Rural Development

New Delhi: The Centre has cleared proposals for rural roads worth Rs 4,440 crore which includes areas in Orissa reeling under Left-wing influence.

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BHUBANESWAR: The Thirteenth Finance Commission has given a grant of over Rs 1,300 crore for operation and maintenance of the drinking water supply system in rural areas. Scarcity of drinking water in rural areas is becoming a major problem of the State as natural sources of water are drying up due to several factors and groundwater table is gradually shrinking.

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GANGTOK, Aug 31 – The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 248.49 lakh against a total project cost of Rs 272.53 lakh to Sikkim for implementation of two infrastructure projects under RIDF-XVI.

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The United Nations is considering a proposal to implement the Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukti Gaon Mohim (Dispute-free Village Scheme) of the state government in other developing nations of the world, State Home Minister R R Patil said on Monday.

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District administration, Local MLA under scanner JORHAT, Aug 31: Almost 70 per cent of the development work undertaken by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the development of the rural areas is lying incomplete.

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FOOD SECURITY: RELYING ON RURAL MINISTRY THE National Advisory Council is still working on the amount of grain to be distributed to each family under the Food Security Act. It will hold consultations with ministries of rural development and food and the Planning Commission before it firms up its suggestions for the proposed legislation.

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Charanjit Ahuja Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has been able to cover 78% of its rural population under rural employment guarantee scheme. Sources in the rural development department told FE “the rural department has earmarked Rs 909 crore during the 2010-11 fiscal to cover another 4.5 lakh families under the scheme.

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Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that Mukhya Mantri Gramin Awas Mission will start from November 1, foundation day of the state. The houses will be constructed for the poor persons. He said that till the end of the year 2013, the Mission will construct five lakh houses for the poor.

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China has sought information on India’s poverty reduction programmes, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, to beef up its own strategy. A Chinese delegation that met Union Rural Development Minister C P Joshi today said the way India has weathered the economic meltdown without suffering much damage, has led them to enquire into poverty reduction programmes li

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Programme For Rural Connectivity Attracts Attention Of Influential Members Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI RURAL development minister C P Joshi finds himself in quandary. He had, by last year-end, sanctioned projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yogna (PMGSY).

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