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 …
PANJIM: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 141.10 crore to Goa under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) which government proposes to construct three crucial bridges ~ Calvim-Aldona bridge across the Mapusa River, Tormas-Ozrim bridge across Chapora River and a parallel Arpora-Baga …
Each of our schemes must incorporate ecological objectives, says Jairam; report, co-authored with UNDP, looks at what needs to be done To make important rural development programmes more environment-friendly, the ministry of rural development, along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Friday released a report defining ‘green’ outcomes …
This new report released by the rural development ministry examines environmental implications of its schemes & assesses their potential to deliver green results and contribute to the national goal of 'faster, sustainable & more inclusive growth'. The Ministry of Rural Development, with support from the UNDP released a report “Greening …
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement. The publication provides data sets, not only on the various facets of the economy of the country, but also …
Bihar statistical hand book is a biennial publication of the Directorate. Bihar statistical handbook 2012 is designed to give a synoptic view of the state economy through statistics. It incorporates tables with latest data on area and population, climate and rainfall, agriculture and irrigation, livestock, fisheries, forest, education, science and …
In what seems to be a "low-cost high-impact" project of the Punjab Government, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department has allocated Rs 6.56 crore to over 12,885 villages in the state to improve drinking water and sanitation facilities. Despite this little budget allocation of about Rs 5,100 per village, …
Idukki will get Rs one crore for drought relief works as part of a Rs 125 crore Central fund for various development projects in the five assembly constituencies of the district, P. T. Thomas, MP, has said. He said that Rs 50 crore has been sanctioned under the Idukki Package …
After bagging the best State awards in the sectors of health, horticulture and forest protection in succession, the Jammu and Kashmir bagged the `Best state award for poverty reduction’, which was conferred to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by Speaker Lok Sabha Meira Kumar at the awards giving function of …
Cows are still considered holy to the people of the Hindu faith across the Indian subcontinent. In this paper, the authors discuss details of the religious, historical, economic, cultural and sociological significance of the sacred cow in Hinduism. The authors also suggest options to use the sacred cow for the …
The government is likely to shoot down the department of financial services’ (DFS) plan to appoint common banking correspondent companies for transferring cash to poor people, and replace it with a countrywide network of ‘micro ATMs’, as it seeks to finalise the last-mile payment architecture for cash transfers. In a …
The Plan proposes an acceleration of growth over the plan period to reach 9 percent in the terminal year, yielding an average growth rate of 8.2 percent for the plan period as a whole. It emphasizes that the growth must be both inclusive and sustainable, and to achieve these objectives …
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; …
