Kohima, July 3 (IANS) Stressing the pivotal role of women in Nagaland’s rural economy, Chief Secretary Sentiyanger Imchen on Friday said the state’s next phase of agricultural and rural growth must be driven by innovation, technology and climate-smart solutions to ensure sustainable and inclusive development.Inaugurating a one-day programme on “Women-Led Rural Enterprises for a Climate-Smart Nagaland”, the senior IAS officer stressed the need to equip women entrepreneurs with modern technolo…
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Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh on Thursday launched the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) (VB-G RAM-G), with the state-level programme held in Jabalpur and similar events organised across all districts. Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Prahlad Singh Patel attended the state-level launch in Jabalpur. Rajya Sabha MP Sumitra Valmiki, public representatives and senior officials were also present.Addressing the gathering, Patel said the mission will…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The SHE-LEAPS (Self-Help Entrepreneur-Livelihoods and Enterprise Application for Prosperity and Sustainability) digital initiative, just launched by the Centre to strengthen the empowerment of rural women, is expected to play a key role in achieving the target of 6 crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’, according to an official factsheet issued on Wednesday.SHE-LEAPS is a digital platform for empowering women associated with Self-Help Groups (SHGs) across rural India. This is being acc…
Agartala, June 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Tuesday said that women associated with Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Tripura are making a significant contribution to the vision of building a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 through their growing participation in economic and social development initiatives. While interacting with members of Self-Help Groups at the Dukli Block in West Tripura district, the Union Minister said that more than 10 crore women across the …
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 will come into force across rural India on July 1, 2026, and Union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that no eligible rural worker should remain without work even for a single day.He said the government in close coordination with the States and Union Territories, has completed all administrative, financial and techn…
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 …
Gandhinagar, June 28 (IANS) The Lakhpati Didi scheme, a Central government scheme for improving the livelihoods of poor households and ensuring their financial inclusion, is brining paradigm shift in the lives of lakhs of women in Gujarat. Many beneficiaries of the scheme shared how the Lakhpati Didi yojana helped empower them financially while also giving an opportunity to turn ‘atma nirbhar’ with their hard work.Bhavnaben Patel, a ‘Lakhpati Didi’ from Nogama village in Chikhli Taluka of Navsar…
Agartala, June 28 (IANS) State-owned Tripura State Cooperative Bank (TSCB) has reported a record net profit of Rs 78.08 crore for the financial year 2025-26, registering its seventh consecutive year of profitability, senior bank officials said on Sunday. TSCB Chairman Nagadhiraj Dutta and Managing Director Bhajan Chandra Roy highlighted the bank’s growing contribution to Tripura’s rural economy and its continued financial growth.Dutta said the bank earned an operating profit of Rs 166.08 cro…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Aiming to promote community-led water governance under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has discussed issues related to piped water supply in villages with panchayat representatives.Speaking at the eighth edition of the ‘Sujal Gram Samvad’ on Thursday, Kamal Kishore Soan, Additional Secretary and Mission Director of National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), stressed on ensuring the proper and timely delivery of potable piped water to rural househol…
Amaravati, June 25 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday slammed the coalition government led by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, over the decline in the bank credit growth for Self-Help Groups (SHGs) over the last two years.He stated that the credit to SHGs, which was Rs.49,626 crore in 2023-24 under the YSRCP’s rule, has declined to Rs. 41,623 crore in 2024-25 and further to Rs. 41,105 crore in 2025-26 under the TDP’s…