A working group on NREGA asks for indexing wages to the farm wage index, besides reducing work hours

A working group on NREGA asks for indexing wages to the farm wage index, besides reducing work hours.

A principle adopted to ensure rehabilitation of evacuees alongside progress on projects is known for violations

When construction of a dam is delayed, it leads to cost over-runs. It delays development. We are constantly told this, with much statistics.

The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) funded by the Centre has not achieved the desired results even after spending Rs 26,000 crore to boost agriculture, the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said.

The report also observed that the dams constructed on the Narmada did not realise the irrigation potential the authorities had initially promised.

Big names like Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Jindal Steel, Tata Reality and Infrastructure, IL&FS, IDFC have shown interest.

PURA, the pet theme of former President Abdul Kalam -- Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas

The government is considering a method to identify the total number of poor in the country on the basis of a formula suggested by economists Jean Dr

Various estimates of the extra cost to the government for an improved food security Bill are doing the rounds, but many agree the Union government

Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group.

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Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group.

Villagers of Bajesar, Nimbada and Dungla