The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A loss for environment is a gain for rural development. That's how an environmental activist responded on hearing news of shifting of Mr Jairam Ramesh from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Rural Development. Hated by corporates and liked by quite a few environmental activists, Mr Jairam Ramesh's …
Khursheed gets Law, Railways for Dinesh Trivedi; Last reshuffle before the polls, says Manmohan Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made two key changes in his Union Council of Ministers on Tuesday: Jairam Ramesh, whose high-profile tenure as Environment and Forests Minister led to the enforcement of long-neglected environmental norms for major …
BHUBANESWAR: After initial refusal to sanction funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to the six districts under CBI scanner, the Centre on Monday released Rs 170 crore for the wage employment programme.
After ignoring Karnataka for more than a year by refusing to release funds for upgrading rural roads, the Union Ministry for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD≺), has finally sanctioned over Rs 1,400 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Addressing reporters on Thursday, RD≺ Minister Jagadish Shettar said …
Maharashtra state governor, K Sankaranarayanan, has stressed the need for better cleanliness and sanitation in the villages. He was speaking on Monday as the chief guest during the distribution of Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) for 2010 to sarpanchs of 694 villages in the state at Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex, Balewadi. …
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has eventually finalised the revised draft of the bills on land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement, which promise to return land to the farmer if a proposed project fails to come up within five years of acquisition. Minister for Rural Development Vilasrao Deshmukh toldThe …
The World Bank will give India . 5,000 crore to start a comprehensive rural livelihood mission in 12 poorest states of the country which have around 85 % of the India
During a review meeting regarding implementation of rural development schemes in the state held by the Union minister for rural development and panchayat raj, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Chief Minister Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy requested an allotment of Rs 11,600 crore for the state.
Rural households having a member earning more than Rs 10,000 a month or anyone serving in a government or government-aided organisation or owning a landline phone will not be included in the below poverty line (BPL) category in the new poverty census being conducted by states. However, the new census, …
The Union rural development ministry will soon move the draft Land Acquisition Bill to the law ministry for approval before it is tabled in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session. However, the ministry is maintaining that there will be two separate legislative proposals, one on land acquisition and another for …
In the times of Bhatta-Parsaul, Singur and Nandigram crises, the way Tamil Nadu has gone about land acquisition for industry could be a lesson for all states. Whose land is it anyway? That
In a move that took many by surprise, the National Advisory Council (NAC) huddled into a seven-hour discussion on the land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement bills on Wednesday, and emerged with a sweeping document that reaffirms the government’s will to keep a strong hold over all matters linked to …
