Nipah in Kerala: Restrictions relaxed in containment zones in KozhikodeThe Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infect...
Karnataka's online citizen services portal touches 30 million deliveries in 5 yearsThe portal has helped citizens avoid physical visits to government offices and cut their interface with officials.
- E-governance: Karnataka’s GramaOne logs one-crore plus citizen services in 9 months of launch
E-governance secretary V Ponnuraj said they have approached the GramaOne programme in a such way which makes the centres viable as they off...
CM kicks off Grama Digi Vikasana to digitize gram panchayat libraries in KarnatakaUnder Grama Digi Vikasana each library will be equipped with four mobile devices, an android TV, and an internet connection. In addition to...
CM Bommai sets February end deadline for 'Grama One' implementation across KarnatakaThe Chief Minister has written to officials of e-governance, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR), Revenue department and the deputy ...
Kerala Local Body Elections 2020: Left wins big in panchayats, corporations; Congress-led UDF in municipalitiesA total of 21,893 wards in 1,200 local self-governing bodies including 6 corporations, 941 village panchayats, 14 district panchayats and 8...
IDFC Bank expects rural units to be profitable by MarchIDFC Bank's acquisition of Tamil Nadu-based microfinance company Grama Vidiyal in July will give it access to 330 branches across seven sta...
IDFC Bank announces acquisition of Grama Vidiyal MicrofinanceA person familiar with the transaction said the deal is estimated at nearly Rs 300 crore, adding that it will lead to a 20-fold surge in ID...
IDFC Bank snaps up Tamil Nadu based MFI Grama VidiyalThe bank said the three-decade old Trichy-based Grama Vidiyal will be its wholly-owned subsidiary and will act as a dedicated business corr...
Mega rural development scheme 'Grama Jyothi' launched in TelanganaTouted as a "game-changer" in rural development, a mega programme which aims at comprehensive development of villages was today launched in...
Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu to adopt a village in Telangana's MahabubnagarMahesh Babu, who had earlier announced to adopt Burripalem village, in Andhra Pradesh, has said he would adopt a village in the backward Ma...
Previous governments gave fallow land for SCs, STs: Telangana CM Chandrasekhar RaoChandrasekhar Rao said various govts had offered fallow lands to SC and ST communities that cannot be used for agricultural activity.
Small finance bank applicants like Grama Vidiyal and Sonata raise fund in pooled bondApplicants for small finance bank license such as Grama Vidiyal Microfinance and Sonata Finance have raised Rs 85 crore between them in a p...
12 panchayats all set to make a difference in KozhikodePeople in 12 grama panchayats here are set to adopt a participatory waste management scheme, which would make it zero- waste generating are...
Wi-Fi hotspots in grama panchayats soon to be realityThis would be achieved soon after the project, which aims to establish a network for high speed broadband internet in 2.5 lakh grama pancha...
- Tribal villages oppose tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam
The Tamil Nadu forest department’s push to get Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary declared a tiger reserve suffered a setback on Wednesday w...
- Avendus picks up 84% of Tamil Nadu MFI's loan portfolio
Avendus Capital has bought a major chunk of the Rs 10.8 crore loan portfolio of Tiruchi-based Grama Vidiyal Micro Finance Ltd.