Banjari has been in existence for about 25 years now but it is yet to get the status of a village in Chhattisgarh. Winds of decentralisation, as ensured under the Panchayati Raj system, are yet to

Giving a clear indication that the issue of full statehood for Delhi would generate a lot of heat in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the Capital, senior BJP leaders alleged that the Delhi

The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 29 crore as second instalment to 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh under the first stream of the Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY) for the year

The European court of first instance in Luxembourg recently refused to shield three of the world's largest tobacco companies from legal action linked to cigarette smuggling. The move was initiated

india has finally taken note of the correlation between health and economic deve-lopment. The Union government has set up the National Commission on Macro-economics and Health to understand the link

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 83.93 crore for system improvement in power sector, irrigation and rural bridge projects in the state under Rural

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested the chairman of the 12th Finance Commission to provide a special economic package to Assam State for infrastructure development, flood control and improving

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned loans aggregating to Rs 1,052.95 crore towards creation of rural infrastructure in 16 States across the country. This

The Central Government has approved a scheme of Rs 5.76 crore for development of eight cities in Uttar Pradesh and also released Rs 2.88 crore as its share for this scheme. About 150 small and

The much hyped Neeru Meeru scheme taken by the Andhra Pradesh state government with a massive investment of Rs 1,650 crore has failed to yield any results and hence, has not received any appreciation

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