Finance Commission grants UP Rs 1,599 cr, while Andhra gets Rs 446 cr for rural developmentThe central government released funds for rural local bodies in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for the 2024-25 financial year. Uttar Prad...
24 Dec, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
Finance Commission grants released for rural local bodies in Haryana, Tripura, MizoramThe Indian government has begun disbursing the first installment of 15th Finance Commission grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies. Tripu...
05 Nov, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
Maruti Suzuki, employees pledge Rs 3.5 cr for Kerala flood reliefMaruti Suzuki India said today that the company along with its employees will donate Rs 3.5 crore as Kerala flood relief effort.
21 Aug, 2018, 03.11 PM IST
Bajaj Auto announces Rs 2 crore contribution for Kerala flood reliefHyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) and TVS Motor Company too have announced contribution of Rs 1 crore each to the state Chief Minister relief...
21 Aug, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
Make own strategy to double farmers' income: Centre to statesNot only productivity of various crops needs to be raised, but also focus on allied farm activities like timber cultivation and honeybee cu...
19 Sep, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
- Agriculture ministry to assist 'mandis' for setting up waste management plants
As part of the Centre’s cleanliness mission, the agriculture ministry has decided to provide Rs 10 lakh each to 585 ‘mandis’ (wholesale agr...
02 Nov, 2016, 09.41 PM IST
MSMEs can reap Rs 2 trillion business from Budget boost: ReportThese benefits are roughly 10.5 per cent of the total expenditure of the Budget estimate for 2016-17, the domestic rating agency Smera Rati...
27 Mar, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
Government tweaks funding pattern of 17 key central schemesIn a major decision that could adversely affect social sector schemes, funding pattern of 17 centrally-sponsored schemes have been brought ...
10 Nov, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
DVMC to write to Centre for release of Rs 61 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak YojnaDVMC in a meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi decided to write a letter to the central government to release funds meant for Pradhan Mantri Gra...
09 Sep, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
Jharkhand to develop 4,000 tribal-dominated villages in 4 yearsJharkhand government will develop 4000 villages with 80 per cent tribal population in the next four years, Chief Minister Raghuvar Das toda...
17 Jul, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Jharkhand to develop 4,000 tribal-dominated villages in 4 yearsThe state government also has plans to impart skill development course in the school curriculum from next year to promote self-employment, ...
11 Jul, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Karnataka blames Centre for inadequate fund flow to monsoon-hit agricultural sectorGowda said all states were facing the problem, citing Sinchai Yojana as a typical example of the problem with Centre-state implementation o...
13 Jun, 2015, 01.20 PM IST
Delhi polls: Arvind Kejriwal woos rural voters with special status, fundsThe former Delhi chief minister promised to provide piped water to all villages, besides upgrading infrastructure of villages without hurti...
28 Dec, 2014, 11.21 PM IST
Congress VC Rahul Gandhi adopts village, then slams MP gram yojanaMy constituency has more than 750 villages. Developing one village as a model will not change the fate of 6.5 lakh villages in India, said ...
05 Dec, 2014, 03.30 PM IST
Supplementary budget presented in UP Assembly by CM Akhilesh YadavUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented the second supplementary budget of 2013-14 worth Rs 3,619.76 crores in the assembly t...
09 Dec, 2013, 04.47 PM IST
Bihar government pioneered 'toilets first' slogan: Nitish Kumar"Officials popularised the concept among the people, but some people are now talking about toilet first and temple later," he said here, wi...
19 Nov, 2013, 09.12 PM IST
- Budget impact: Vocational training fees to be taxed from April, institutes under state bodies spared
The Budget has set a target of skilling nine million youth in 2014 but it has also made it expensive, by putting it under service tax.
21 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST