Pi Green Innovations raises over $4.5 million in Series A fundingThe company will use the funds to develop a full-fledged R&D centre for product development and testing, product certification, and in deve...
16 Dec, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
No proposal at present to release 2011 caste census data: GovernmentRai said the SECC 2011 data, excluding the caste data, had been finalised and published by the MoRD and the HUPA. The Office of the Registr...
10 Mar, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
Raw caste census data given to Social Justice Ministry for classification: Nityanand RaiUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the SECC was carried out by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Minis...
10 Feb, 2021, 04.16 PM IST
Raw caste data given to Social Justice ministry for classification, categorisation: MHA to Rajya SabhaThe Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Ministry of Housing ...
16 Sep, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
15th Finance Commission meeting: Govt tax collections likely to be severely affected due to the pandemicThe discussions covered issues relating to the fiscal deficit and general government debt and the constraints in drawing up a path for cons...
26 Jun, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
MSP hike in line with planned rural pitchThe aim is to “connect emotionally and rationally with stakeholders as the ministry reaches out to 70% of the country’s population” which c...
06 Jul, 2018, 08.59 AM IST
Education institutions to adopt villages, devise developmental strategiesAs per the MoU, HRD ministry will ensure that all higher education institutions would be encouraged to adopt a cluster of 5 panchayats in c...
13 Jan, 2017, 03.19 PM IST
People's participation important to bring about a change: Narendra ModiIn an interactive session with the PM, participants shared thoughts on themes like development of the North-East, rural education, tribal d...
08 Feb, 2016, 04.00 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges PM Narendra Modi to include over 4000 villages under PMGSYNaveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include 4,035 more villages under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
16 Jan, 2016, 02.39 PM IST
Aspiring TV actress Akruti Saxena commits suicideOfficials said no suicide note has been recovered from her flat and the motive for suicide is not yet clear.
12 Oct, 2015, 03.20 PM IST
Odisha government seeks Rs 1195 crore for MGNREGSChief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the centre to immediately release Rs 1195.40 crore to the state to resume rural job programme MGN...
26 Nov, 2014, 03.24 PM IST
MGNREGA much exploited, will go ahead with tweak: GovernmentAmidst opposition in several quarters to its plan to tweak the rural job scheme, NDA government today asserted that it would go ahead with ...
16 Oct, 2014, 09.43 PM IST
Government inks $252 million loan pact with ADB for road developmentADB will extend a $ 252 million (over Rs 1367 crore) loan for development of rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and...
02 Apr, 2013, 09.12 PM IST
- Rural development: Bigger private role for village projects now
With over 800 million people, 600,000 villages and an economy of $500 billion plus, India's countryside carries a lot of politico-economic ...
05 May, 2012, 12.51 PM IST
- Domestic cocoa prices may see a decline this year
Domestic cocoa prices may see a decline this year as the new crop promises to be good.
06 Apr, 2011, 12.41 AM IST
- MGNREGA provided employment to nearly 4 crore people in 2010
Nearing the four crore mark in providing jobs under MGNREGA, re-launching the Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas scheme was the fo...
04 Jan, 2011, 09.54 AM IST
- Summer tangoes with mangoes to cost more
The luscious Alphonso, the best loved variety among the king of fruits, is in short supply this season.
11 Apr, 2007, 01.56 AM IST