PM Modi to launch pension schemes from Jharkhand on ThursdayThe prime minister will also inaugurate the new building of the Jharkhand Assembly and a multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj, Jharkhand Chief...
11 Sep, 2019, 09.14 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh loans for traditional industries with high MBC, schedule caste workforceThe loan sanction letters would be distributed under various schemes like MUDRA, PMEGS, Start-up, Stand-up and UP government’s Mukhya Mantr...
10 Aug, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
RBI asks banks to extend loans to women SHGs at 7 per cent rateThe commercial banks and cooperative banks will lend to all the women SHGs in rural areas at the rate of 7 per cent in the 150 districts.
21 Jan, 2016, 09.17 PM IST
West Bengal seeks World Bank loan to finish projects before 2016 pollsThe minister, however, refused to comment on whether the loan appeal to World Bank had been lined up keeping in mind next year's Assembly e...
09 Nov, 2015, 10.30 AM 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
United Bank of India raises overdraft limit for SHGs to Rs 1 lakhBanks in Andhra Pradesh have disbursed a total of Rs 15,000 crore to some 10 lakh SHGs, making the programme most successful in this state.
10 Nov, 2013, 05.54 AM IST
- Focus on youth, to keep them off Maoist influence: Official
Aiming to keep the youth away from Maoist influence in the worst affected villages of Hazaribagh district, a senior official said.
27 Nov, 2012, 12.34 PM IST
- Arunachal Pradesh Cooperative Apex Bank earns profit
Three years ago, Arunachal Pradesh government revived the bank which was facing bankruptcy by taking Rs 225 crore as upfront money from the...
18 Nov, 2010, 12.45 PM IST
- Orissa has highest number of poor, J&K the least
Almost half of Orissa's population is poor, with 46.37 per cent of the people in the state living below poverty line.
10 Dec, 2009, 10.16 PM IST
- Multinational consultant for SHGs in West Bengal
The Left Front government in West Bengal has decided to engage a multinational consultant for its newly-formed marketing corporation -- an ...
13 Jul, 2009, 03.56 PM IST
- West Bengal govt ask banks to offer soft loans to SHGs
Self-Help Groups in West Bengal haven't had it this good in years. The West Bengal govt has asked banks operating in the state to offer sof...
10 Mar, 2009, 09.04 PM IST
- 'Women in rural areas get lower wages than men for equal work'
Women in rural areas get lesser wages than men for equal hours of work, government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
10 Mar, 2008, 05.50 PM IST
- Committees to review NREG schemes
A few cases of misappropriation of funds in the National Rural Employment Guarantee schemes in Chhattisgarh and Orissa have come to the not...
05 Dec, 2007, 06.37 PM IST
- Guarseeds to get an exports push
Here’s another government initiative to raise agri-commodity exports for employment generation in rural India. This time round, it aims to ...
03 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Govt plans meet to review rural growth schemes
Following up on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's call for optimum utilisation of funds to Central rural development schemes, the gover...
15 Jan, 2003, 06.01 AM IST