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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicRural Development Ministry

Topic: Rural Development Ministry

Update caste study data often to avoid errors in picking welfare beneficiaries, study says

Sanya Dhingra -
The fact that SECC data is not supposed to get updated for 10 years means that several people unduly get or are denied benefits of government schemes.

Modi govt not happy with MNREGS work in states. This is how it plans to set things right

Moushumi Das Gupta -
With states spending more on wages and less on material costs than the prescribed 60:40 ratio, the Modi government is concerned about asset creation quality.

Modi govt calls its model village scheme path-breaking, but 35% projects yet to start

Ruhi Tewari -
Sharp dip in participation of MPs in Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana recorded — from 703 MPs in first phase to 283 in third.

More than 14 per cent villages in India don’t have any school, shows govt data

Ruhi Tewari -
Rural Development Ministry data shows access to highest level of school education remains a concern, only 6.57 per cent villages have up to senior secondary schools. 

BJP not worried if welfare schemes bring votes, don’t link them to polls: Minister

Ruhi Tewari -
Narendra Tomar, whom PM Modi recently praised in an interview, is tasked with overseeing the NDA's pro-rural electoral strategy.

100% Hindi in communication: How rural development ministry plans to promote the language

Ruhi Tewari -
The ministry has decided to explore the feasibility of training officials who have little to no knowledge of Hindi.

Focus 2019, Modi govt sets ambitious target to finish rural road construction

Ruhi Tewari -
The BJP-led government plans to complete 61,000 km covering over 19,000 habitations by March next year — the highest target set by it since 2014.
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