Explained: What is the new VB-G RAM G Act and how will it replace MGNREGA?A new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G Act, will replace MGNREGA on July 1. It guarantees 125 days of work annually, focusing on infrastruc...
11 May, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
Pakistan's deepening water crisis sparks national security alarm as mismanagement, scarcity threaten futurePakistan faces a severe water crisis due to scarcity and mismanagement. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal unveiled a national strategy. It focu...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
Farmway announces Rs 870 crore partnership with Georgia governmentFarmway Technologies, founded by Indian entrepreneurs, partners with the Georgian government to invest Rs 870 crore in sustainable agricult...
12 Sep, 2025, 04.19 PM IST
Cabinet approves Rs 1,878 crore highway and Rs 1,332 crore railway projectsThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved major infrastructure projects, including a ₹1,878 crore six-lane highway and ₹1,332 cror...
10 Apr, 2025, 12.52 AM IST
Stocks in news: Ambuja Cements, Nykaa, Adani Power, Bharti Airtel, WiproStocks in news: Domestic markets ended slightly higher on Thursday in a lackluster session. Ambuja Cements, Nykaa, Adani Power, Bharti Airt...
23 Aug, 2024, 06.50 AM IST
Agriculture reforms to improve market access, increase income opportunities for farmers: CII“The reforms will have a transformational impact on the agri sector by enhancing productivity, modernising infrastructure, enabling aggrega...
15 Dec, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
L&T Construction gets orders worth Rs 2,210 croreIt has received an order from HPCL for the execution of an Integrated Effluent Treatment Plant for Visakh refinery modernisation project in...
11 Jun, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
India needs to be proactive on agri-sector, suggests RabobankIndia's overall food security robustness has been on the general upward trend since 2000, showing progress in improving the robustness of t...
04 Jul, 2016, 09.01 AM IST
India, ADB sign $120 miilion loan pact for irrigation in OdishaThe selected areas for the investment program are the Baitarani, Brahmani, Budhabalanga and Subernarekha river basins and part of Mahanadi ...
07 Jun, 2016, 03.40 PM IST
End protectionism to remove hurdles in Indo-US trade: Rajnath SinghUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh said this while addressing a programme organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in Hyderabad.
03 Jun, 2016, 07.43 PM IST
ADB to give $31 million for water resource management in KarnatakaThe ADB said farming this additional land could increase farm incomes by about 50 per cent and benefit about 1.5 million people.
07 May, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
- The Water Policy is at best a beginning and needs to cover more ground
The Water Policy now okayed by the Centre touches upon a wide range of issues concerning the precarious water economy but without clear foc...
03 Jan, 2013, 04.54 AM IST
- RPP Infra bags orders worth Rs 30 crore for irrigation, civil works in Tamil Nadu
RPP Infra Projects today said it has bagged orders to the tune of Rs 30 crore for irrigation and civil works in Tamil Nadu.
05 Mar, 2012, 03.26 PM IST
- Patel Engg-led consortium bags Rs 3,859-cr AP deal
At a time when expansion or greenfield projects are either being called off or put on hold, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced one...
18 Dec, 2008, 02.38 AM IST
- IVRCL Infra bags orders worth Rs 203 cr
IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects on Tuesday said it has bagged two orders worth Rs 202.72 crore from Karnataka Neeravari Nigam (KNNL) for...
17 Jul, 2007, 01.35 PM IST
- Good governance key to growth: Rangarajan
It was the quality of governance that separated success and failure in economic development.
03 Oct, 2006, 09.01 AM IST
- PM sets up national panel for rural sector
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today constituted a National Committee on Rural Infrastructure (NCRI) on the lines of National Committee on I...
19 Oct, 2004, 02.01 AM IST