Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagan Prasad Tehriya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 23/05/2025. The applicant has alleged large-scale illegal felling of green trees within the Agra district, Uttar Pradesh. The application revealed instances of illegal tree felling at Fatehabad, Sadar, Kiraoli and Agra …
In the course of a visit to about 25 villages located in four districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, the author came across several examples of village communities coming together to fight pollution and displacement. In some cases a leading role has been played by elected village pradhans. In fact in …
Direct cash transfer is a better way to help the poor than rural employment guarantee Arvind Panagariya Economic reforms that helped produce sustained rapid growth during the last two decades have cut the proportion of the rural population living below the poverty line from 46 per cent in 1983 to …
The ruling MLAs Dayanand Narvekar and Victoria Fernandes took a dig at the government on the draft Regional Plan 2021, saying planning must remain with the villagers and that the government must respect the views expressed by village panchayats and the committees while finalising the regional plan.
Focus on improving rural housing. Mumbai, July 6 Rural housing sector could get a big boost as the Budget has allocated Rs 2, 000 crore to the National Housing Bank
Himachal Government has prepared an ambitious plan to connect all villages with road, having a population of over 250 people, by 2010 and improve overall connectivity by building a network of National and State highways and arterial roads, Public Works Minister Gulab Singh Thakur said on Friday. Thakur said villages …
Industrialists, academics, planners, economists, NGOs and students gathered at the Bangalore International Centre here on Tuesday, to discuss the 2009 World Development Report -
The SGSY is being recast. The new name given is National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). Mission model is the newer approach as it the trend or practice with several of our flagship programmes. The aim, as the NRLM draft claims, is to overcome the limitations of SGSY by restructuring it …
Cooperation is the cornerstone of humanity, some have not forgotten this sometime in mid-2007, the world underwent a major demographic shift. For the first time, the earth
Migration occurs in search of survival, fulfilment and a better life. Among the classified migrants, Census 2001 reported that rural out-migrants constituted the majority of 75.80 per cent. Majority of migration is from one rural area to another due to 'marriage' in the case of females and 'in search of …
This paper reviews recent evidence on food intake and nutrition in India. It attempts to make sense of various puzzles, particularly the decline of average calorie intake during the last 25 years. This decline has occurred across the distribution of real per capita expenditure, in spite of increases in real …
BHUBANESWAR: The empowered committee of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) sanctioned Rs 1,859 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for construction of 1,123 roads to connect 1,790 habitations. The Ministry also sanctioned Rs 107 crore for construction of 43 bridges, including NABARD assistance of Rs 31.79 …
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 22 Benaulim villagers cried foul over the Regional Plan 2021 with the people demanding the government to meet the expenses towards preparing the plan or threatened to draw the own village panchayat taking into account the requirements of the village. As the draft plan was conspicuous …
Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 - An act to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purposes of providing access to justice to the citizens at their doorsteps and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizens by reason …
A reality check of the status of the government schemes as well as problems of the villagers by Indore collector and his administrative paraphernalia on Saturday and Sunday under the Gram Sampark Abhiayaan, has not only brought to the fore the pitiable condition of basic infrastructure - like road, electricity …
Sujoy Singh Roy HARINGHATA, Jan. 2: It has been almost 20 years since the Panpur-Bakultala road was last repaired, according to villagers, and its age shows. Severe cracks and potholes have contributed to its treacherous nature, but approximately 20,000 villagers living in Mollabelia Gram Panchayat of Haringhata block area in …
The Indian village as we understand it today, will be unrecognisable if the government acts on the recommendations of a report on rural housing by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER). The report says every village needs a master plan for housing development, planned group housing, may be …
