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 …
In a recent study conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), and the World Bank among ten different states and approximately 1,100 entrepreneurs and managers, Kerala is found to have a poor investment climate. The study highlights the various hassles faced by entrepreneurs due to frequent visits and inspections by …
The Human Development in South Asia 2001 Report has drawn attention to the disproportionate share of the burden of deprivation imposed by globalisation on the women of the region. Among women, the poor, uneducated women working in the informal sector are the hardest hit. Proponents of globalisation will point to …
Village Kalapipal situated at a distance of 30 kilometers from Barasia, Madhya Pradesh which has population of 400 rural people and most of them are Harijan has been declared the first village of the district without dispute.
Official reports of Pakistan reveal that around 11.7 million children in the country are stunted and underweight. The stunting found in 40 per cent of the children (8.3 million) is because of unhealthy environmental conditions, malnutrition and inadequate protein and calorie intake. Fourteen per cent children are underweight. These low …
The slow pace of Madhya Pradesh government work can be gauged from the fact orders given by the Chief Minister Digvijay Singh for carrying out development related works in Harda, Rajgarh, Sampark Abhiyan in 1997 has not been implemented till now.
As a fire fighting measure to arrest the depleting ground water resources, the Gurgaon administration in the putting in place a mechanism for harvesting of rain water. The administration has roped in INTACH, a semi-government body which has considerable expertise in rain water harvesting. The body will the administration work …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(Nabard) has sanctioned Rs 713.94 crore in loans under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) VII for creation of infrastructure in 12 states. The decision was taken by Nabard's project sanctioning committee on February 8, which took the cumulative sanctions to 22 states …
The Delhi Government is planning to buy more CNG buses for the Delhi Transport Corporation as part of an aggressive clean air programme for the polluted capital. Transport minister Ajay Maken said that his government was concerned about the effect pollution was having on public health. It would continue to …
In a significant development aimed at checking vehicular pollution and bringing about a qualitative improvement in the performance of vehicles, an Expert Committee has been set up under the Chairmanship of N.R. Krishnan, former Union Secretary for Environment and Forests, to look into the computerised emission check system, to set …
The European Commission has approved a grant of Euro 25.5 million to the Aga Khan Foundation in India to support community based rural development. The grant will contribute towards a long term programme to enhance and protect livelihoods of disadvantaged rural populations in resource poor areas of centre-west India, where …
The base year for the Tenth Plan with its ambitious target of 8 per cent per annum has been weakened by industrial stagnation and the negative effects of the global economic slowdown. Reducing the revenue gap holds the key to bringing down the fiscal deficit. The decline in capital formation …
China began a top level meeting in an atmosphere of secrecy today to chart the course of financial reform following entry to the World Trade Organisation, industry officials and analysts said. Top leaders were expected to push reform of debt-ridden and troubled state banks and the broader financial industry as …
The Rural Development Ministry has released funds to the tune of over Rs. 37.51 crore under two schemes including drinking scheme to Assam. A spokesman of the ministry here this evening announced the decision to release Rs. 21.72 crore to eight districts of Assam under the National Family Benefit Scheme …
Giving priority to improve infrastructure facility in rural areas the Madhya Pradesh state government has decided to construct Swaraj Bhawans in all villages of the state. The proposed bhawans could be used by Gram Sabhas as meeting halls, school building or training place for Anganwadi workers. The Gram Vikas Samiti …
Bangladesh has clamped a ban on the production and use of polythene bags. This has been done to protect the environment and promote the use of jute products. The flood-prone country's drainage system was being choked by polybags and there were recent reports of a layer of polythene on the …
If Arunachal Pradesh has over 80 per cent forest cover, one of the highest in India, what sort of appreciation does it get? The Supreme Court's ruling of 1996, which places restriction on felling of trees, says that the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, has to be implemented in order to …
Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), Haripur Chapter (Pakistan), has launched 15 development projects at a cost of Rs5.2 million in two union councils of district Haripur. They include union council Tofkian and union council Najafpur, ecologically the most picturesque but economically most backward ones having remote locations.
Maharashtra will receive Rs. 536-crore World Bank funding in the next fiscal year for fiscal reforms programme, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister, has said. He said this was out of Rs. 1,398 crore by the State under the 10th Five-Year Plan outlay.
The government of India has disagreed with two amendment bills, cleared by Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. The bills have not been returned to Madhya Pradesh government and kept pending. The state government was waiting for the bills so that further action could be taken. The bills are Rural Courts Amendment …
The Uttaranchal Government will receive its first national award National Tourism Award for efforts towards development and promotion of tourism at a function in New Delhi on January 25.
