Tag: Rural
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Bengal NREGA workers suffer under Centre vs state tussle
It demanded the Bengal government set up a provisional fund of Rs 3,500 crore to ensure workers have jobs and wages.
August 2, 2022 -
India’s scam central: Inside villages of cyber cheats
Cybercrimes in recent years have moved beyond urban areas to rural parts where avenues for employment are limited.
July 23, 2022 -
Rural Odysseys~I
While tourism and branding may be one part of the learning agenda, it is not objectionable if it is a win-win strategy for both the rural population and the development industry.
June 5, 2022 -
Rural local bodies have to be revitalised, rejuvenated: VP
Inaugurating National Stakeholders Conference on ‘Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals’, organised by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, he urged the union government and various states to facilitate the devolution of the 3Fs from Zilla Parishads to Panchayats.
April 11, 2022 -
Jharkhand’s four-phase rural poll to be held from May 14
According to the State Election Commission, the counting of votes for the first phase will be done on May 17, and the second phase of counting will be done on May 22.
April 10, 2022 -
OYO Group to promote rural home stay for tourists in J&K
With a market giant like OYO coming on board, we are making in-roads to encourage micro-entrepreneurs in the villages and revitalizing local art & crafts and redevelopment of rural areas added the Lt Governor.
February 11, 2022 -
Over 278 big players participate in job fairs to employ trained rural youth
The Project Implementation Agencies (PIA) and State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) organized these ‘job fairs’ which attracted industrialists from various sectors including retail, construction, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, e-commerce, microfinance, manpower management, IT-ITEs, automobile, claimed a senior officer of the Ministry of Rural Development here on Sunday.
December 26, 2021 -
Rural roads scheme to continue till September 2022 to complete roads and bridges under construction: CCEA
The CCEA also approved continuation of the road connectivity project for Left Wing Extremism-affected areas up to March, 2023.
November 17, 2021 -
India should promote agro-based industries, says Vice President
Calling for greater use of technology in food management to ensure food security for all, he said “The developed world is already reaping benefits from the use of Artificial Intelligence in agriculture and India too must harness its potential to help improve farm income.”
November 7, 2021 -
DMK, allies sweep rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu
Opposition AIADMK was leading or won in 50 seats out of the 1,381 panchayat union wards and its alliance partner won only 1 seat. PMK was either leading or won on 13 seats. MDMK and VCK, DMK allies were leading in 8 and 3 wards respectively.
October 13, 2021 -
40 specially-abled candidates in fray for TN rural local body polls
Contesting polls for such candidates became possible after subsection 3 of section 33 in Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act, 1994 was amended to remove the clause, "deaf, mute and persons affected with leprosy" who were earlier barred from fighting polls.
September 28, 2021 -
Survey checks maternal, child health during pandemic
Survey in North Bengal on maternal and child health care.
July 31, 2020 -
China to move millions from homes to eradicate poverty
Chinese authorities will move millions of people from their homes across the country as part of President Xi Jinping’s goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2020, a media report said on Sunday. Over the next three years, Xi’s anti-poverty crusade, which the President has declared one of the key themes of his second five-year term, …
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January 7, 2018 -
The vampire
Manigram, a developed village, was no longer the archetype of a rural society. Located close to a sub-divisional town, it embraced the intrusion of the town’s culture and the people soaked themselves in it, absorbing more and more of modern life. Hedonism and not plain living was the new philosophy. The only irritant for the …
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December 2, 2017 -
Atal Pension Yojana reaches subscriber base of 62 lakh
The government’s social security scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has reached a subscriber base of 62 lakh in a time span of two years since its launch, an official statement said on Wednesday. “At a time when the interest rate on various financial instruments including savings bank is declining, Atal Pension Yojana as a pension …
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August 30, 2017 -
Women-driven cabs on rural roads soon; Centre to give loans
The Centre will launch a new scheme to provide interest-free loan to women self-help groups in rural areas on the purchase of small commercial vehicles, to boost public transport and generate employment. The new scheme is likely to be called 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana' and launched on August 15. It will be on the …
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June 14, 2017 -
Six Haryana rural clusters to have urban like infrastructure
Six clusters of Haryana have been selected under phase-I of Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) which aims to provides urban amenities in rural area. These clusters include Kosli of Rewari, Badli of Jhajjar, Barara of Ambala, Samin of Fatehabad, Uchana Khurd of Jind and Balla of Karnal. An official spokesperson said that the selected …
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April 17, 2017