The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
While presiding over quaterly Zila Parishad (ZP) meeting here on Monday, chairman of Zila Parishad Rajinder Thakur said that Rs 85 lakh and been sanctioned under 'Sampooran Gramin Rozgar Yojan' in Sirmaur disrict out of which Rs 51 lakh had been received and developmental works were in progress.
Complete E-governance will come into effect in Karnataka State beginning January 1, 2004 and a separate department of E-governance will be established for the same, Chief Secretary B S Patil has said. A review meeting on e-governance held has decided to bring in paperless administration in all departments at the …
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are increasingly playing a key role in world trade. Developing countries are finding themselves confronted with problems arising from constantly changing standards in the developed world and poor flow of information. The standards formulated by the Codex Alimentarius Commission for specific food items are taken …
Quetta (Pakistan) Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has announced a special development package of Rs610 million for the uplift of tribal areas. Out of the total amount Rs440 million would be spent on various development projects in Kohlu township, while Rs170 million has been allocated for Puzza area of …
The "Assam Model" of rural development intervention, presented recently in the 18th Colloquium of State Secretaries of Panchayat Raj (PR) and Rural Development (RD) and Heads of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), held at SIRD Jaipur, has topped among the three states and has received special appreciation from all …
Clearly betraying a strong pro-industry bias, the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) has observed that the country's federal law bars suits from being filed against pesticide manufacturers when a product does not deliver what its federally approved label promises. The latest approach makes a blatant departure from the position epa …
Subsidies are recognised worldwide as a serious threat to sustainable fisheries management. They distort international fish trade and penalise developing country fishers whose governments cannot afford to provide them subsidies. The debate on the size and impacts of subsidies intensified after the Food and Agricultural Organization reported in 1992 that …
sumit Naik, a migratory worker in Bhubaneswar, has decided to be ‘absent’ from his native village of Ektal for much longer this year than is usual. He is forced to stay away from his home. Reason: his presence would worsen the food scarcity his family faces, despite having 1.5 hectares …
Some local non-governmental organisations have come together under the banner of Jan Neeti Abhiyan to highlight the "real' issues of development in Rajasthan. The group is organising
The Madhaya Pradesh Congress manifesto for the upcoming State Assembly elections released here today promises social justice and development while reasserting the party's commitment to continue the policy of focused attention on priority areas like health, literacy, education, and sanitation to improve the overall quality of life of the people.
The South Asian Free Media Association's activities and coordination have been given substance and form by the launch of its new magazine South Asian Journal.
Chamba is one of the 50 districts of the country to be covered during the current year under the Rashtriya Swayam Vikas Yojana launched by the Centre for the development of backward areas in the country.
The US Food and Drug Administration reported Friday that it appears safe to eat cloned livestock and theri offspring. The agency's assessment breathes new life into the moribund livestock-cloning business, which has struggled to find farmers interested in replicating their best-performing breeding animals, particularly bulls and boars.
The Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, launched three rural schemes - Rural Housing schemes, Plantation of Herbal Plants on Panchayat Land Scheme and Community Latrines Development Scheme - on the occasion of Haryana Day today.
The first "on-site' appraisal of a grand British-funded rural development programme was undertaken in the villages of Purullia over the past two days. UK's Department for International Development (DFID) will provide about Rs 1,100 crore to the West Bengal government for rural poverty alleviation schemes.
Central water resources department on Thursday declared Indore as notified area for drawing water from underground water sources. Apart from the domestic water sources, every other source where water is extracted with electric or diesel motors, will have to be registered with the registration officer. Official sources said that the …
The Indian dream of the colossal River Linking Project is not without its due share of pitfalls for neighbouring countries. The scheme, which proposes to link some 54 big and smalll rivers in India, cannot be without far-reaching consequences for the entire region.....(Editorial)
BY THE year 2050, India is projected to become the third largest economy in the world, behind China and the united States, in that order, according to a recent report by Goldman Sachs.
Announcing a slew of measures for development of infrastructure and human resources in Nagaland, the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today said the Centre would provide Rs 520 crores to the State within the next two to three years.
