Drought hits 50 pc crops: DC
Kullu: Over 50 per cent crops have been damaged in four tehsils in the district due to drought. The administration has initiated assessment and relief operations. This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner at
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World Bank go-ahead for second phase of KSTP
KSTP aims to improve traffic flow and road safety on the State's primary road network, and strengthen the institutional and financial capacity of key transport sector agencies. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec.
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Rs 201.60 crore conservation scheme with Nabard aid
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced a Rs 201.60 crore scheme for water conservation with Nabard
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Nabard loan to improve groundwater table
With the National Bank for agriculture and rural development(Nabard) agreeing in principle for an action plan prepared at a cost of Rs 5 crore, the district machinery has been taking up works for
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Relief for drought-hit Bundelkhand
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: In a bid to provide relief to seven drought-affected districts of Bundelkhand region and eastern Uttar Pradesh, the National Agricultural Bank for Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs.246 crore.
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Japanese loan for wildlife conservation in Bengal
‘JICA to give Rs. 400 crore long-term soft loan' The West Bengal Government is set to sign an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a Rs. 400 crore long-term soft loan for the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity.
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800 irrigation schemes marked
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)will coordinate with the state for improving and increasing irrigation potential. The water resources department has marked 800 new irrigation schemes. For implementation of these schemes, the NREGS will coordinate with the state government.
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Manufacturing policy, Companies Bill to come up before Cabinet
The Union Cabinet, on Tuesday, is likely to take up the National Manufacturing Policy, which aims at developing mega industrial zones with flexible labour and environmental laws. According to sources
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NABARD organises gender sensitisation programme
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), an apex level rural development financial institutions organised a gender sensitisation programme at Katli Block Hiranagar the other day.
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Kudumbashree, National Rural Mission to sign pact for services
MUMBAI: Kerala-based, all-women micro-lender Kudumbashree will soon sign a pact for providing consultancy services to the National Rural Livelihood Mission with the objective of scaling up this flagship
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Making waves
Santosh Jadhav, 35, of Mothegaon village in Resode taluka would always spray pesticides thrice in his soyabean fields. But this time Jadhav changed the decades-old schedule — he has cut it down to just
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Minor irrigation tanks to be rejuvenated across the State
The State government, with adequate financial support from the Union Government, the World Bank and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), is all set to give a fresh
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A world of distress
Depression in agriculture and farmer suicides continue, thanks to the misguided actions of Indian policymakers. AS the outstanding Marxist economist Paul Baran had pointed out in The Political Economy of Growth, what is cooked in the kitchen is not decided in the kitchen. Similarly, what happens to agricultural producers is decided outside agriculture by public policy.
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Focus on small, medium irrigation projects: Chandy
To meet needs of water-starved areas Kerala should focus on small and medium irrigation projects to meet its needs, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. Big projects faced various problems like finance, and land acquisition, he said after inaugurating the second phase of the Kollengode Block Watershed Development Programme at the Kollengode block panchayat hall near here on Tuesday.
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NABARD for three tier credit for rural areas
Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Y.S.P. Thorat is in favour of a three-tier credit flow to the rural areas with focus on micro-credit. The rural areas
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Food crisis looms large in Arunachal
Food crisis hit remote Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh with many places remaining cut off since July 19 following massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall. Parsi Parlo Zilla Parishad Member (ZPM) Sangha Tagik, who toured many disconnected areas of the district, said in a statement “there is acute shortage of essential commodities with the people deprived of any supply from outside and all schools have been closed for want of ration rice”.
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Credibility of equal access to credit: Does gender matter?
<p> This article examines the National Sample Survey Organisation unit record data pertaining to debt and investment (59th round) and highlights inequality in access to credit by certain segments of
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As farmers give new technologies a miss, water levels keep falling
Water levels in Punjab may be falling drastically, but majority of the farmers blissfully ignore agricultural practices that can save natural resources. Over the last decade, only 15 per cent of the total
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Dhenkanal farmers fight fertiliser scarcity
<p> DHENKANAL: The non-availability of fertilisers continues to plague the agriculture zones of the district with paddy being the worst affected.</p> <p> For nearly 1.8 lakh farmers, the district
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Rs 92.53 crore plan for Jammu district okayed
The state government today approved a Rs 92.53 crore annual plan 2011 for Jammu district at a District Development Board meeting here today. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, while chairing the meeting, laid stress on judicious spending of the funds and time-bound completion of the works. The Rs 92.53 crore plan includes Rs 34.53 crore as the revenue component and Rs 57.99 crore as the capital com