Gandhinagar, July 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government has substantially increased financial assistance for levelling free residential plots allotted to rural homeless families, raising support fivefold on a per-plot basis and fourfold per hectare to make land ready for house construction and accelerate rural housing development. Under the revised assistance, support for levelling each free residential plot has been increased from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.Assistance for levelling uneven and undulating l…
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Agartala, July 17 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said that bringing positive changes in people’s lives is the true benchmark of development and stressed that sustained efforts must be made to improve the socio‑economic conditions of all sections of society. He also said nearly 80 per cent of the state’s Panchayats have emerged as national front‑runners in various performance parameters, reflecting Tripura’s growing prominence in grassroots governance.The Chief Minis…
Chennai, July 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday directed officials to ensure that all rural development and welfare schemes reach eligible beneficiaries without delay, while stressing the need to accelerate infrastructure development in panchayats located on the outskirts of urban areas. Chairing a high-level review meeting of the Rural Development Department at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister instructed officials to closely monitor the implementation of governm…
Jaipur, July 1 (IANS) A nearly two-decade-old dispute over water distribution from Rajasthan’s Panchna Dam in Karauli district has been resolved through dialogue, paving the way for restoration of irrigation in the region and bringing relief to thousands of farmers.The agreement, reached late Tuesday night, marks a significant step toward restoring irrigation in one of eastern Rajasthan’s important agricultural regions.Representatives of both sides signed a written agreement after extensive di…
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Amid delays in project completion due to a paucity of funds, the Maharashtra government will provide a massive allocation of over Rs 22,898 crore from the state’s own funds for the Jal Jeevan Mission. This funding is in addition to the state’s matching share required by the Central government.It aims to cover crucial project components, expedite nearly complete water supply schemes, and allow the advance release of state funds before Central funds are received. The decisio…
Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Wednesday that it has presented the chargesheet in court against a former Block Development Officer (BDO), an Executive Engineer, and five others in a case of embezzlement of government funds. A statement said, “ACB J&K has filed a charge-sheet before the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Baramulla, in FIR No. 02/2020 of Police Station ACB Baramulla against six public servants and one beneficiary contrac…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare on Wednesday told the State Assembly that the state government is implementing necessary actions and effective measures to prevent child marriage in the state.The target is to bring the rate of child marriage below 10 per cent in the next five years. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar raised a query on this subject and Congress member Nana Patole participated in the discussion.Minister Tatkare said tha…
Chennai, May 23 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has cancelled more than 100 short-term tenders issued across several major departments, including Public Works, Electricity, Rural Development and Municipal Administration, as part of a larger move by the newly formed government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to tighten administrative procedures and bring greater transparency to public works contracts. Short-term tenders are generally issued in situations involving urgent or emergency requi…
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) Former Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam, who had been lodged in jail for nearly two years in the high-profile tender commission scam and money laundering case linked to the state’s Rural Development Department, was released on bail on Thursday from the Birsa Munda Central Jail here. His release came after the Supreme Court on Monday granted him bail. The formalities were completed after his wife, Nishat Alam, gave surety. His release was delayed as the Supreme Court order …
Dehradun, May 8 (IANS) Uttarakhand Minister Bharat Singh Chaudhary said on Friday that the popularity of Kedarnath Dham has increased significantly across the country and abroad after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spiritual retreat there, resulting in a continuous rise in the number of pilgrims visiting the shrine every year.Speaking to IANS, Chaudhary, also the Rural Development, Small and Micro-Medium Enterprises, Khadi and Village Industries, and Language Minister, said that more than seven …