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 …
Wants To Stop States From Hijacking Credit New Delhi: The Union rural development ministry has decided to ape Planning Commission’s discussion with states for annual finances to send a stronger message about Centre’s authorship on welfare schemes, a move aimed at addressing the longstanding gripe of Congress that states were …
Bhopal : With the Centre giving its in- principle consent for providing funds under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for smaller villages, the dream of the people of 2,494 villages in Madhya Pradesh to have all- weather roads would be fulfilled soon. The issue of providing funds for connecting …
Bhopal : Proposals to connect villages of Madhya Pradesh with population of 800 to 999 with roads under Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojna will be sent shortly to the Government of India. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Union Minister for Rural Development , Shri Jairam Ramesh …
R&B; Dept not allowed to carry out construction work by forest officials Officials of the Roads and Buildings (R&B;) Department, accompanied by personnel of a private contractor, today reached the Mahamaya forest area along with a heavy earthmover. However, they could not start the work on the proposed road following …
Though senior officials of the Forest Department and the Wildlife Protection Department feign ignorance, construction work on a concrete motorable road in the Mahamaya forest area, on the outskirts of the city, is soon going to start. Relief and Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla accompanied by Forest Minister Mian Altaf today …
Bhubaneswar: Receiving flak from the home ministry on the tardy utilisation of funds, the Odisha government has decided to constitute a state-level committee for regular monitoring of the implementation of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP), a hundred-per cent Centrally-assisted scheme for the Maoist-affected districts. According to planning and coordination minister …
RATANPUR (Murshidabad), 17 NOV: Villagers here have embarked on a collective effort for constructing a clay road which would serve as a short-cut and curtail around 30 km road distance to reach their district headquarters of Behrampore. As the local gram panchayat preferred to sit idle, the residents of Ratanpur …
Terming as unhealthy the focus on undertaking road projects under the NREGS, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday advocated discouraging road projects under the scheme and suggested keeping the scheme focussed on water harvesting and water conservation. “I find roads being built under the scheme in many states. Too …
Bhubaneswar: Union home minister P Chidambaram will arrive here on Wednesday to review the Maoist-related situation and the implementation of various Centrally-sponsored welfare schemes in areas affected by the Maoists. According to official sources, Chidambaram, who is scheduled to reach Bhubaneswar at around 9.30 am, will stay for only three …
SHILLONG: Implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a nationwide plan in the country to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages, has been helping in the development of villages in Meghalaya. With the coming up of this scheme in each and every village in the State …
Ranchi, Oct. 16: Rural development department officials are likely to pitch for the construction of around 1,845 new roads in the hinterlands of Jharkhand during their meeting with Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, scheduled for October 17. The proposal, which will be formally made by deputy chief minister Sudesh …
The rural development ministry has drawn out a plan to spend as much as Rs 2 lakh crore on two of its major schemes — Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and the Swarna Jayanti Gramin Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY). The ministry, however, has left it to the government and the …
Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has called for fast tracking construction of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Naxalite-affected districts. He said this will be the single most important rural development initiative that can significantly transform the ground-level situation in these districts. Ramesh said an …
The name Indira or Rajiv Gandhi has been known to win elections in many states. Ambedkar fetches votes in Uttar Pradesh and Kamraj in Tamil Nadu. So when Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a government programme named after his father, the Biju Setu Yojana, the Opposition observed that the …
Jairam Ramesh on Monday broke off from his CAG-bashing ministerial colleagues and asked the agency to audit the over . 1,00,000-crore annual allocation by his department to rural development schemes. In a letter to the CAG, Jairam Ramesh has sought the appointment of special accountant generals to oversee audit of …
After restructuring almost every scheme in its kitty, the rejuvenated ministry of rural development plans to lend a hand to its urban counterpart in towns and cities that have recently shed their overgrown village tag. The ministry plans to reform one of its ambitious yet unostentatious programmes – Provision of …
The Orissa government on Thursday announced to build concrete roads in all the 3,000 villages which were submerged in the recent spells of flood. At least `150 crores will be spent for the purpose. The decision to lay concrete roads came following a review meeting at the state secretariat by …
Mumbai Loans disbursed to state governments by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) crossed the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark cumulatively and stood at Rs 1,02,844 crore as on September 30. NABARD has crossed a disbursement of Rs one lakh crore for the creation of rural infrastructure in …
BHUHBANESWAR: Nabard has sanctioned Rs. 331.28 crore to the State Government for construction of 12 rural roads and 16 rural bridges, and execution of 228 minor irrigation schemes under Biju Krishak Vikash Yojana and 36 projects of minor irrigation, drainage system improvement and flood protection. The projects getting assistance under …
New Delhi: The UPA government seems to be getting more generous towards Bihar with the Centre clearing all bottlenecks in execution of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), paving the way for construction of 60,000 km of roads in the NDA ruled state. Rural development minister Jairam …
