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 …
This is the village where Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the SYL canal in April 1982. This is the village where the Akalis, led by Harchand Singh Longowal, Parkash Singh Badal and Gurcharan Singh Tohra, started their agitation against the construction of the SYL canal. A few months …
The centre has decided to crack the whip on the state governments which fail to implement the centrally sponsored rural development programmes in time. It would not give funds for the schemes if the states fail to present claims by February this year, the Union Rural Industries Minister, M. Venkaiah …
Union Rural Development Minister for State Anna Saheb MK Patil said that the rural areas are still lagging behind in development works. The Union government has now decided to give funds straight to the non-governmental organisations which are working in these areas.
The Union Minister of state for Rural Development, Mr. Anna Saheb M K Patil today directed the Government of Assam to spend all funds given by the Ministry during the current financial year to the state Government within February 15 and submit utilisation certificate. He said without that it would …
A recent Nepal Red Cross Society and Environment and Public Health Organisation survey have revealed that the underground water of Rautahat district was contaminated with arsenic. Consequently, the district officials are now interacting with Drinking Water Corporation and health posts to find measures to check further pollution. As more cases …
Though not aggressively pursuing Central funds in rural development as much as States like Andhra Pradesh or Haryana do, Rajasthan has done fairly well in the utilisation of allocations from the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
The Technical Teachers' Training Institute for the western region established here in Bhopal by the union Government has taken some significant strides by developing innovative techniques for the optimum utilisation of rural resources under the community polytechnic scheme.
Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has said his government was striving to effectively groom gram panchayats into self-governments in conformity with the 73rd Constitution amendment. Towards this end, the novel village secretariat system was launched.
CHANGING On March 2, 1967, Bimal Kesan, a tribal peasant of Naxalbari in West Bengal did something unimaginable: he obtained a judicial order to plough his own land. The landlords who were occupying his land attacked him. That was the birth of the Naxalite movement. A lot has changed over …
In a move that will see the world's deepest oils drilled off the East African coast, the Kenyan government has signed an exploration treaty with a uk- based company. Although the move is likely to expand Kenya's fuel supply and get the government out of the mess caused by the …
The Centre has granted 30 new projects to Assam state under the Rural Development department. The schemes, granted under the Integrated Watershed Development Project will be implemented in 12 districts of the state.
A sum of Rs 49.21 crore has been sanctioned as compensation for the 1,956,57 hectares of agriculture land acquired in Madhya Pradesh for the Sardar Sarovar Project. Raising the height of the dam to 95 metres had affected 14 villages of Alirajpur tehsil in Jhabua district and nine in Badwani …
The Madhya Pradesh Government will mobilise Rs 500 crore to implement economic development plans in the state. According to official sources, Rs 200 crore will be infused by March 2003 for economic development,and another Rs 300 crore will come from the Mandi fund for the construction of roads.
The Planning Commission approved a special reforms linked development package for Bihar and the poverty-stricken KBK region (the old Orissa districts of Koraput-Bolangir-Kalahandi). A pilot programme on similar lines for 25 districts in 12 other states was also sanctioned.
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare today withdrew his maun vrat - vow of silence - cautioning the Maharashtra government that he would relaunch the agitation, this time in Mumbai from January 1, if it fails to adhere to the promised deadlines on his various demands.
The WTO working group on trade and competition policy will meet in Geneva for a two day discussion on core principles including transparency, nondiscrimination and procedural fairness. While India's stand, till now has been to oppose a multilateral competition policy, trade experts feel that India should have a more open …
The Central Government is to fund 27 projects ranging from rural infrastructure development, IT development, irrigation and horticulture in the northeastern region. A sum of Rs 3,173 crores have been released as part of this initiative as until August this year.
The rural women of Uganda are helping the tourism industry by providing food and accommodation to poor tourists. UCOTA, an NGO, assisted by USAID, is improving the skills of 62 women tourist organisations in the country which popularise Ugandan culture and strengthen community identities. The money has not only boosted …
The Union water resource ministry has asked the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) to study the recharge potential of the 'baolis (step well) in Delhi and submit a report within 14 days. According to a CGWB official, the board has identified 13 stepwells, including Agrasen, Rajon and Gandhak ki baolis …
The Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) has identified retailing of auto-LPG as a key area of growth. The company has sought government approval for marketing liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) to domestic consumers in eight cities.
