Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 13/05/2025. An application was received by the NGT filed by Hemant Kumar on behalf of all the villagers of Gram Panchayat Salani Katola, tehsil Nahan, district Sirmaur, Himachal …
KOLKATA, 10 JAN: The new minister for panchayat and rural development department, Mr Subrata Mukherjee, today warned gram panchayats that funds in future would be withheld in case of poor performance. Ahead of the panchayat polls the performance list of the gram panchayats are sure to come in handy since …
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 …
DPRs of 40% areas in border blocks to be submitted by March end With projects of all the habitations having 500 and above population have already been submitted to the Union Rural Development Ministry, the State Government has now shifted the focus on the areas having 250 and above population …
Udhampur: The work on construction of a new 10-kilometre Lambi Zai-Jora Road in Bhadarwah area of Doda district which touches Souti Changa, the native village of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad could not be started for want of forest clearance. This is just one of the various roads proposed …
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 …
Permanent restoration works to be covered under SPA/STF JAMMU: Planning Commission of India today cleared flood protection projects and two major schemes of Leh Master Plan, funding for which would start from the beginning of the next financial year. However, the permanent restoration works would be covered under the Special …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 473 crore for laying roads in the non-Integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts of the State. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said proposals for the non-IAP districts sent by the State Government involving 284 roads stretching …
SHILLONG: The implementation of the PMGSY in the State is facing a major bottle-neck since several contractors who bid for the road projects which would be taken up under Phase VI of the scheme have failed to meet the minimum requirements laid down by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. …
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 …
New Delhi The rural development ministry has asked for a special audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the R40,000-crore annual budget of the National Rural Employment Programme. The audit, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said, will also include other major programmes like the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana …
JAMMU: For providing adequate drinking water facilities to Dharp and Dharp Kothey SC basti Government has earmarked ` 1.49 crore for digging of 10000 gallon discharge capacity deep drill tube well, 30000 gallon storage capacity Over Head Tank. This was stated by the Minister for Revenue, Raman Bhalla while addressing …
The first meeting of the reconstituted district-level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee on State and Centrally sponsored rural development schemes in the district was held here on Saturday. Committee chairman A. Sampath, MP, presided. MLAs Jameela Prakasham, A.T. George and V. Sasi, District Collector M. Nandakumar, Rural Development Department project director …
Ranchi, Oct. 27: The Planning Commission has set a December deadline for the Jharkhand government to complete a majority of the projects launched under the Centre’s Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in the 14 Naxalite-hit districts of the state. Planning Commission senior consultant Ranjan Chatterjee, who arrived in Ranchi this morning, …
Jairam Ramesh finalises action plan for Saranda forest area in Jharkhand The United Progressive Alliance government on Monday chalked out its first multi-winged operation to tackle the problem of Naxalism through development programmes, implemented under the protection of Central security forces. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh finalised the …
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 …
Ranchi: Rural development ministry has decided to appoint special accountant general in each state to audit the expenditure under the ministry. “The ministry will soon sign a deal with the CAG to appoint special accountant generals,” minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. The ministry, with a huge budget of around …
