RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Karnataka: Major explosion kills at least 6, jolts Shivamogga, neighbouring districts
The massive explosion took place near a gravel and boulder crushing facility around 10.30 pm, sending shockwaves not only in Shivamogga, bu...
State government to invest Rs 1,200 crore to improve major roads: Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma
Addressing the gathering the Chief Minister said that as Meghalaya celebrates its 49th anniversary of statehood it is important to remember...
PM Modi releases funds for UP PMAY-G beneficiaries, slams previous state govts for 'wrong' policies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released financial aid of Rs 2,691 crore to 6.10 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under the Pr...
Om Birla calls for more efforts to develop agriculture sector
Speaking at an event organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) here, he said having more agro-based projects woul...
RBI sets Rs 345 crore corpus for developing payment infrastructure in rural India
The fund will be used for adding 30 lakh digital payments touch points which would include 10 lakh physical and 20 lakh digital payment acc...
Rural recovery as a theme to continue in 2021
India’s agri economy has been one of the big supports in the slowdown of the last 9-10 months, says Kunj Bansal.
44% rural Indians willing to pay for Covid vaccine; 51% consider coronavirus 'Chinese conspiracy': Survey
The majority of the rural respondent households suggested prioritising doctors and nurses for administering the COVID-19 vaccine, followed ...
Take strict action against corruption or irregularities by officials in PM Awas Yojana, PM tells states
The directions were issued at a review meeting regarding the scheme chaired by the Prime Minister on November 25, as per minutes of the mee...
Andhra Pradesh govt to launch watershed projects in five districts
The state Cabinet, at its meeting last week, cleared the project to be implemented in the four Rayalaseema districts of Anantapuramu, Chitt...
Karnataka govt to reopen schools, PU colleges for classes 10 & 2nd year PUC students from January 1
It also decided to start the Vidyagama programme, which enables continued schooling for students from classes six to nine, from that date. ...
Punjab to levy processing fee of Rs 5,000 for registration of new model of motor vehicle
In another decision, the cabinet also approved relevant amendments to the Punjab Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Rules, 1973 in a ...
TMC dares Centre to impose President's rule in Bengal
The Centre's order in this regard is "unconstitutional and unacceptable", Senior TMC leader and Rural Development Minister Subrata Mukherje...
Government ropes in Nabard & Hudco to revive rural housing scheme
The Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme has managed to spend barely around Rs 10 crore till this week, out of around Rs 50 crore released...
Karnataka bandh: No major impact on normal life so far
Though scarce, there is movement of vehicles on roads in various parts of the city and similar reports have come other parts of the state. ...
PM Modi lays foundation stone of rural drinking water projects in UP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra district...
Maharashtra rural housing plan: 8.82 lakh homes to be built at Rs 4,000 crore
According to an official statement, the mission will be implemented over a 100-day period till February 28 next year beginning from Friday.
PM Modi to lay foundation stone of rural drinking water projects in UP
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take part in the event from Karmaon gram panchayat of Chatra development block in Sonbhadra, the offici...
J&K administration gears up to conduct elections for local bodies
Officials, privy to the development, said they have been directed to formulate a plan and coordinate with the security grid to finalise the...
Formation of a working group to look into requirement of steel in rural sector is needed: Rural Development Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar said that the working group will have a positive bearing on the steel consumption in rural areas.
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