Nabard releases Focus Paper' on Sikkim
Sarikah Atreya
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NABARD project to augment productivity of lead crops
T. Ramakrishnan 20-30 villages in each State will be covered CHENNAI: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to launch a nationwide project in April for augmenting the productivity of lead crops/activities through sustainable agricultural practices.
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Nabard aid for rural road project
A proposal of the velopment ministry rural development ministry for raising loan to the tune of Rs 22,500 crores from the Nabard for the rural road scheme is on the agenda of the Union Cabinet, which is likely to be cleared in its meeting on Thursday.
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Nabard loan for parched state
Ranchi, Jan. 29: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a fresh loan to the state government for installing irrigation facilities and generating employment opportunities in rural areas through construction of check dams and forestry development schemes.
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NABARD sanctions Rs 95 cr for rural bridges
Continuing its support for Rural Infrastructure Development in the State, NABARD has sanctioned Rs 95.02 crore to GOMP under RIDF-XV for construction of 22 rural bridges in 14 districts.
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Rs 342.43-cr Nabard loan sanctioned
Nabard has sanctioned a Rs 342.43-crore loan to the state government in the current financial year for the construction of rural roads, bridges, drinking water schemes, flood protection and irrigation projects. Nabard chief general manager AK Mathur said Rs 410.64 crores was released during 2008-09 to the government for the development of rural infrastructure.
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NABARD team meets govt
The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has agreed in principle to allow detailed project reports (DPR) of bridges of less than 60 metre span on the basis of preliminary projects drawings so that more projects could be funded.
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SC may take up mining cases in state on priority
Haryana mining cases are likely to get priority hearing in the Supreme Court as senior advocate Harish Salve, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae in matters relating to projects in forest areas,
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NABARD scheme aims to increase crop production
Pilot project to cover 500 maize cultivators Tuticorin: Following the success of self-help group (SHG) and Joint Liability Group (JLG) concepts aimed at the rural poor in the country, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has introduced yet another concept
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Nabard steps up efforts to promote facilities
BHUBANESWAR: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has stepped up efforts to promote the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardisation scheme of Centre in Orissa.
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‘India should go for sustainable food growth’
Speaking about the need to increase food production to feed the growing population, India’s representative from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr Peter Kenmore, on Monday said that this has to be done in a sustainable manner and by crop intensification. He was delivering the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s (Nabard) 30th anniversary lecture on “Future of Global Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for India”.
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Telangana to give boost to solar energy
With no shortterm solution to overcome power crisis and traditional sources such as thermal and hydel being used to maximum extent, the Telangana state government is now seriously pursuing utilization
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Role of financial agencies in integrating small farmers into a sustainable value chain: a synthesis-based on successful value chain financing efforts
<p>With changing agricultural business environment, the conventional direct marketing method is becoming a less feasible option for small and marginal farmers due to emergence of supermarkets, increasing
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Rs.35 crore for endosulfan relief package
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will disburse Rs.35 crore to implement 165 projects as the first-phase relief and rehabilitation package for victims of diseases caused by the aerial spraying of endosulfan. Rs.117-crore outlay. The decision comes as part of the Rs.117-crore outlay earmarked to implement as many as 224 projects for which administrative sanctions have been received.
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Jairam seeks help from corporates
The Union rural development ministry is setting up a body called “Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation’ (BRLF) with a `1,000-crore corpus with the help of India Inc, to promote economic and social empowerment in 170 districts, including those affected by Naxal violence. “I have already written to the Tatas, Reliance, Infosys, and Wipro, apart from the dairy cooperative NDDB, and Nabard, to be the founding members of BRLF. My ministry is giving initial corpus of `500 crore,” Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday.
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Jairam Ramesh seeks corporates’ help for tribal fund
In its first major initiative of involving corporate India in developmental work, the governmenthas sought big business partnerships in setting up the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF). Rural development
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Nabard sees credit potential of Rs 25,927 cr in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Feb. 2 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has projected a credit potential of Rs 25,927crore in Gujarat for the fiscal 2009-10, according to the Nabard State Focus Paper released on Tuesday by the State Finance Minister, Mr Vajubhai Vala, at a high-level meeting of banking institutions here.
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NABARD sanctions Rs 138.34 for rural development
GUWAHATI: Continuing its support for rural infrastructure development in Assam, NABARD has sanctioned two projects to the Assam Government under RIDF-XVII for a total sum of Rs 138.34 crores. Under the two projects, a total of Rs 16.73 crore have been sanctioned for 5 rural road projects in Golaghat district while Rs 121.61 have been sanctioned for 102 rural bridge projects in 26 districts of the State.
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Fishing boats to reduce carbon footprint
Hundreds of deep sea going fishing boats operating from Kerala and Tamil Nadu will soon be key players in a global bid to cut carbon emissions. The Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen
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Nuances of zero budget farming
More than 200 farmers from across the city underwent special training in zero budget farming as part of a farming training and farmers' mela that concluded here on Sunday. The training, jointly organised