Meghalaya's Van Dhan Vikas Kendras sign MoUs to boost rural empowermentMeghalaya's rural empowerment summit, held on July 25, 2025, featured MoUs with 12 institutions to bolster Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) t...
25 Jul, 2025, 08.40 PM IST
PM Modi unveils projects worth Rs 83,700 crore from Jharkhand's HazaribagPrime Minister Narendra Modi unveils development projects worth over Rs 83,700 crore in Jharkhand, including the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram...
02 Oct, 2024, 03.06 PM IST
View: Why 'India going digital' means 'India going inclusive'Focus on enabling the trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile phones paid its dividends during the pandemic, as it effectively reached citi...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
Assam to set up 400 new Van Dhan Vikas Kendras within March, 2022Sarma, along-with Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda, reviewed the ongoing Tribal Livelihood Development Programme and other proj...
12 Sep, 2021, 10.03 PM IST
Sitharaman inaugurates menstrual hygiene project, flags off mobile ATM van in TripuraThe 'My Pad, My Right' project, initiated by NABARD and NABFOUNDATION at Killa village, will strive to bring livelihood and menstrual hygie...
28 Aug, 2021, 05.49 PM IST
PM Janjatiya Vikas Mission to give jobs to tribals in remote, maoist areas soonPMJVM will be an amalgam of a number of existing schemes for a more targeted approach to generate employment for tribals in villages, based...
22 Dec, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
- Products from the tribes of Assam hit the stands
Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana or Van Dhan Scheme was launched on 14th April, 2018 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ministry of Tri...
01 Oct, 2020, 12.39 AM IST
Centre to ensure tribals get MSP for produceTribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (Trifed) managing director Pravir Krishna said, “The pandemic has struck at a ...
01 Apr, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Centre wakes up to unspent funds under MSP, orders review of schemeIf the market prices fall below MSP, the state government agencies move in to procure the minor forest produce.
01 Feb, 2019, 07.20 AM IST
Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh tries to woo tribals with Van Dhan YojanaNext month, Chhattisgarh would become the first state to roll out India’s maiden Van Dhan Vikas Kendra in Naxal-infested Dantewada and Bija...
07 Sep, 2018, 06.58 AM IST
Van Dhan scheme yet to take off, caught in norm changesAfter repeated reminders by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Niti Aayog, former secretary (tribal affairs) Leena Nair finalised the gu...
24 Jul, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
Government proposes to set up 3,000 Van Dhan KendrasVan Dhan Mission is an initiative for targeting livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing non-timber forest produces, the true wealth...
26 Jun, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
This is what govt should do to safeguard tribals’ trade interestsThe intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continu...
27 Apr, 2018, 10.20 PM IST
Modi to kick start Chhattisgarh campaign on Ambedkar JayantiThe much-awaited mega health insurance scheme or Modicare and Van Dhan yojana to be formally launched from Jangla health centre in Bijapur ...
03 Apr, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
How rural India gets its dose of entertainmentThe DigiPlex mobile theatre vans, run by Picture Times, offer their audiences high-quality movie-viewing experience in the rural areas.
10 Jun, 2017, 12.37 AM IST
Vidarbha can be a role model: Sudhir MungantiwarMungantiwar said "Vidarbha region has water,forest, land and minerals to develop backward districts in the region and rise as a model for o...
01 Feb, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Maharashtra government begins sale of Ayurvedic medicines, herbal productsBuoyed by the success, the government is considering starting two such shops at every airport and at every railway station across the state.
26 Oct, 2015, 11.06 AM IST