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 …
Production-related sectors to be included The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of the United Progressive Alliance government is a model for the entire world, Union Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran has said. Speaking after inaugurating the three-day Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign on the Centrally …
Monitoring and Supervisory Committee appraises central schemes Works to the tune of Rs.92.98 crore is being implemented under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the current fiscal here in the district. These include 2,314 works in all the 434 panchayats in the district. These were among the …
NEW DELHI, 16 SEPT: The Bihar chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, today met the rural development minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, and thanked him for allowing road projects worth Rs 935 crore to be undertaken by state government agencies in the state. The issue of not allowing Bihar agencies to undertake …
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 …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged the need for greater flexibility in the implementation of the rural schemes and demand for support and security to make their delivery more effective in the naxal-affected districts. “It is crucial for policymakers to feel the needs of the people and have a deeper …
PM emphasises on development in tune with needs of the local people Indications of decline in Maoist violence in areas under the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) have prompted the government to extend the scheme to 20 more Naxal-hit districts to tackle the “most formidable challenge” staring at it. Since bridging …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will arrive in Ranchi tomorrow on a three-day visit of the state to review execution of development schemes, including a blighted MGNREGS, in Jharkhand’s 14 left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts. In his first tour of Jharkhand after taking over the rural development ministry with …
Putting an end to the last several years of squabbling between the NDA government in Bihar and the UPA government at the Centre, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has decided to stop awarding any new work to central government’s agencies under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the …
Ranchi, Aug. 29: A Comptroller & Auditor General’s report, tabled in the Assembly today, has pulled up the state for poor implementation of a central government scheme for rural roads, pointing to substandard work, fraudulent payments to unscrupulous contractors and serious financial irregularities. Only nine per cent of rural habitations …
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday urged Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to consider including the rearing of animals, dairy and coir industries, and water management under the ambit of jobs provided in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA). He wanted the Centre to include livelihood schemes, …
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh called on Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here last evening. During their meeting, the Governor and Jairam discussed important issues relating to the implementation of various flagship rural development schemes and programmes in the state and reviewed the achievements under …
SRINAGAR: Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh called on Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah here this evening. The two leaders discussed matters relating to the PMGSY, establishment of Panchayat System, empowerment to Panchayats and other Central schemes in rural development sector. Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Minister of …
LUCKNOW: The state government on Saturday decided to allocate an additional Rs 300 crores for maintenance of roads, which got damaged due to rains. This will be apart from the budgetary allocation of Rs 7100 crores that has been earmarked for maintenance of roads for the financial 2011-12. While announcing …
The state government is likely to knock on Centre’s door for additional funds to overcome the budgetary constrains in tackling the problem of bad roads in Maharashtra. Highly placed sources in the Chief Minister’s office said, “The state has made a big mistake by failing to make optimum use of …
Takes decision after a meeting with NAC and Rural Ministry officials The new Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, on Wednesday set aside the two-bill approach of his predecessor and decided to frame a single integrated Bill on land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement. After reviewing various programmes of the …
SRINAGAR: Maintaining that the State under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is marching fast towards a golden era of development and prosperity, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, A. R. Rather today said focus of the planning process is to ensure uniform development and equity to …
SRINAGAR: A high level meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Revenue Minister, Raman Bhalla to review the progress of land acquisition and removal of impediments in respect of construction of roads in Ramban district under various schemes including National Highway 1-A, roads being constructed under PMGSY, BRO …
After ignoring Karnataka for more than a year by refusing to release funds for upgrading rural roads, the Union Ministry for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD≺), has finally sanctioned over Rs 1,400 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Addressing reporters on Thursday, RD≺ Minister Jagadish Shettar said …
PC assures over Rs 500 cr under CSS State to get development monitored through NABCONS JAMMU: In a significant achievement for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah headed Government, the Planning Commission (PC) today approved the State
The work on 11.43 km road from Aladangadi to Goliangadi in Belthangady taluk which was half completed due to the interuption by the forest department, has received green signal from the Central government to lay road inside the reserve forest. Accordingly, the road work has commenced. A view of the …
