The Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, today called upon the state officials to treat the Rs 1,529 crore Asian Development Bank sponsored Urban Infrastructure Development Project as a major
High income states in country do not provide basic social services as effectively as states with lower income do. According to a survey by the Public Affairs Centre the southern and western states
Twenty states and Union territories have submitted central subsidy proposals worth Rs 200 crore under the Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana(Vambay). Vambay was launched by Prime Minister Atal Behari
In the era of liberalisation and globalisation, the southern states have pushed their northern counterparts off the radar. The new National Human Development Index developed by the government tells
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh, said today that the problem of poverty cannot be solved by big and small industries and the gap between developed and underdeveloped states can be
Union Minister for Rural Development M Venkaiah Naidu's criticism of the State governments of the north-eastern States for their failure to judiciously utilise the rural development funds allotted by
The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, will inaugurate a two-day all-India Panchayat Adhyaksha Sammelan in New Delhi on April 5. The Ministry of Rural Development has convened the conference to
Under IMF rule, marginal increases in budgetary expenditure in any year are irrelevant. What is important is the long term trend. As Aspects of India's Economy has pointed out, plan capital
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found several lapses in the Andhra Pradesh Government's fiscal management approach. I its review for 2000-2001 and over a five-year time frame, the