Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for sanction of Rs 710 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to Jammu and Kashmir as a special one-time dispensation for the cost of land acquisition, covering compensatory afforestation, forest land, trees, private land and structures for completion of programmes …
In order to speed up the implementation of the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State a separate wing for this purpose would be created. It may be mentioned that Meghalaya has been a laggard in the execution of the flagship programme compared to other states in …
After announcing Rs 336 crore to rebuild 82 roads and 27 bridges in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the rural development ministry has offered to build 14,000 additional houses under Indira Awas Yojana. The ministry has also offered to help upgrade roads not covered under its rural roads scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram …
Union minister for rural development JairamRamesh on Sunday said the Centre would spend Rs 145 crore on development of rural roads in the state. He said motorable roads would be provided to all habitations with a population of 250 and more. Jairam Ramesh told reporters here that the national rural …
Mincing no words, Union Rural Development Minister Minister Jairam Ramesh today told the Congress Government in Karnataka that grants for various Central schemes would be withheld as done during the previous BJP regime if it does not deliver in implementing them. “If this government does not change the way the …
Odisha will have an entitlement for 3,760 kilometres of roads in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-II, which was approved by the Union Cabinet on May 1. Besides, 16,996-kilometre rural roads are also entitled for upgradation under the PMGSY-I. The Centre will issue detailed guidelines for …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is targeting to spend Rs 2,000 crore under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2013-14. About 5,000 km of roads has been planned to be constructed. As per the new plan, hamlets having more than 250 population in 18 identified Integrated Action Plan …
As many as 125 projects taken up in Jammu and Kashmir under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, the Centrally-funded scheme for expansion of rural road network, are awaiting clearances by the forest department. This was told to the Assembly by state Forest Minister Mian Altaf Ahmed, who said till January …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was tabled in the Vidhan Sabha today, points out lacunae in the execution of works under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna. It says that notification for acquiring land for roads had been delayed. This had had serious fiscal implications …
Soft drinks and cigarettes will cost more in Punjab effective April 1, with the state government hiking the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit budget presented in the state assembly here today. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa presented the budget for 2013-14 even as the opposition …
Presenting his last budget before the assembly elections later this year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday doled out sops for farmers, elderly, journalists, employees. He extended the free medicines scheme, promised free health check-up at state hospitals, free laptops for journalists, and Rs 5 incentive for inter-caste marriages. Gehlot …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has estimated the prioritised resource requirement for critical infrastructure needs at Rs 8,098.19 crore for Karnataka during the 12th Plan period. Nabard has adopted the theme "Critical Rural Infrastructure for agriculture and rural development" for 2013-14. According to Nabard, the critical infrastructure …
Twelve years after launching its flagship rural roads scheme, the Ministry of Rural Development is set to introduce the second version of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, which will focus on refurbishing the existing rural roads, by moving a proposal in the Cabinet on Thursday. PMGSY, a Centrally sponsored …
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) on Monday announced it has sanctioned Rs.47.50 crore to Tamil Nadu under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF XVIII) for executing water conservation and canopy improvement project in degraded forest lands. In a press release, Nabard Chief General Manager Lalitha Venkatesan said …
The government's Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP II), supported by the World Bank, is helping improve the rural road network, reports UNB. The RTIP II will help maintain and improve around 5,250 km of union parishad and upazila roads in 26 districts, said a press release of the World …
The Chinese government plans to allocate 120 billion yuan ($19.11 billion) to fund local transport infrastructure construction in 2013, the Ministry of Finance has announced. According to the budget target set by the central government, the fund will be allocated from vehicle purchase tax incomes and mainly used to improve …
Overall scheme likely to see Rs 10,000-cr cut in the coming Budget proposals The Cabinet today approved a Rs 38,500-crore allocation over five years for some projects under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The overall scheme is expected to see a Rs 10,000-crore cut in the coming Budget proposals. …
In a bid to improve road connectivity in remote villages located in Naxal-affected areas and bordering districts, the Cabinet on Thursday approved a special provision of R38,500 crore under Pradan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to be allocated during the 12th plan period (20012-17). Besides, the Union Cabinet also approved …
The government has allocated Rs 6,000 million to upgrade the rural road network across the country under the Gama Neguma project this year. Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kothalawala told the Daily News that all village roads will be relaid with concrete as pledged in the Mahinda Chintana , …
Tells VAL to look for bauxite beyond Niyamgiri for its refinery Union Minister for Rural Development, Jayaram Ramesh on Sunday announced a package worth Rs 300-crore envisaging construction of houses and roads for the Dongaria and Kutia Kandhas, a primitive tribes group (PTG), living at the foot-hill of Odisha’s bauxite …
