Rural Development Ministry
Click a picture and send it to the people in the ministry is the new mantra of the rural development ministry as it gears up to digitally monitors the creation of all durable assets under its various social sector schemes across the country. The ministry is planning to rope in an IT company that will [...] Continue Reading »
The rural development ministry is planning an Rs 12,000-crore boost for the government’s flagship rural roads scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The ministry is seeking funds from the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Nabard) to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible habitations. This will be the second financial push to [...] Continue Reading »
The Centre is homing in on rural India for a massive economic stimulus, with the Nitin Gadkari-led rural development ministry drawing up plans to spend Rs 3.45 lakh crore to build nearly 30 million houses for the homeless by 2022 under the National Gramin Awaas Mission. The nearly Rs 50,000 crore a year programme in [...] Continue Reading »
The Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that capital formation in agriculture and development of rural infrastructure is the key for improving the quality of life for the people in the countryside. Jaitley mentioned that the rural population is deprived of the basic amenities and the government will strive towards providing housing, toilets, [...] Continue Reading »
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi vision of housing with water, electricity and toilets for all the Indians over the next eight years is taking shape. The rural development ministry is revamping the rural housing scheme and is drawing a road map to implement it in “mission mode”. This is in sync with Modi’s dream of [...] Continue Reading »
The NDA government is trying to incorporate all the possible alterations to make the UPA-enacted bill more industry friendly. The rural development ministry is ready to place before PM Modi a list of proposed amendments to the land bill. These amendments were placed after discussing with all the state governments. Proposals include a change in [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi’s development faces a hard time due to lack of full statehood. As per the new central law on land acquisition that was in effect from January 1 the union territories have to vest all powers in centre leaving authorization in land acquisition for projects. Therefore, there is a dusk of ambiguity over at least [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The financial aid given to the rural poor to construct houses has been increased to Rs 70,000 from Rs 45,000 by the Centre. The landless people in rural areas will now get Rs 20,000 instead of Rs 10,000 to buy homestead land. Since the protesters were seeking land for the landless and the [...] Continue Reading »
The Rural Development Ministry sought to address the apprehensions of industries and infrastructure sectors surrounding the controversial land acquisition bill. The ministry highlighted that the requirement of consent of all for acquiring land has been diluted and a new provision will apply prospectively and not retrospectively. The Ministry has come out with a statement that [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) at New Delhi has decide to scrutinize all the Drinking Water and Sanitation schemes in concern with the Rural Development Ministry and also Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Union minister of Delhi, Mr. Jairam Ramesh reported saying that the walled city has a record for spending a large [...] Continue Reading »
