Guwahati, June 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the State Government remains committed to the welfare and development of tea garden communities and rural Assam, asserting that promises made during election campaigns would be fulfilled in a phased manner. Interacting with reporters, the Chief Minister said the government had received extensive feedback and suggestions from people during the election campaign across several tea gardens and rural areas. He said…
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Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla said on Tuesday that the formation of the state stands as a symbol of the sacrifices made by martyrs and the democratic struggles waged over several decades.On the occasion of Telangana State Formation Day, the Governor unfurled the National Flag at the Lok Bhavan. Subsequently, he received the Guard of Honour from the police forces.He paid rich tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives during the Telangana movement.On this o…
Lucknow, May 27 (IANS) Project Ganga, an ambitious and visionary scheme of the Yogi Adityanath government is set to go ‘live’ soon, setting the stage for digital outreach and self-reliance in lakhs of rural households in Uttar Pradesh.According to officials associated with Project Ganga, almost all modalities for the launch of the project have been completed and final stage preparations are underway for its roll-out.Project Ganga’s primary goal is to connect more than 20 lakh households across…
Panna, May 26 (IANS) All five labourers lost their lives after a massive soil collapse at an under-construction well in Nayapurwa hamlet of Biharpurwa village, under Ajaygarh block in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district, on Tuesday morning. Seven labourers were working at the site when the incident occurred. Two of them had climbed out of the well moments earlier to drink water and were safely rescued, while the remaining five were buried under the debris, officials said.Despite frantic rescue eff…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday directed officials of both his Ministries to immediately establish a planned, time-bound and result-oriented mechanism to ensure that farmers and poor rural citizens do not have to run from pillar to post either to avail benefits of government schemes or for the redressal of grievances. During a meeting, Union Minister Chouhan told the officials that Prime Minister…
Bhubaneswar, May 21 (IANS) Odisha Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water (PR&DW) Minister Rabi Narayan Naik on Thursday reiterated the state government’s commitment to providing piped drinking water facilities to all villages in Odisha by March 2027, stating that all necessary measures are being taken to achieve the target. The minister made the remarks during his address to the media on the status and progress of drinking water supply projects in the state following a detail…
Gandhinagar, May 20 (IANS) The Gujarat government has approved a series of amendments to its ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’, allowing more than 20 categories of development works to be undertaken in villages and widening eligibility for individuals, organisations, and trusts to contribute towards rural infrastructure projects. The changes were approved at a state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday.Announcing the decisions taken at the meeting, government spokesperson and…
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) In a move aimed at improving administrative efficiency and ensuring closer coordination across departments, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has assigned a wide range of government portfolios to senior officials in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), outlining a new administrative structure for overseeing governance and policy implementation. According to an order issued by the CMO, senior bureaucrats have been entrusted with clusters of important departments to …
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed women empowerment, farmer welfare, youth employment and rural development at the centre of governance, adding that the empowerment of these sections is essential for the development of both the state and the nation.Addressing the ‘Village Development Chaupal’ programme at Thikariya village in Bagru, the Chief Minister said several flagship schemes launched by the Prime Mi…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Union MoS Communications and Rural Development Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani on Tuesday conducted a detailed review of APT 2.0, India Post’s next‑generation digital platform, and highlighted its role in transforming India Post into a modern logistics and services hub.Pemmasani said that APT 2.0 has enabled faster service delivery, reduced manual intervention, improved decision‑making, enhanced customer satisfaction and more reliable operations, an official statement…