New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday directed officials to ensure that the annual provision of more than Rs 1.5 lakh for the rural employment schemes under Viksit Bharat – GRAM-G and MNREGA schemes reaches the panchayats properly and is utilised effectively to promote development in the villages across the country. Kicking off the two-day National Rural Development Conference here, the minister said that the number of work days for labourers has …
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New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Central government on Tuesday unveiled a special contingency plan amid concerns over a possible El Nino weather phenomenon that could lead to a weak monsoon this year and adversely impact the kharif crop in 315 vulnerable districts in the country.Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a high-level virtual meeting with state Agriculture Ministers, senior officials, experts from the ICAR, ICAR-CRIDA, and the India Meteorolog…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Centre released an interim allocation of Rs 95,692 crore to states and Union Territories on Tuesday in addition to the Rs 30,000 crore already allocated under MGNREGA, taking the total outlay past the Rs 1.25 lakh crore mark. Chairing a meeting of Rural Development Ministers of states regarding the implementation of ‘Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)’, Union Minister C…
Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) Acting on the directions of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Headquarters, the ACB Outpost, Hanumangarh Unit in Rajasthan, successfully conducted a trap operation on Thursday and arrested accused Shriram, Revenue Patwari, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.According to Govind Gupta, Director General of Police, ACB, the Hanumangarh Unit received a complaint alleging that the accused Patwari was demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant for recording a …
Jaipur, June 3 (IANS) Acting on the directions of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) headquarters in Jaipur, the ACB Outpost at Dholpur on Wednesday conducted a successful trap operation and arrested Ramesh Kumar, Junior Assistant posted with Ratanpur Gram Panchayat (Panchayat Samiti Basedi), red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a complainant. According to Govind Gupta, ACB Director General of Police, the ACB Outpost at Dholpur had received a complaint alleging that the accused Ram…
Shillong, June 1 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday stressed the need for stronger implementation systems, integrated governance, and outcome-oriented policymaking to improve early childhood development, maternal health, and social welfare outcomes in the state and across the country. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day Early Childhood Development (ECD) Implementation Science Workshop in Shillong, Sangma said governments often already understand the science,…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) In a major push to eliminate drought in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced that the state will give top priority to the Central government’s Jal Jeevan Mission, the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), and various state-level water conservation initiatives.The announcement followed a high-level meeting chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil. The Central government responded positively to Maharashtra’s financial a…
Bhopal/Panna, May 27 (IANS) Following the tragic soil cave-in accident in Panna, the outrage among the affected families continues to mount as they refused to conduct the last rites of the deceased and sought higher compensation and an FIR against the people responsible for the mishap. The incident occurred in Nayapurwa, a hamlet falling under the Biharpurwa Gram Panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Ajaygarh police station.On Tuesday, five labourers lost their lives when the soil caved in du…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government on Monday took an in-principle decision to implement the state’s crucial flood control-cum-drainage project, popularly known as the “Ghatal Master Plan”, jointly with the Union government, with the expenditure to be shared equally between the Centre and the state.The project had long remained stalled because of the reluctance of the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Ma…
Bhopal/New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Centre has notified the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Act, which will be implemented across India from July 1 this year, Union Agricultural Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday.Addressing the media in Bhopal, Chouhan said the new law will raise guaranteed rural employment from 100 days to 125 days for workers seeking work.He said the Act aims to expand job opportunities and strengthen livelihood sec…