Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) South Asia, and particularly India, can unlock significant opportunities for employment, investment, economic growth and poverty reduction through agricultural and food transformation with the help of key government initiatives, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday.The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), in collaboration with the World Bank Group-led SAPLING initiative, inaugurated the Regional High-Level Policy Dialogue in Ahmedabad.At the ‘SAPLI…
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Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday highlighted a series of achievements of his government in the Assembly, claiming that the state has witnessed major economic growth, reduction in poverty and expansion in employment opportunities over the past few years. Addressing the House during a discussion, Sarma said Assam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased by Rs 8.71 lakh crore in the last five years, reflecting what he described as rapid economic pr…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has said that the state budget is not merely a statement of income and expenditure, but a strong roadmap for the state’s overall development and the realisation of each citizen’s dreams. While inaugurating a state-level budget awareness drive, “Ama Janiba, Ama Budget” on Tuesday, Chief Minister Majhi added that in compliance with the nation’s vision, the state government has set the targets to be achieved by 2047.The targets in…
Jammu, April 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Thursday, thanked Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for extending the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-I) timeline for the union territory till March 2027.The office of Omar Abdullah’s office said on its X handle, “Chief Minister expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Union Minister @ChouhanShivraj for acceding to the J&K Government’s proposal to extend the timeline of PMGSY-I till March,…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday praised the Modi government for the Union Budget 2026-27, calling it a ‘Sarva Mangalkari’ and ‘Sarvjan Hitay Sarvjan Sukhaye’ budget aimed at inclusive growth and national progress. Participating in the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, Thakur said the budget reflects the continuation of what he described as a “12-year reform express” that has moved India from “policy paralysis to policy performance”, from “leakage to deliver…