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 …
MUKESH RANJAN June 22: In a bid to ensure effective outreach of banking system in rural India and adequately help the Centre properly transfer huge volumes of fund to poor masses under Nrega and other social sector programmes, the government is likely to make provisions in the upcoming Budget for …
Ramesh Sharma Long way to go: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Mr Subodh Kant Sahay (right), and the Director, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mr V. Prakash, at the 2nd Food Technology Summit in the Capital on Monday.
It may be recalled that Rajasthan was a top NREGA performer in terms of implementation of the scheme for three consecutive years during the previous BJP government During the current financial year, the state government would receive Rs 9,525 crore, highest among the states, and has fixed a target of …
Kushalnagar Town Panchayat presented a surplus budget of Rs 177.98 lakh for the year 2009-10 on Friday. The budget was presented at a meeting presided over by Town Panchayat President H J Kariappa. The budget estimated a sum of Rs 1,013.56 lakh income for 2009-10 and expenditure of Rs 835.58 …
III Finance Commission headed by A G Kodgi, in its final report has recommended that State government must take steps to further fortify the Panchayat Raj bodies in the State. Mahendra S Kanthi and T Thimmegowda were the members of the Commission. An officials of Zilla Panchayat feels that if …
The State government became numero uno in the country in implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) and set an ambitious plan to achieve cent per cent target in the coming five years. Talking to reporters here today state Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargav said that in the …
Back in power after cashing in on its social sector programmes, the UPA government is all set to re-draw its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) by converging it with "similar
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:21 IST Three political parties and four ministers, three of them first-time MPs, are sharing the Ministry of Rural Development, which probably means the most to the government in terms of Budget allocations, as well as recognition for its work for the …
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:37 IST Chartered accountants may soon see their world expanding with the government considering a proposal deploying them in the countryside to audit the finances of sarpanches, block development officers and other officials handling the United Progressive Alliance
Though Masti hobli has been allotted funds amounting to several crores under the Suvarna Grama Yojane, failure on the part of Zilla Panchyat officials has affected developmental works in the region, said Minister for Housing and Musrai S N Krishnaiah Setty here on Sunday. He was speaking at a programme …
On the eve of President Pratibha Patil spelling out the priorities of the new UPA government, TOI examines how key government initiatives and programmes
Mangalore, June 1 Appointment of junior engineers to oversee the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and increase in wages under the scheme are being proposed by the Karnataka Government. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of a function to release two chocolate products of the Central Arecanut …
Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged the top state as regard the implementation of the 20-point programme in the country from April, 2008, to January, 2009. A communication of the Government of India in this regard was received by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal here today. It said the state had …
The development of rural India will, in all likelihood, be one of largest and most significant undertakings this century. Given the democratic nature of governance in the country and the decisive influence of the rural voter on electoral outcomes, such development is a political imperative that entails vast economic opportunity-for …
Manmohan Singh By the time you read this, some of the jostling for the key positions in the Cabinet will be over. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will be ready to begin its second innings. And everyone will be keenly watching if Manmohan Singh unveils any big bang steps to
This study focuses on people who moved out of poverty during the decade from 1995 to 2005 in rural areas of four Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. It also considers people who have fallen into poverty, those who have remained poor, and some who have …
This paper provides an overview of the main risks and opportunities that may arise from liquid biofuel production and use in developing countries. Both the potential environmental impacts and the socio-economic effects of liquid biofuel production and use are discussed, focusing, in particular, on the household-level implications. A few country-levels …
A day after an MP from Uttar Pradesh got the post of Union Minister of State or Rural Development, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has loosened its purse and sanctioned Rs 246 crore for the state. The money would be used for development projects in seven …
Mihir Shah Respect for Verdict 2009 obligates comprehensive rural governance reform. Complex outcomes demand participatory processes and imaginative solutions. A hitherto dismissive Indian media have gone characteristically overboard in ascribing Verdict 2009 to initiatives such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The verdict affords a more nuanced reading. While …
