Nothing rural about these jobs
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24/12/2004
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Financial Express (New Delhi)
Rae Bareilly, the constituency of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Vaishali, that of rural development minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, figure in the first list of 150 districts identified in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill-2005. Other high-profile ministers whose constituencies have been covered under the landmark Bill approved by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday include tourism minister Renuka Chaudhery's Khammam and Madhubani of state minister for communication Shakeel Ahmed. Barring Madhubani, all three districts