Formal skilling could boost jobs by 13%, says Economic SurveyIndia needs more formal skill training. The Economic Survey highlights this, suggesting a boost in skilled workers could significantly incr...
30 Jan, 2026, 01.40 AM IST
MGNREGS: 220.11 crore person days of employment generated so far in 2024-25The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) generated 220.11 crore person days of employment until January 10 i...
31 Jan, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Convergence of efforts by Centre, states needed to improve education quality: Economic SurveyThe Economic Survey for FY 2023-24 emphasized the need for concerted efforts among the central, state, and local governments to enhance the...
22 Jul, 2024, 04.51 PM IST
Rural Development Ministry launches Mission Antyodaya Survey to shed light on India's rural economyThe survey will be conducted among 2,69,253 gram panchayats across the country, all of which have their profiles on E-Gram Swaraj portal. S...
10 Feb, 2023, 09.01 AM IST
Rural development minister Giriraj Singh launches Mission Antyodaya SurveyThe Department of Rural Development has been conducting the Mission Antyodaya Survey across all gram panchayats in the country since 2017-1...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
Improvement in access to bare necessities but disparities continue: Eco SurveyAs per the Survey, while improvements in access to bare necessities are evident, the disparities in access to bare necessities continue to ...
29 Jan, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
Tamil Nadu panchayat tops ranking; Gujarat has most top 10 entriesWithout any plan or budget of its own, Mission Antyodaya under Union rural development ministry is conceived as a convergence platform to b...
14 Dec, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
Arvind Subramanian: India's economic policy over the past four years has been a crucible for many policy experimentsThe Economic Survey’s aim is always to build a portfolio of contributions, combining description, new data creation, deep-dive research, an...
29 Jan, 2018, 08.28 PM IST
Aadhaar required for availing food under nutrition missionUnion Minister Virendra Kumar said the use of Aadhaar as identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the...
22 Dec, 2017, 04.39 PM IST
Government to launch IPPE-II for rural development on October 2The intent of the programme is to promote convergence for wage employment, livelihood, housing, skills and social security.
02 Sep, 2015, 06.01 PM IST
Cabinet gives nod to new skill and entrepreneurship policyAs part of the rules of skill development, the hours and cost of training will become uniform. Currently, training courses offered by minis...
03 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
No laxity allowed: PMO seeks status report on night sheltersA letter from the PMO to the state lists the necessary measures to be taken by the administration for the benefit of the homeless.
20 Dec, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Welcome public-private partnership in social sector programmesTo provide jobs and a decent standard of living for all, says the Survey, development of infrastructure and boosting the tourism sector are...
10 Jul, 2014, 05.22 AM IST
Database error: Why Delhi's failed experiment shows government should not use themDatabases are entering welfare delivery across India. And Delhi’s failed experiment with databases shows how not to use them, reports ET.
10 Sep, 2013, 05.45 AM IST
Low funding hurts Delhi's welfare programmeOne of the reasons Delhi's ambitious Mission Convergence scheme went kaput is poor government funding.
09 Sep, 2013, 06.51 PM IST
- Economic Survey 2011: Focus on better convergence of social schemes
The government needs to work on how to better converge various social schemes without duplication to effectively address the issues of unem...
25 Feb, 2011, 03.08 PM IST
After huge R&R setback, women's quota to rescueStanding out as an achievement is govt's decision to give 50% quota for women in panchayats.
29 Aug, 2009, 10.06 AM IST