Govt to develop 300 rural clusters with economic activitiesAs many as 300 rural clusters in the country will be developed by provisioning of economic activities and providing infrastructure.
Eight central ministries join hands for clean Ganga missionMinistries of shipping, tourism, drinking water and rural development are also part of the joint MoU that will take up various cleaning act...
PM Narendra Modi calls meeting on January 27 to review progress of key Cabinet decisionsModi will examine how ministries are implementing over 20 key decisions taken with regard to agriculture and rural development projects.
Six ingredients to mix for a big bang budget next monthEuphoria and optimism are giving way to pessimism and gloom. Devoid of transformational initiatives, cynicism is creeping in.
Land bill kept Rural Development Ministry in spotlight in 2015Other decisions of the ministry in the year was release of caste census data, launching of SPMRM and additional 50 days under MGNREGS.
Cabinet allocates Rs 5,142 crore to develop 300 smart village clustersThe preferred mode of delivery would be through Public Private Partnerships while using various scheme funds.
Smart villages, NREGA sop & railway routes: Five key decisions that Cabinet took todayIn an ambitious bid to transform rural areas, Cabinet approved Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) with an outlay of Rs 5142.08 c...
Government to set up 300 rural clusters by 2019-20States will select the villages to be turned into clusters with 12 important facilities like road, electricity, water supply, public transp...