Mulayam orders enquiry into unused funds worth Rs 220 Cr
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has ordered a probe into non-utilisation of Rs 220-crore public fund earmarked in the annual budget for development projects.it is learnt that the chief minister ordered a probe while reviewing the performance of different departments on June 21. The departments whose working were …
Power project
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) has bagged a Rs 70 crore order from the Punjab State Electricity Board(PSEB) to set up a hydro electric project. Bhel would supply turbines, generators and transformers for the 18 mw Mukerian Stage II hydro electric project in the Hoshiarpur district ,a Bhel release said.
22 Asian nations adopt 13-point programme on cooperation
The 22-member Asia cooperation dialogue (ACD) today decided to intensify cooperation among themselves in a big way to take Asia's economic integration to the next level, make travel into and within Asia easier and bridge the divide within Asia and between Asia and the world.The decision was taken at the …
New Delhi Saarc meet emphasises water crisis
Water conservation, a food bank and a milk grid for Saarc, are amongst the key issues and projects being discussed in the meeting of the Saarc Technical Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development which began in New Delhi. Producing additional food with limited and degraded natural resources, and ensuring food …
New CII President outlines 8-point agenda for growth
The newly appointed President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, outlined an eight-point agenda for the Government so that the country could achieve a sustained eight per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP). The agenda urges the Government to focus on various issues such …
UP to create jobs in villages
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, has said the State Government would give priority to employment-oriented programmes, besides agriculture, in the rural areas of the state. Nothing that there were "immense employment opportunities in the agriculture sector' he said the development plans had not meaning unless …
Rs 225-cr plan for Bhopal
The Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister, Mr Babulal Gaur, said that various schemes to the tune of Rs 225 crore have been chalked out to make the city as
Changing rural life: Giving creative ideas a chance
Can you harvest the dew in water-starved coastal Kutch to meet at least drinking water needs? Get people in Orissa to fight malaria by introducing larvivorous fish varieties which control the vector? Or, develop a prototype for a fleet of locally-built, low-draft country boats to move health teams and medical …
No law to govern the disposal of e-waste
Personal computers may have become a household product these days, but the city is yet to get laws to govern the disposal of waste generated from them and other electronic products. A number of components in these products are hazardous and should be disposed of in an environment-friendly manner. In …
Eco forum urges CM to protect Hussainsagar
The Forum for A Better Hyderabad has appreciated Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy for not making any relaxations in bio-conservation zone of Himayatsagar and Osmansagar. Forum president Vedakumar M and general secretary change in the norms would caus catastrophic impact on the two water bodies. With the development of …
Sivasagar Anganwadis to nurture 250 SHGs by September
The Sivasagar district development office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in association with the District Social Welfare Department organised a workshop on SHGs and micro credit for Anganwadi workers at Block Development Office, Sapekhati. The participant Anganwadi workers volunteered to promote about 200-250 SHGs by …
Govt to Alert MP In house
With the unspent amout of MP Local Area Development Fund (MPLADF) reaching at a staggering Rs 2,352cr by the second week of June 2004, the ministry of programme implementation is planning to give regular details of non-utilisation of fund in each session of Parliament.
Village-level conciliation boards to ease burden on courts
The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Government has unveiled an initiative to stop the choking of the Kolkata High Court and other subsidiary courts in West Bengal by setting up village-level conciliation boards under the panchayat system. Law Department officials said on Thursday that the Government hoped to place the West Bengal Block-level …
Spain turns to sea for water
Spain has decided to build about 20 desalination plants in an attempt to water its parched south-east without raiding the fast-running rivers of the relatively well-watered and prosperous north. A decree authorising a diversion from the Ebro river, put on hold when Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist Government took power, …
India-U.S. space science meet from tomorrow
A India-U.S. conference on 'Space Science, its applications and commerce' will be held here between June 21 and 25 and it will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Prithviraj Chavan, and the U.S. Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford.
Milky way to rural upliftment: KMF charts 2005 roadmap
The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the milk unions have got down to formulating new strategies to meet challenges faced in dairy development in the post-liberalisation de-licensed scenario in the sector. The KMF has even charted a
New village development scheme launched
Agriculture minister Shiv Pal Singh Yadav launched a new village development scheme "Lohia Gram Yojna' in Uttar Pradesh. Under the scheme, 200 villages of the State will be selected for their all round development. The total cost of the scheme will be Rs 25 crore. Yadav said that all basic …
