ministry’s proposal for an autonomous body called ‘concurrent evaluation office’ …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s plan to make welfare schemes more effective through real-time evaluation of the . 76,000-crore rural development budget has received broad inter-ministerial support and is expected to be considered by the Cabinet shortly. Leakages, delays and uneven implementation beset welfare schemes like NREGA, blunting benefits to …
This publication aims to present a step-by-step methodological approach to assist project teams assess and incorporate climate change adaptation measures into investment projects in agriculture, rural development, and food security. While the focus of the publication is at the project level, an improved understanding of climate change impacts should also …
The Andhra Pradesh government has proposed a Rs 7,585-crore Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project (APRIGP) to the World Bank. The five-year project is aimed at making the state poverty-free by 2017. APRIGP is proposed to be funded to extent of Rs 750 crore by the World Bank and an …
New Delhi In a bid to provide states greater say in formulating social sector programme, the rural development ministry on Thursday proposed setting up a flexi-fund of R40,000 crore of which 70% will be contributed by the Centre during 12th plan period. The Rural Development Flexi-Fund (RDF) would be available …
In response to the increasing demand from State Governments for greater flexibility in spending decisions, the Ministry of Rural Development and Planning Commission has decided to set up a Rs 40,000-crore Rural Development Flexi-Fund. This would enable states to focus on specific projects pertaining to their own needs.
Ranchi, Oct. 15: The agriculture department today became the first state government wing to delegate financial and administrative powers to panchayati raj institutions, about two years after the Arjun Munda government conducted rural polls in Jharkhand. Defining the jurisdictions of elected village bodies, the state cabinet made it clear that …
The specific objectives of the research study are: To describe the current level of ownership and control of the selected communities over the land and natural resources; To describe the circumstances and manner that the land is being grabbed; To identify the impacts of land grabbing on the selected communities; …
Senior BJP leader L K Advani has praised the UPA government’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), for empowering villagers and reviving economic growth. During an address at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Advani said MGNREGS is the world’s “largest …
UNITED NATIONS, 10 OCT: While the Opposition is going hammer and tongues at the UPA government over various issues, BJP leader LK Advani complimented its flagship programme, MGNREGA, which he said has helped empower rural people and revive economic growth. “This programme has helped break down social inequalities, empower rural …
GoM on Bill may meet again today to resolve issues including retrospective acquisition The group of ministers set up to resolve differences over the proposed Land Acquisition Bill failed to reach a consensus in its second meeting on Monday, spelling further delay in the landmark legislation. The GoM, headed by …
Chandigarh: The Centre on Sunday rejected Punjab’s charge that it was “deliberately denying” the state a drought-relief package in the wake of deficient monsoon rains. “There is no such thing. There is no truth in this,” Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told PTI in Mohali on the sidelines of …
The State Government has set a target to complete at least 500 out of the 823 road projects sanctioned by the Centre under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) on September 12. The projects sanctioned by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) will provide all-weather connectivity to more than …
Verghese Kurien, who passed away recently, will be best known for building Amul into one of India's most valuable brands which is an organisation of nearly three million smallholder dairy producers and a Rs 12,000 crore farmer-owned business. He will also be remembered for creating the National Dairy Development Board …
The first meeting of the Group of Ministers on a proposed land acquisition law succeeded in narrowing down some of the differences of various ministries though a few contentious issues remain resolved. A watered down draft law put forward by the Rural Development Ministry had already addressed some of the …
May incorporate an industry-friendly provision that will allow the government to acquire land for showcase projects such as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor. Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh is expected to offer a significant concession to industry in the contentious land bill and incorporate a provision that will allow the government …
Bhubaneswar: The successful implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the Odisha government has earned appreciation from the Union secretary of the tribal affairs ministry Vibha Puri Das. Member National Advisory Council NC Saxena also praised the State on FRA implementation. They were attending a two-day regional workshop held …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government has decided to sink over 32,000 tube-wells near anganwadi centres (AWCs) in its bid to provide drinking water to all these ICDS utilities. Following a direction from the Orissa High Court to ensure drinking water provision to AWCs, the Government has decided that the year’s entire …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said solution to internal security threat does not lie merely in weeding out Naxals in security operations. Ramesh had called a group of Gandhians and activists working in Naxal-affected areas here to take home an 11-point charter of measures for implementation. The …
