Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged citizens to embrace self-reliance amid West Asian crises. He highlighted the state's sig...

Bihar is boosting electric vehicle adoption. The state government aims for 30 percent of new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030. Incentiv...

The Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...

Welfare programs launched by the NDA government, including Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission, draw inspiration from Narendra Mod...

Non-stop rains have submerged villages and damaged water supply pipelines, leaving 6,000 habitations without drinking water in six district...

Kerala-based start-up GO EC Autotech Pvt Ltd plans to install 1,000 electric vehicle (EV) super-fast charging stations across India, adding...

India this year launched the atma-nirbhar bharat abhiyan, centred on promoting domestic companies, and reducing dependence on imports, in a...

About ₹30,000 crore will be made available to states in 2020-21 under the Jal Jeevan Mission. The scheme aims to provide a functional tap w...

This will delay the success of a marquee $2.3-billion goal that Modi was planning to showcase before polls.

Besides generating employment, this investment will lead to construction of 3.17 lakh km of roads, 51 lakh new houses, 1.88 crore toilets, ...

In a move that resembles Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign, Xi has called for improving toilets across China, especially in rural areas.

The government may soon come up with a National Housing Mission to fulfil Narendra Modi's vision of homes for all by 2022, when India compl...

Ministry has floated a discussion paper that proposes to give new identity to Indira Awaas Yojana by launching it as National Gramin Awaas ...

Key changes include making construction of toilets part of the scheme, besides providing for mandatory convergence of water & power supply

India’s track record in devising and running rural development programmes has been poor. As ever, wait and watch.

The bio-energy mission will adopt a two-phase approach, spanning the 12th Plan in Phase 1, and the 13th Plan in Phase 2.

This budget is halfway between being a Collage with the theme of equitable access of development, and a Patchwork of policy correction.