Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, a journalist-turned-politician, on Saturday, tabled 28 crucial Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports on income and expenditure from the state exchequer during the period from 2021 to 2025 when the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government was in power in the state. Tabling the reports on the last day of the ongoing extended budget session of the House, the state Finance Minister said that since the pre…
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New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan is on a two-day visit to West Bengal on July 13–14, during which he will hold key discussions with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on agriculture and rural development, besides interacting directly with jute farmers and women from Self-Help Groups. Chouhan will reach Kolkata on Monday evening and proceed directly to the Chief Minister’s residence. A dinner meeting between the Union Minister and…
Jaipur, July 10 (IANS) Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) President, Govind Singh Dotasra on Friday demanded that the state government conduct a credible survey of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community to ensure accurate reservation data and immediately announce elections to Panchayati Raj institutions and Urban Local Bodies. Govind Singh Dotasra stated that any compromise with the interests of the OBC community would not be tolerated.Addressing a press conference at the State Cong…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) A high-level inter-Ministerial consultation on the Draft Convergence Framework under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, was convened here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Rohit Kansal, Union Rural Development department Secretary. Representatives and nodal officers from 18 Ministries and Departments of the Union government participated in the consultation.The consultation forms part of the preparatory …
Bathinda, June 24 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced a five-fold increase in the honorarium of sarpanches, raising it from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 per month from August 15. At a Sarpanch Milni in Bathinda, the Chief Minister said sarpanches serve villages day and night and deserve dignity and respect for their invaluable contribution.Emphasising that the development of villages is the foundation of the state’s progress, he assured that there is no shortage of funds…
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday that panchayats must emerge as centres of innovation, digital governance and public trust. Addressing the “Seva Se Samriddhi: Regional Workshop on Panchayat-Led Service Delivery” at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here, the L-G welcomed delegates and panchayat representatives from across the country and thanked the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj for organising the workshop in J…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) In a significant step to strengthen the evidence base for fiscal decentralisation in India, the government is set to launch the Report of the Committee on Datasets for State Finance Commissions on Monday.Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the government, will release the report in the presence of Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, and Dr Manish Gupta, Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), …
Ranchi, June 2 (IANS) The Jharkhand government took a significant step on Tuesday to ensure tap water supply to every rural household in the state by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0.The MoU was signed at an event in New Delhi between the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Jharkhand government.Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil, Jharkhand Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Yogendra Prasad, and senior officials from both the Cent…
Shimla, May 31 (IANS) Elated over the party’s massive sweep in the Municipal Corporation elections, BJP National Vice-President Saudan Singh on Sunday extended his greetings to the people of the state, the party leadership and party workers.He said that in the elections held across four Municipal Corporations, the BJP achieved a success rate of 59 per cent by securing victory in 37 of the total 63 wards.Besides the Municipal Corporations, the BJP claimed that in the elections to 3,759 panchayats…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry and the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) have launched a five-year project to strengthen grassroots biodiversity governance, an official said on Sunday. Titled ‘Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Securing Biodiversity Conservation Commitments’, the initiative by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change aims to empower local communities and institutions through the greening of Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GP…