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 …
Back in 2005, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), now called Mahatma Gandhi NREGS or MGNREGS, was offered as a tool to liberate Dalits and weaker sections in rural India by giving them employment. Five years down the line, a Union Ministry of Rural Development-sponsored investigation has found that …
A CONFLICT has risen between the National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the rural development ministry over the time-frame for completing the BPL census. NAC members N C Saxena and Harsh Mander, in particular, want the head count to be completed by September 2011. The rural …
New Delhi: The Centre has cleared proposals for rural roads worth Rs 4,440 crore which includes areas in Orissa reeling under Left-wing influence. Union rural development minister C P Joshi told reporters on Wednesday that the empowered committee for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) approved the proposals, taking the …
Programme For Rural Connectivity Attracts Attention Of Influential Members Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI RURAL development minister C P Joshi finds himself in quandary. He had, by last year-end, sanctioned projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yogna (PMGSY). But he is still deluged with requests, …
THE Union government has proposed giving conclusive ownership titles to landholders across India through the Land Titling Bill 2010. The draft bill, open for public comment till August 31, envisages a transition from registration of sale deeds to registration of ownership, thus ensuring the registration is proof of ownership. At …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today slammed the Government for its failure on all fronts and dared Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to seek a fresh mandate to prove his popularity. Naveen has no moral right to continue after the statement of Union Home Secretary that the officers of the State Government are …
Cash-Strapped Finmin Turns Down Proposal But Rural Min, States Look For Alternatives To Revise WageSurabhi NEW DELHI THE finance ministry has turned down a proposal to link wages paid under the government
The Centre will now monitor the implementation of NREGA through Geographical Information System (GIS).The Ministry of Rural Development has constituted an expert group for developing a
While the government is spending thousands of crores of rupees in various welfare programmes, food subsidy and is even planning a food security law for the poor, the rural development ministry said poverty has come down in magnitude. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for …
Union Rural Development Ministry has invited suggestions from the State Governments on 50 per cent upfront payment of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) with a view to check complaints of delayed payment to workers.
An investigation by the Union Ministry of Rural Development based on a report by The Indian Express has confirmed that the Gujarat government has been illegally diverting MNREGA funds for its own departmental works. Ironically, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had himself stated in New Delhi on Saturday that the …
Assam, along with other northeastern States, have slipped in implementation of majority of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development. This has emerged during the review of the performance of its flagship programmes by the Ministry on Friday. The Ministry of Rural Development has convened a two-day meeting …
In a remote village of district Chamoli, Uttarakhand, farmer Hari Singh no longer needs to travel to the distant bank branch. A business correspondent (BC), a bank-appointed agent who comes to the village with an electronic handheld device connected to the bank, facilitates withdrawal of his money, deposits and other …
JORHAT, July 7: As many as 29,355 of the total 80,464 habitations in the State are yet to get drinking water facilities, a report of the national habitation survey conducted by the Department of Drinking Water Supply under the Union Ministry of Rural Development said. According to the report, as …
States Float Sub-Schemes With Funds From Flagship Programme Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has a job at hand to save her imprimatur on the rural job scheme. After the Centre prefixed
KOLKATA, 6 JULY: A day after the nationwide strike was observed by the Left parties to protest against the policies of the Centre, the CPI-M led state government has begun lobbying with the Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to ensure funds under NREGA after it failed to meet the …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as a recent report of the Central Employment guarantee council under the Ministry of Rural Development rapped the State Government for poor utilisation of fund in the flagship wage employment scheme under NREGS, there is marked improvement in the fund utilisation in the first quarter of the current …
In what could trigger resentment among the rural population, the Planning Commission is open to the suggestion of the Rural Development Ministry on tolling rural roads to ensure their upkeep. The suggestion to this effect came this morning from a senior RD ministry official, who highlighted the plight of the …
