Nagaland to hold Urban Local Bodies polls with 33% reservation for women on May 16In the 2017 election to these bodies with reservation was opposed by several groups. They opposed it on grounds that it infringed the speci...
Covid-19: Lockdown delayed peak by a month to June-end, study saysThe Covid-19 infection may peak in late June nationally, a study by the Kolkata-based Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IA...
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Arunachal PradeshThe Arunachal Pradesh government affected a major bureaucratic reshuffle following retirement and transfer to other states of IAS officers.
- Training for elected panchayat members inadequate: Parliamentary panel
The committee has recommended that the Ministry of Panchayati Raj constitutes an expert committee to expand the present training network.
- Assam to launch Rural Employment Generation Scheme
"My Government would launch a new scheme called the Rural Employment Generation Scheme for opening up vistas of employment."
- UN WOMEN, Orissa sign agreement to empower elected women representatives
The UN WOMEN and the Orissa Government signed an agreement to jointly run a programme to empower elected women representatives.
- SIRD brings quality in rural lives of Assam
The Assam State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) has achieved major success in promoting traditional rural activities in the state for...