Govt reviews rural schemes, supply chain woes to protect beneficiaries from Iran war impactThe Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.09 AM IST
Over 30.68 cr unorganised workers registered on e-Shram Portal; women constitute 53.68% of registrationsOver 30.68 crore unorganised workers have registered on the e-Shram portal, launched to support unorganised workers with a Universal Accoun...
10 Mar, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Governments emphasis on improving quality of life in rural areas: Economic SurveyThe Economic Survey 2024-25 highlights the government's efforts to improve rural life quality through infrastructure, clean fuel, micro-fin...
31 Jan, 2025, 05.10 PM IST
Next phase of PMAY-G to include self-survey optionThe Indian government is launching the next phase of its rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G). A new beneficiar...
10 Dec, 2024, 09.04 PM IST
2 crore more houses to be constructed under PMAY(G) in next 5 years: FM Nirmala SitharamanIn the Interim Budget for 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the construction of two crore additional houses under the Pra...
01 Feb, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Drones likely to monitor work on ground under rural jobs schemeDepending on the experience, monitoring of work using drones could be extended to other rural schemes as well. "The plan is to use drones a...
12 Oct, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Pandemic derails construction under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana“Against the target of 2.02 crore houses allocated under the scheme till the financial year 2020-21, 1.50 crore houses or 75% have been com...
27 Jul, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
Pandemic and polls cause delay in construction of houses under PMAY scheme: GovtThe Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) is being implemented with effect from April 1, 2016 and aims to provide “Housing for all” t...
09 Mar, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Expert committee to analyse additional households eligible for pucca house under PMAY-ruralNarendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha that an exercise was conducted across the country for identifying such households, who though eligib...
11 Feb, 2020, 07.06 PM IST
Cabinet approves bill to merge 13 labour laws into single codeThe proposed Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Bill, 2019, would enhance the coverage of workers manifold, an offi...
11 Jul, 2019, 07.15 AM IST
Government races to meet rural housing targetOut of the 460,000 houses under the government’s flagship rural housing scheme, 240,000 are in Bihar and 30,000 in Tamil Nadu.
25 Jan, 2019, 07.01 AM IST
NHB head meets top HFCs to boost rural demand to meet 'housing for all by 2022'NHB asked the players to have a focused approach in boosting demand for rural masses so that the government's Housing for All scheme is ach...
11 Sep, 2018, 08.09 PM IST
Over 93 lakh houses constructed by govt in over 3 years: PrezThe president said the government had a "sensitive approach" towards providing housing with the availability of water-electricity-toilet fa...
29 Jan, 2018, 05.40 PM IST
Government amends housing scheme guidelines under PMAY to enhance coverage"The beneficiaries in the permanent wait list of PMAY (G) will have the flexibility for opting for a house under PMAY(G) or PMAY (U)."
15 Jan, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
Two years of Modi government: Swachh Bharat, Jan Dhan most visibleIt was only 6 or 7 schemes in all that are acknowledged as being implemented by about a quarter of respondents, which include Jan Dhan Yoja...
17 May, 2016, 03.20 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
Inquiry into flagship scheme in Sonia Gandhi's constituency"An inquiry by a technical committee has also been decided into the poor quality construction of a model school in Ehsan Jagatpur."
25 Mar, 2013, 05.35 PM IST