Tag: Rural
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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 -
Rural areas facing difficulty : Odisha govt
Demonetisation has hit the rural populace in Odisha, its government told the central team here to review the scenario in the state post the announcement.
November 23, 2016 -
Rural areas facing difficulty : Odisha govt
Demonetisation has hit the rural populace in Odisha, its government told the central team here to review the scenario in the state post the announcement.
November 23, 2016