Rural Development 
- Posted under:
- News
All villages to get road connection by 2013
Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargav has said that by 2013 all the villages in the State would be connected with roads throughout the year.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Busting urban legends: if India is so smart, then how come it is so rural?
France was only 55 per cent urban in the 1940s; so were large parts of Europe. Today, France, Italy and Spain, not to mention Germany and Scandinavia, are only 2-3 per cent rural. This is an indication of their prosperity. Latin America has just driven in to the smart set. Its high speed urbanisation, like a souped-up limo, touched 85 per cent at various stretches.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
This army’s working a quiet miracle
Present in every village, anganwadi workers have a standing that is turning them into a reforming force
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Investors promised freebies in drought-prone Bundelkhand
Mahim Pratap Singh
MoUs disclosed under Right to Information Act
Government promised investors continuous power
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Government has promised a free hand to investors to exploit the grossly under-developed Bundelkhand region.
- Date:
- 06/03/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Govt plans to construct two lakh ponds and check dams
With an aim to provide better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State, the Agriculture Department has decided to build 1,00,000 non-concrete check dam and similar number of ponds across the State.
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
- Source:
- Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
E-governance: Bundelkhand shows the way
In the parched lands of Bundelkhand, officials of the Government of India have found a success story in e-governance, which they now want to replicate across the country to strengthen the flagship scheme of the UPA Government — the NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme).
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
- Source:
- Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
The bazaar view of development
There is a reason why most interventions in rural India — by the government and companies — struggle. They underestimate how rural communities will respond. To elaborate, the recently concluded panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh saw a new trend. Wannabe sarpanches spent far more than before on campaigning.
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
- Source:
- Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Centre’s rural development initiatives have taker
A high-level Nigerian delegation of parliamentarians met Union Rural Development Minister CP Joshi and evinced interest in the development initiatives of the Government of India for the rural population.
The 20-member Nigerian team was led by Chairman of House Committee on Millennium Development Goals of that country Adewale Aribisala.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
- Source:
- Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Das harps on progress at CII seminar
The state government has several plans afoot for rapid development in the state.
Deputy chief minister Raghubar Das announced some while addressing a session on “sustainability and inclusive growth” organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Jharkhand Council.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
- Source:
- Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags
- Posted under:
- News
Draft food security bill
Ministers’ group rejects tribunals at various levels
THE draft food security bill, cleared by the Empowered Group of Ministers last month and will be put up before the law ministry, has rejected the proposal to set up tribunals at various levels of administration. This is likely to invite the wrath of the Congress leadership.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
- Source:
- Economic Times (New Delhi)
