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 …
Two doctors fell in love, married and went on to heal a village in Maharashtra. Their services are now emulated by the National Health Mission.. Taru Bahl About 200 km from the bustling IT city of Pune lays a village strategically located at the boundary of four districts
The Centre is set to roll out the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana this year where the government would adopt 1,000 villages where the population of Scheduled Castes is more than 50 per cent and develop them as model villages. In a statement given in the Rajya Sabha, minister of …
Mumbai: With the assembly elections in sight, it is announcement time for the Maharashtra government. After two packages for Konkan and North Maharashtra and huge hike in salary for doctors and other state government employees, the state cabinet on Thursday announced six lakh houses for the rural population Below Poverty …
First handmade herbal soaps, now women of Hurlung will learn to make liquid soap. The training will be imparted under Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) in association with New Education and Environment Visions (Neev), a city NGO. The programme aims to …
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi July 18, 2009, 1:22 IST Govt plans to capture scheme-wise and state-wise actual Plan expenditure. Here is a one announcement that is likely to be a part of the finance minister
While driving across the dusty countryside of Ajmer district in Rajasthan, some surprises await you at the Tilonia village. Here, you find villagers working diligently on computers, in a solar energy centre, and in a mini-electronics telephone exchange! Physically challenged youth work smartly and efficiently in the telephone exchange, and …
VELLORE: The Directorate of Field Publicity would be conducting programmes in the following villages in the four blocks of Arakkonam, Sholinghur, Nemili and Kaveripakkam on the dates mentioned as part of the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign from July 24 to 29, according to T. Sivakumar, Field Publicity Officer, Vellore …
July 13: After successfully revitalising the agriculture sector in the state in his first term, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is now planning a
East Singhbhum has adopted the Unicef-sponsored Integrated Village Planning Process (IVPP) plan and has set up district planning and monitoring units (DPMU) for smooth implementation of the programme. The district was among 17 regions in the country where the programme was started by Unicef in 2005 with the aim to …
The government's flagship job security scheme - the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) -is set to undergo major changes by opening its doors to skilled labour and laying emphasis on creation of 'permanent' or 'viewable' assets. The idea, first mooted by Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia some …
Residents of Semartoli and Lupungtoli can now hope to light up their homes and have easy access to precious drops of water. The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), which adopted the two hamlets tucked away in the Maoist pockets of Ranchi district, today begun work to turn them into model villages. …
To tap the growing potential in insurance sector, India Post is now giving much more importance to rural populace. Although India Post has been providing insurance schemes for the rural sector for long, it has now pulled up its socks to achieve significant targets this year. The department has already …
An externally aided $150 million project for the North East region is in the pipeline for improving the standard of living of the people of the rural areas of the region and if the project comes through, the Department for Development of North East Region (DoNER) will be the implementing …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The draft annual plan of the district panchayat has decided to give due importance to the monitoring of the projects implemented from this year. Monitoring committees will be formed under the guidance of working groups, as laid out in the guidelines of the State Government. The review of the …
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has said that he will take a leaf out of Switzerland to develop the countryside of the picturesque hill State.
