High Level Committee seeks ministries’ reform goals, five-year action plans for Viksit Bharat 2047The Rajiv Gauba-led High Level Committee has asked all ministries to outline institutional reforms, five-year action plans, and big-ticket ...
18 Sep, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
PM Modi to launch sanitation, cleanliness projects worth over Rs 9,600 crore on October 2Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commemorate 10 years of the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, launching sanitation projects worth over ...
30 Sep, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
MDA scheme to cut 96 lakh tons chemical fertilizer imports, reap benefits of Rs 11,000 cr: IBAEarlier in June this year, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the Rs 1,451-crore MDA scheme, which consists of innovati...
16 Jul, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
Over 1.8 lakh villages ODF+, govt hoping to double it this year: Official"As we move forward on all these issues, the need for convergence between various sources of funds, especially MGNREGA, Fifteenth Finance C...
12 Feb, 2023, 02.50 PM IST
Ensuring smooth flow of funds for water, sanitation and hygieneWhen many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Budget 2023: Centre announces plans for new biogas plants, set to introduce CBG sale mandateIn the budget, a central excise duty exemption has also been provided to CBG that’s blended with natural gas. CBG comes under the ambit of ...
01 Feb, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
HPCL launches cowdung-to-compressed biogas projectThe project is expected to be commissioned in a year, HPCL said in a statement on Tuesday. The project is coming at Pathmeda in the Jalore ...
23 Aug, 2022, 09.17 PM IST
Complete key schemes before 2024 polls, focus on ease of business: Modi to BJP CMs, Dy CMsDuring the meeting, progress of various welfare schemes and development programmes was reviewed. Last-mile delivery of welfare schemes, usa...
25 Jul, 2022, 12.10 AM IST
Dung power: India taps new energy cash cowVillages on the outskirts of the central Indian city of Indore are now being handsomely rewarded for handing over their mounds of bovine wa...
20 Apr, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
MP CM lays emphasis on need to explore economic potential of cow-rearingOn the first day of the two-day brainstorming session of the MP cabinet at Pachmarhi on Saturday evening, Chouhan said steps will also be t...
27 Mar, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Govt allocates Rs 40,700 crore for waste management in 2 lakh villages under Swacch Bharat Mission"The Ministry of Jal Shakti under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase 2 is poised to support over two lakh villages achieve solid a...
08 Jun, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Jal Shakti Ministry launches portal on Gobardhan schemeThe scheme aims to support villages in effectively manage their cattle and biodegradable waste. The Jal Shakti Ministry is implementing the...
03 Feb, 2021, 03.35 PM IST
Here's how two rural entrepreneurs are powering Centre's 'gobar-dhan' schemeThe cattle dung-based power plant started in 2014 and that too without government support. The bio-gas plant generates close to two megawat...
01 May, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
Modi govt plans Gobar-Dhan scheme to convert cattle dung into energyCalled Gobar-Dhan, the scheme roadmap is not just meant as a means to convert waste to wealth, but is an ambitious effort to clean India’s ...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
From boost to groundwater irrigation to Gobar-dhan scheme, a glance at Budget 2018Strengthening the groundwater irrigation scheme under Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojna, the government has allocated Rs 2,600 crore.
02 Feb, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
Decoding Mr Arun Jaitley’s poll-bound Budget 2018Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed India’s farmers directly when he pegged the minimum support price at 1.5 times the cost of inputs.
02 Feb, 2018, 08.58 AM IST
Over 2 crore new toilets to be built; new GOBAR-DHAN scheme launched for solid waste managementThe new scheme is aimed at making India an open-defecation free country and improving the live of villagers, said FM Jaitley.
01 Feb, 2018, 05.19 PM IST