The Act, which won't need to be passed by Parliament, will serve as guideline for states to formulate their own laws for rural development, with focus on gram panchayats & census towns.
Em Prasad Sharma, advisor of the excise branch, Government of Sikkim, is on a mission to empower the people in Namcheybong, Sikkim by fast-tracking the rural development.
In Gorakhpur's Jigina Bhion, 18 self-help groups are helping women support their families, after husbands lost jobs during the pandemic. They say 'we would've starved without this'.
Standing Panel on Rural Development says the department should ensure the funds reach on time. The department stated 98.7% of fund transfer orders are generated within 15 days.
For the revamped mission, the rural development ministry is planning to seek an allocation of Rs 30,000-40,000 crore — a drastic leap from the Rs 600 crore it was allotted in FY21.
With “wealth creation” as the central theme of 2020 Economic Survey, Modi govt has harked back to its capitalist orientation in the backdrop of an economic slowdown.
Rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha said MGNREGA had been misunderstood between 2006 and 2013-14, but since then, the govt has built 2 lakh centres.
German mountaineers Stallbohm and Poncar recall their interactions with Col. Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar and shed light on the maps they gave him which drew his attention to Siachen.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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