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 …
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 …
The State Government told the Assembly on Wednesday it would request the Centre to relax population norms for districts not covered under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Replying to demand discussion of his Department, Rural Development Minister Bikram Arukh said the Centre had …
Villages see a big drop as number of poor falls from 37% to 30% in 5 yrs The number of India’s poor fell to 29.8% of its population in 2009-10 from 37.2% in 2004-05, one of the sharpest falls ever. This suggests India has not only grown faster than the …
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 …
The World Bank has approved a $50-million additional credit for an ongoing agricultural project in Assam. The Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project (AACP) aims at increasing the productivity, profitability and market access of the farming community in the State. The focus is on mainstreaming management approaches and practices, strengthening the agriculture …
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 …
Issues of development and governance would decide the fate of an unpromising BSP, renascent SP, hopeful Congress and a dispirited BJP in a changed Uttar Pradesh In Uttar Pradesh, the real question is not who is losing and why. Within a few hours of a casual travel through the state, …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday cleared the decks for a huge fund outlay which is set to bolster Bihar's rural infrastructure. Speaking to journalists here, Mr. Ramesh said the Union Rural Ministry would pump in Rs. 2,500 crore for laying of over 6,500 km of rural roads …
Chief Secretary Avani Vaish has instructed at a meeting at Jabalpur to give special priority to the construction of rural roads and buildings of schools and Anganwadis in the districts covered by Integrated Action Plan (I.A.P). The Chief Secretary was reviewing development works of Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni, Dindori, Umaria, Anuppur, …
Public Relations and Culture Minister Laxmikant Sharma has said that presently Madhya Pradesh is among five most rapidly developing States in the country. Sharma was disseminating information about the State Government’s welfare schemes and programmes among people during his padyatra in various villages of Shajapur district on Sunday. Sharma also …
2200 gaon panchayats in Assam to be developed as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years GUWAHATI: While setting the target, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rakibul Hussain to take steps to develop 2200 gaon panchayats in Assam …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has favoured flexibility in rules in the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for Arunachal Pradesh for better conectivity. The issue came up during a review meeting of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana for the Northeast today when it was pointed out by Arunachal …
GUWAHATI: To review and monitor the progress made under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a central delegation from the Ministry of Rural Development recently visited the north-eastern States which included Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. According to sources, the committee comprising senior officials of the National Rural Roads Development …
* A group of contract labourers work to complete the paving of a 2-km kuchcha road running through open fields. Less than 300 metres are left — they have been instructed to use the tractorloads of bricks as fast as they can. * A Dalit colony, inhabited by the Baazigar …
NABARD releases Rs.4 crore for laying 12 rural roads The State Government has allocated flood relief assistance of Rs. 8 crore to the district, P. Mohan, chairman of Tamil Nadu Assembly Petitions Committee, has said. Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Mr. Mohan said Rs. 7 crore had been allocated …
Bhopal : Houses are being made available to the poor and needy in the rural areas of Madhya Pradesh under Chief Minister’s Rural Housing Mission. Beneficiaries of the scheme are provided loans for construction of houses through banks. Madhya Pradesh Rural Roads Development Authority Chief Executive Officer Shri Ajay Tirkey …
The Union government has cleared an external loan to finance part of the programme launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in left wing extremism-affected villages. The clearance is for a loan of $500 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to speed up construction of rural roads. Union Minister …
KOCHI: The PWD will soon start the road work for Rs1,343 crore allotted by the Finance Department, said Public Works Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju. After a review meeting of the top officials of PWD here on Tuesday, the minister said the Urban Development Project under the Road Fund Board …
Kandi (Murshidabad), Jan. 4: Residents of a Murshidabad village have given up their land to build a road that will reduce the distance to the nearest place where schools, government offices and banks are located, the endeavour inspired by a similar effort in a neighbouring pocket. Ninety villagers of Tentulia …
The Centre has decided to roll out a revised anti-Naxal action plan for states battling Left-wing extremism, marking a shift from the bullet approach towards building a holistic plan to protect the rights of tribals and forest-dwellers and improve grassroots policing. The action plan drawn up by the Union home …
