'SHGs to accelerate economic development'
The Pragjyotish Goalia Bank, in association with the NABARD and the DRDA, Dhubri, Assam, organised an awareness camp on self-help groups and Kishan Credit Cards recently, which was inaugurated by
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Use more MPLADS funds for irrigation: Pawar to MPs
Going a step ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has urged all MPs to devote a higher share of their MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for irrigation and drought-proofing works in their respective constituencies.
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No Harayana village is thirsty , no tap is dry in the town
Haryana, at the time of its creation from the womb of Punjab was partly a parched state. Large areas were dry treeless sand dunes. Even drinking water was a privilege. Its has taken long strides since then. The State is becoming a real green land. All the villages get potable water.
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Bharatpur poverty eradication plan to benefit BPL families
An ambitious plan for poverty eradication is set to benefit thousands of below poverty line households in Bharatpur and make the district poverty-free by 2015. Through a well-planned strategy for self and wage employment generation, the plan would benefit 11,000 BPL families of the total of 49,394 such households in the district during the current financial year. According to the figures compiled by the Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation, which has formulated the poverty eradication plan, the total rural population in the nine blocks of Bharatpur district is 20.54 lakh, which includes the BPL population of 2.46 lakh.
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Plans chalked out for boosting inland fish production to 3 lakh tonnes
Plans are afoot to increase the production of inland fish in the State to three lakh tonnes a year. Presently, of the total 5.97 lakh tonnes of fish production in Tamil Nadu, inland fish production is only 1.72 lakh tonnes and marine fisheries is 4.25 lakh tonnes. To make available more fish seeds and advanced fingerlings from 7 cm to 10 cm stage, the capacity of fish hatcheries and fish-rearing centres across the State is being enhanced and additional infrastructure created. Catla, Rohu, Mrigal varieties of Indian major carp (kendai meen) and common carp are bred and reared at these centres.
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CM inaugurates irrigation project
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prash Chautala, said that the state government has started nine projects for irrigation, drainage and flood control with the aid of NABARD and added that a sum of Rs
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Nabard aid for Himachal
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 2.85 crore to the Himachal Pradesh Government for minor irrigation project at Santokhgarh in Una district under the
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AP Gets Rs 136-cr Nabard Loan For Irrigation Project
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Developme-nt (Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 135.91 crore as loan assistance to the Andhra Pradesh government for irrigation and rural water supply projects with an
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Stop construction work in Sariska: Kak
Jaipur: Waking up to gross violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 and orders of the Supreme Court, minister for forest and environment Bina Kak on Monday ordered an immediate halt on the construction of annicuts with the use of earth-moving machinery inside the Sariska Tiger Reserve. The forest department had embarked on a project of constructing 28 annicuts inside the reserve for providing water to animals there, especially during summer. However, the authorities seem to have missed the clearly laid laws for such work.
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Storage-bound Farmers to Get Cheaper Crop Loan
Post-harvest loan to be offered at 7% for using warehouses The finance ministry has launched a concessional loan scheme for farmers to prevent distress sale of agricultural produce. Farmers who park
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Cabinet clears Rs 387.40 cr for urban poor houses
The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to make available Government security worth Rs387.40 crore under Integrated Housing and Slums Development Programme and Basic Services for Urban Poor. With this,
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Rs 60 crore drinking water scheme soon
Portable drinking water will be provided from tanks to two regions in the Srinivaspur Assembly constituency under the Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water scheme, at an estimated cost of Rs 60 crore, said legislator G K Venkatashivareddy. He was speaking at the Republic Day celebrations, on Monday, at the Government Women
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Nabard to finance mini hydel projects in J&K
NABARD has offered loans for setting up of mini hydro-electric power projects in Jammu and Kashmir. "We will provide financial support to the state government to tap its huge mini hydro-electric
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Rs 8-cr Tawi canal improvement project forumulated for NABARD funding: Qazi
The Minister for PHE and Irrigation, Qazi Mohammad Afzal said that a comprehensive Rs 8.60 crore project has been sent to NABARD for improvement of Tawi canal in Jammu which also includes replacement
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Rs 11 crore for water supply schemes
The NABARD has sanctioned a sum of Rs 11.10 crore for the completion of 13 drinking water supply schemes in 33 villages of Sonepat district during the current financial year. According to official
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Can Microfinance Eradicate Poverty In India?
Three industry experts respond on why Indian microfinance has a long way to go The Harbinger:'Microfinance can play a crucial role' Aloysius Fernandez a Padmashree awardee (2000), is the founder of Myrada, a Bangalorebased NGO that pioneered the Indian SHG movement.
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When The Poor Became Profitable
Shriya Mohan traces the Indian microfinance story and what stops it from making a dent in poverty When Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, showed the world what a small loan could do to a group of poor villagers in Bangladesh, people wondered why such a simple idea had never been thought of before.
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NABARD sanctions Rs 63.25 cr for State govt projects
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 63.25 crore to the State government for construction of 12 minor irrigation projects of Water Resource
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Case for de-amalgamation of regional rural banks
The amalgamation of regional rural banks has been completed. This paper builds up a case against it. Amalgamation would be a death blow to the credit starved rural poor, most of whom are small and marginal farmers, agricultural and landless labourers, and artisans. The paper calls for an immediate de-amalgamation of RRBS in the interest of the vast majority of the rural poor.
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Rs 11 crore water plan for Sonepat
NABARD has earmarked Rs 11.10 crore for launching 13 potable water supply schemes in 33 villages of Sonepat district during the current financial year. Giving the information, the Deputy Commissioner