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Red zone villagers avail of aid
Bokaro, March 14: Buoyed by the overwhelming response to contact programmes and health camps organised for the villagers of Jhumra hills, the CRPF and district administration yesterday convened a medical camp and janta durbar at Rehawan, about 135 kilometres from Bokaro steel city.
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- 15/03/2010
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- Telegraph (Ranchi)
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NREGA a success, but shortage of funds may worsen rural job scenario
KOLKATA, 14 March: After doing much better in terms of providing jobs to the rural populace under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the state panchayat and rural development department may face trouble to provide jobs to the villagers in the first quarter of the next financial year owing to a severe crisis of funds.
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- 15/03/2010
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- Statesman (Kolkata)
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NREGA helps jobless diamond workers in Surat
The workers of diamond industry in Gujarat's city Surat who were rendered jobless in the wake of the global slowdown have found their saviour in the form of NREGA.
- Date:
- 15/03/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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NREGA a farce in Nagaon
NAGAON, March 14: The National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme was introduced in Nagaon district including Barhampur, Kathiatoli and Khagarijan Development Block under the Barhampur LAC since the year 2007.
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- 15/03/2010
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- Sentinel (Guwahati)
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41 BPL beneficiaries get auto-rickshaws
Chandigarh: Mayor Anu Chatrath and Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria handed over LPG auto-rickshaws to 41 BPL beneficiaries at the Sukhna lake parking here today.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Panchayats should start work under NREGS
TIRUCHI: All village panchayats in the district should start the works sanctioned under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme within a week, Collector T. Soundiah has said.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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NREGS system simplified
SHILLONG: Chief Minister DD Lapang on Monday said the government would streamline the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to benefit the poor.
After chairing the meeting of the Meghalaya State Employment Guarantee Council here on Monday, Lapang said the government would simplify the disbursement of wages under NREGS to the people.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Shillong Times (Shillong)
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Cabinet may discuss raising foodgrain prices for APL families
NEW DELHI: Under pressure to mobilise resources for its "food for all" promise, UPA government is expected to significantly hike the central issue prices for wheat and rice for Above Poverty Line (APL) families getting the benefit under public distribution system.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Digvijay accuses Mayawati Govt. of misusing funds
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh with UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Promod Tiwari in Lucknow on Tuesday.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Parekh to head panel on slum redevelopment
The government has decided to refer the draft guidelines of its ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), a scheme to make India slum-free, to an independent panel. The eight-member expert panel, headed by HDFC Bank chairman Deepak Parekh, has been asked to give its recommendations within a month from its first meeting.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
