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 …
The new union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh takes charge of the key ministry at a time when the mega Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005 completes mandated five years of implementation within next few weeks. Deshmukh would lead the rural development ministry which gets the largest …
With speculations growing of differences between UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue, the Rural Development Ministry today hurriedly announced a new structure for payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) that would be linked to inflation. The announcement, …
OVER 2.5 crore job card holders registered under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) could be affected by the rural development ministry’s decision to introduce biometrics to the scheme. The job cards of beneficiaries in 200 districts across India are set to expire in 2011. The process of job …
The Supreme Court today issued a showcause notice to the Orissa government, asking why should a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not be ordered into the alleged diversion of funds for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). A bench, headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia, …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Despite constitut ing around 80 per cent of the agriculture workforce, women still have little financial independence and access to the government services. To empower them, the rural development ministry has planned a `100 crore special scheme Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) in 2010-11. According to …
Led by C. Rangarajan, it has been appointed by Manmohan Experts group will examine the very decisions taken at October 25 NAC meet Draft bill for setting up an autonomous National Food Commission NEW DELHI: In a significant move, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has formed an experts group chaired by …
FIVE years since it was conceived, efforts to create a dedicated Panchayat Service Cadre for better implementation of rural development policies in the country have failed. Reason: states are reluctant to spend on their salaries. The proposal of the Ministry of Rural Development for an exclusive service cadre provides for …
Only 31 per cent of rural Indian households and schools are equipped with toilets, a WHO/Unicef survey has revealed. This is much lower than the government-compiled figure of 67 per cent. The percentage of households and schools having toilets is the sanitation level, and the WHO/Unicef report says these levels …
Under pressure from civil society groups to increase the wages of the MGNREGA workers, the rural development ministry has sought clarification from the finance ministry on the issue. Sources said following queries from the Pronab Sen Committee, set up by the government to create a separate index for MGNREGA wages, …
Kolkata: The Centre should not impose conditions on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme which might block the project's implementation in the State, West Bengal Rural Development Minister Anisur Rahman said here on Tuesday. Talking to reporters at the Secretariat after a meeting with two senior officials of …
In order to make the works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme gender-friendly, the Union Rural Development Ministry is planning to advise the States to make available women-friendly tools for the workers of the fair sex. The idea is to ensure women workers
Arvind Mayaram While there is all-round concern about how the NREGA funds are being utilised at the grass-roots level, the Union rural development ministry has initiated the process of inducting technology to streamline the delivery system under NREGA. This will have a revolutionary impact on programme delivery. With about 50 …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI EW DELH Concerned over lack of development in the tribal areas, which has led to the rise of Left-Wing extremism (LWE), the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will review the government
THE Centre has approved a proposal for recruitment of 10 lakh technically-qualified personnel for execution of rural development programmes of gram panchayats. A brainchild of rural development minister C P Joshi, who also holds the reins of the panchayati raj ministry, the move is expected to strengthen panchayati raj institutions, …
Rajat Guha New Delhi: In a move that could help unlock large chunks of rural land usable for industrial projects, the Centre has decided to rope in states for a mammoth project to create a national database of 2 lakh sq km of land which is currently without clear titles. …
