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SRA committee does not have any legal authority: Experts
HOUSING DREAMS
Mumbai: Will the high court-appointed committee to clear the backlog of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cases be of any help?
Apparently not, as the panel has not been given legal powers, say experts. They also point out that the committee is no different from the one set up last year which could dispose of only 42 cases.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Mumbai)
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Government to beat NREGA drum at Delhi meet
As General Election draws near, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government plans to showcase its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme to highlight its social sector achievements.
- Date:
- 30/12/2008
- Source:
- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Hooda announces funds for panchayat land
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Sunday that a sum of Rs.10,000 per acre yearly would be given to those panchayats whose land would be acquired under the Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojna for carving out 100-100 square yard plots to be given to the members belonging to Schedule Castes, Backward Class-A category and families living below the poverty line in the State.
- Date:
- 29/12/2008
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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A hunger-free Kozhikode
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kozhikode is all set to become the first hunger-free city in the country. For, the Social Welfare Department has embarked on a unique mission to provide free meals to the needy.
The Social Security Mission project, constituted by the Government for the care of the poor, aged, children, women and cancer patients, will be launched on January 26.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
- Source:
- New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Focus on rural infrastructure
The World Bank’s country assistance strategy (CAS) for India, 2009-2012 comes at a momentous phase. The focus on boosting investments in infrastructure and reducing inequalities is back on the economic agenda both globally and within India. The proposed $14 billion lending programme for the next three years is in line with national priorities, even if it is short of projected requirements.
- Date:
- 24/12/2008
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Ensure subsidised ration to poor
Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Paras Jain held formal talks with senior departmental officers here today about various ongoing schemes. Jain instructed the officers to ensure easy supply of subsidised food grains to the BPL cardholders. Efforts should also be undertaken to make the public distribution system transparent and effective.
- Date:
- 23/12/2008
- Source:
- Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
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World Bank okays $180-mn loan for MP poverty project
Shashikant Trivedi / New Delhi/ Bhopal December 22, 2008, 0:18 IST
The World Bank has approved a tranche of $180 million as a soft loan to Madhya Pradesh for the second phase of its district poverty initiative project (DPIP).
- Date:
- 22/12/2008
- Source:
- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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U.N. aid agencies facing hunger funding crisis
Peter Beaumont
- Date:
- 18/12/2008
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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The state of food insecurity in the world 2008
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008 represents FAO’s ninth progress report on world hunger since the 1996 World Food Summit(WFS). This report focuses on high food prices, which are having a serious impact on the poorest populations in the world, drastically reducing their already low purchasing power. High
food prices have increased levels of food deprivation, while
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- FAO
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Now, three slums under JNNURM
The State Government has included three slum areas under the basic services to urban poor (BSUP) component of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) during the 2007-08 financial year for construction and upgradation of 1,961 dwelling units.
- Date:
- 15/12/2008
- Source:
- New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
