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 …
The UPA government's policies on infrastructure have not translated into any substantial benefits for the poor. Adequate infrastructure is among the most critical physical requirements for attaining fast economic growth and for encouraging investment in the backward regions of the country. The Planning Commission has suggested that the total investment …
ITANAGAR, June 15: The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, popularly known as PMGSY, a national initiative to achieve rural-road connectivity within a given time frame, was launched nationwide in December 2000. The objective is to provide all weather road connectivity to the hitherto unconnected habitations in the rural areas. But …
GUWAHATI, June 9: AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary today demanded of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to publish a white paper on the State-sponsored schemes taken up by his government in the State since 2001, barring the Centrally-sponsored schemes like the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …
SHILLONG: The Opposition has sought setting up of a separate department for fast implementation of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State. In Meghalaya, the flagship scheme of the then NDA Government is implemented by the PWD as in most of the states. Former Lok Sabha Speaker …
SHILLONG, June 7: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today admitted that the implementation of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) was pathetic in the State and said his government was considering outsourcing the works under the project. Sangma came out with the statement while seeking to defend PWD minister …
AGARTALA, June 3: The Union Ministry of Rural Development has released grant of Rs 45 crore as part payment of first installment of Phase VI for construction of rural roads in Tripura under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Official sources here today said the amount was from the special …
Amiti Sen & Deepshikha Sikarwar NEW DELHI THE government will launch a joint venture with private players to build roads under its protection in Naxal-dominated areas where companies fear to tread on their own, taking head-on a bottleneck that has long scuppered welfare schemes and security initiatives. The home ministry …
ITANAGAR, May 23: To inspect and monitor the ongoing PMGSY schemes in his Khonsa West Assembly constituency, MLA Yumsen Matey accompanied by RWD Executive Engineer T Kena, officials and contractors visited under construction roads at Hukan, Chinkoi, Raho, Dadam, Lazu and Noklo work sites from May 13 to 20 last. …
ITANAGAR, May 20: Faced with acute shortage of funds to continue with road constructions under the Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), coupled with ire of local contractors, the State Government is literally knocking on the door of the Prime Minister to bail it out of the situation. Taking the …
Uttar Pradesh, a major beneficiary under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), has not only ignored action against erring officials for poor implementation of the flagship scheme but has instead awarded additional works under the scheme in certain cases. Lack of close monitoring by the National Rural Roads Agency, …
The state cabinet in its meeting today endorsed the action plan for linking all the villages with roads in Madhya Pradesh by the year 2013 under Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, MNREGA and BRGF. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided that funds should be …
ITANAGAR, May 18: Road construction being the only way to development of rural areas, PMGSY is of utmost prominence in Arunachal Pradesh. But as per the Arunachal Citizen
BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to terrorise construction companies involved in construction of roads in remote areas of Kandhamal district under the Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Although the event occurred on Friday evening in remote Ranaba panchayat under Raikia police station of the district, no one from the area …
To ensure the long overdue development of the extremist-infested districts across eight states, the Planning Commission will shortly unfurl an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to expedite development in these parts.
Personnel of the security forces interact with members of Salwa Judum, a vigilante group raised to fight naxalites. A file photograph. A large number of villagers who suffered at the hands of this group are yet to be rehabilitated despite a government promise to his effect. ONE week after the …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that all villages of the State would be made accessible with all season roads by 2013, and those villages, which would not benefit from the Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana, would be connected with the all season accessible roads from the Mukhyamantri Sadak …
Ahmedabad: The Centre has allocated Rs 22,000 crore to be spent during financial year 2010-11 for connecting far flung villages under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Union minister of state for rural development, Pradeep Jain, stated in Rajya Sabha that allocation of Rs 22,000 crore was made during 2010-11 …
MUKESH RANJAN NEW DELHI Even as Andhra Pradesh has performed well in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) and in managing the state finances, the Planning Commission has found that in case of rural roads and the Forests Right Act, the state has failed to live …
