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 …
This report on the audit of expenditure incurred by the Government of Maharashtra has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Maharashtra under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. Chapter I of this report covers auditee profiles, authority for audit, planning and conducting of audit and responses of …
This new World Bank report discusses India’s best improved biomass stove programs and suggests policies and practical ways to promote the use of cleaner burning, energy efficient, and affordable stoves. In a largely globalized era characterized by technological advancements, many developing countries still depend on biomass energy for sustenance. Much …
Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world’s (and especially Asia’s) growing population, high and volatile food prices, increasingly scarce resources, and changing environment. This paper discusses the drivers behind food insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it. The world’s population has now reached …
Jammu, March 30: While the budget from MGNREGA scheme witnesses a threefold increase in the next financial year, the Committee on Estimates, comprising members of both Assembly and Council, has observed that there is a lack of coordination between the irrigation and rural development departments in the utilisation of funds …
GUWAHATI: Continuing its support for rural infrastructure development in Assam, NABARD has sanctioned two projects to the Assam Government under RIDF-XVII for a total sum of Rs 138.34 crores. Under the two projects, a total of Rs 16.73 crore have been sanctioned for 5 rural road projects in Golaghat district …
Eminent economist Madhura Swaminathan on Tuesday said the UPA government's flagship Food Security Bill should have a universal appeal as any targeted selection would lead to complications in picking the beneficiaries in a big country like India. The Indian Statistical Institute Professor, whose research falls in the area of food …
New Delhi: The government on Thursday rejected the Planning Commission’s definition of poverty, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying there was a need to devise another method. “We need a multi-layered approach to assess poverty estimates. The Tendulkar Committee estimates have been followed for 30 years but (are) not an …
New Delhi, 20 March: The government today said close to 70 per cent of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are used for water conservation and land development. “Close to 70 per cent of the expenditure under the MGNREGS has been on water conservation and …
Spending has been increased again, but there’s still no effort in the Budget to improve outcomes In this Budget, the government has raised the outlay for social sector schemes — from drinking water and sanitation to education and health. This is clearly important. But the question is: how will this …
Budget allocations made for major sectors of development during the last eight years in Madhya Pradesh have risen by several hundred per cent. Unprecedented increase has also been witnessed in the Budget size also during the period. Most of the population of Madhya Pradesh lives in villages. A budgetary provision …
Economic growth and food security depend on healthy farm sector, whose pillar, the farmer, is still neglected. In India, agriculture and allied sector is the source of income for over 60% of rural population and its contribution to GDP has been consistently coming down and currently stands at 14.3%. For …
Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh announced a national award for sanitation and water in the name of Maharashtrian saint Sant Gadge Baba. The Minister toured several villages in Satara district in Maharashtra to inspect the work of the Nirmal Gram Yojana for sanitation on …
Noting that economies of developing countries are impacted by climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pitched for greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address short and long term challenges in this regard. “I believe that in the future we will need to tackle the short term and …
Noting that the economies of developing countries are being impacted by climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday demanded greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address the challenge. “We need to tackle the short and long-term environmental challenges that our economies face,” the PM emphasised “in order …
Noting that economies of developing countries are impacted by climate change, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday pitched for greater cooperation between Asian and African countries to address short and long-term challenges in this regard. “I believe that in the future we will need to tackle the short-term …
DHAN Foundation has been awarded the Jindal Prize 2011 for its contributions in rural development and poverty alleviation. The prize carries Rs 1 crore cash to further its initiatives. Briefing about the prize in a meet with the press here recently, Mr M.P. Vasimalai, Executive Director of DHAN Foundation, said …
A standing committee of the Legislature comprising members from the Assembly and the Council will oversee the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and other rural development schemes to put an end to embezzlement of its funds. Responding to a demand made by the Opposition in …
Project management unit to have 4 separate wings A separate mechanism has been created with headquarters in Cuddalore for monitoring and management of rehabilitation projects in cyclone ‘Thane' affected areas. K. Veera Raghava Rao, Additional Collector, took charge as Project Director (Thane Rehabilitation), in the presence of Collector Rajendra Ratnoo, …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the e-panchayat system, a new initiative of the State Government at a State-level function at Garhakota in Sagar district on March 2. The function will be presided over by Panchayat and Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava. Minister of State Dev …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has expressed satisfaction over the progress in Jharkhand in the field of rural development. The Minister also assured the State of more funds under centrally sponsored schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojya (PMGSY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNGREGA) and …
