The Centre has granted 30 new projects to Assam state under the Rural Development department. The schemes, granted under the Integrated Watershed Development Project will be implemented in 12

The Madhya Pradesh Government will mobilise Rs 500 crore to implement economic development plans in the state. According to official sources, Rs 200 crore will be infused by March 2003 for economic

The Planning Commission approved a special reforms linked development package for Bihar and the poverty-stricken KBK region (the old Orissa districts of Koraput-Bolangir-Kalahandi). A pilot programme

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare today withdrew his maun vrat - vow of silence - cautioning the Maharashtra government that he would relaunch the agitation, this time in Mumbai from January 1, if it

The Central Government is to fund 27 projects ranging from rural infrastructure development, IT development, irrigation and horticulture in the northeastern region. A sum of Rs 3,173 crores have been

The WTO working group on trade and competition policy will meet in Geneva for a two day discussion on core principles including transparency, nondiscrimination and procedural fairness. While India's

The rural women of Uganda are helping the tourism industry by providing food and accommodation to poor tourists. UCOTA, an NGO, assisted by USAID, is improving the skills of 62 women tourist

The first ever report on human development index of Assam state, prepared by the Government of Assam on the basis of feedback from United Nations Development Programme would be shortly published. The

The Ministry of Rural Development will cut funds of the District Development Rural Agencies (DRDAs) who had not lifted even the first installment of funds for projects in their states. Unless the

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has directed that a well defined strategy should be evolved for time bound implementation of economic development plans in the State. He stressed the need