Yogi Adityanath orders biometric attendance in Uttar Pradesh officesThe CM also sought information about the National Rural Drinking Water Programme, World Bank-aided 'Neer Nirmal' and Rajya Grameen Payjal Y...
23 Apr, 2017, 08.08 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee lends Bengali touch to Modi government's schemes, renames themWhy should the schemes run in the name of Pradhan Mantri or in the name of leaders or ideologues of the Centre,” is CM Mamata Banerjee's ar...
21 Mar, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
MNREGA workers may be roped in to carry out Swachh Bharat workRural Development Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra told ET that the Centre is looking at ways MNREGA workers be used in work related to Sw...
19 Dec, 2015, 04.47 AM IST
Swachh Maharashtra Mission: 19 cities become free of open defecationNineteen cities in the state have achieved the status of being free of open defecation under the government's 'Swachh Maharashtra Mission'.
01 Nov, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
Power Minister Piyush Goyal discusses Jammu and Kashmir power situation with CM Mufti Mohammad SayeedGoyal assured Sayeed of Centre's support in reducing transmission and distribution losses through a programme of strengthening the transmis...
15 Jun, 2015, 08.56 PM IST
Narendra Modi government working for few chosen industrialists: CongressCongress leader alleged that the Centre has slashed the budgetary allocation for uplift of tribals, dalits and poor which was made by the e...
20 May, 2015, 11.08 PM IST
Sops galore in UP Budget; Opposition dubs it as 'anti-farmer'Lucknow Metro rail will be put on the fast track with an allocation of Rs 425 crore. A provision of Rs 3,000 crore has been made for six-la...
24 Feb, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi, a merchant of mere dreams and lies: CongressReleasing a bunch of papers, he said the state then ruled by Modi could spend only Rs 278.39 crore from Rs 702.39 crore approved by the Cen...
21 Nov, 2014, 10.36 PM IST
Number of centrally-sponsored schemes needs to be slashedWhy couldn't the number of CSSs have been restricted to those 17 flagships instead of expanding to 66? And why did the new government have ...
08 Aug, 2014, 04.55 AM IST
Government releases lesser funds than budgeted for some schemesSchemes namely MGNREGA, NHM, NBA, PMGSY, AIBP, IWMP, SSA, MDM, RKVY, IAY, NRLM and JNNURM have lower expenditures as compared to budgetary ...
25 Jul, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
Huge cost of inaction on the environmentAs the Teri report serves to highlight, a whole lot of pollution control policy has to do with better urban planning and design.
09 Jun, 2014, 05.38 AM IST
Get going with the Nirmal Gram YojanaOpen defecation, India accounts for 60% of open defecations in the world, poses health and environmental risks. It should end, millennium d...
04 Jun, 2014, 06.14 AM IST
Ministry of rural development, TISS wooing women for PM’s rural development fellowshipMoRD and its partner, TISS, are seeking out more women for the 2014 programme.
14 Nov, 2013, 08.56 AM IST
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot defends Jairam Ramesh's toilet remarks, pitches for sanitation
The chief minister said the Union minister's comments should be taken in right context, and priority he gave to sanitation and cleanliness ...
27 Nov, 2012, 08.02 PM IST
- Additional 60,000 tons of foodgrains released to Karnataka: Jairam Ramesh
Centre has released 60,000 tons of foodgrains to Karnataka during 2012-13 for calamity relief in addition to its regular allotment of 2.40 ...
23 Jun, 2012, 08.07 PM IST
- CCEA approves enhanced allocation for sanitation; Sanitation Campaign rechristened as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
At present out of Rs.3400 allocated for individual toilets, Centre gives Rs. 2100, State’s share is Rs.1000 and Rs. 300 comes from the bene...
08 Jun, 2012, 02.13 PM IST
- Political backing and naxalism affecting mining sector, says Jairam Ramesh
Mining sector is getting affected by political interference and Naxalism, Ramesh said, insisting that it was legal activities too that were...
11 Mar, 2012, 10.04 PM IST