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Poverty

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: The Journey of a Decade

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes ten years of implementation on 2nd February 2016. The achievements of a decade are a cause of national pride and celebration. Since the start of the programme, the expenditure on the programme has amounted to Rs.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2016
Ministry of Rural Development
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Workers, Unemployment, Gram Panchayat, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Agriculture
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding making the shrine and the area around known as Masamand Mama on the bank of Bihar river in District Rewa, Madhya Pradesh pollution free, 06/11/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Avam Manav Sanrakshan Samiti Vs. Union of India & Others dated 06/11/2015 regarding making the shrine and the area around known as Masamand Mama on the bank of Bihar river in District Rewa, Madhya Pradesh pollution free.

The shrine is revered and frequented by large number of people and as a result thereof lot of MSW is generated which creates pollution in the river as well as in the area around the shrine.

Judgement Date: 
06/11/2015
Tags:
Religious Places, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Municipal Solid Waste, Gram Panchayat, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Waste Management
Habitat And Urbanisation

Maharashtra to create 50 smart villages

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he wants to focus not only on smart cities but also smart villages and create 50 such in 2016.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2015
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Smart City, Village Level Planning, Rural Development, Health Care, Gram Panchayat, Microsoft Corporation & Others
Sanitation

HC asks gram panchayat to keep village clean

Gujarat high court on Monday ruled that it is the duty of a local authority to ensure proper sanitation so as to avoid problem of diseases like dengue and swine flu.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2015
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, High Court, Gram Panchayat, Rural Sanitation, Diseases, Dengue, Sanitation
Industry

Judgement of the Gujarat High Court regarding villagers opposing an industrial unit to construct a road to transport its vehicles and machinery, District Valsad, Gujarat, 31/08/2015

Judgement of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Platinum AAC Blocks Private Ltd. Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 31/08/2015 regarding villagers opposing an industrial unit engaged in manufacturing of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Blocks to construct a road to transport its vehicles and machineries to its industrial unit, village Mohangam, Taluka Umargam, District Valsad.

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Judgement Date: 
31/08/2015
Tags:
Land, Land Ownership, Industry, Valsad (D), Gujarat, Gram Panchayat, Building Materials, Rural Roads, Farmers, Agriculture, High Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Energy

State’s 60 Gram Panchayat buildings to run on solar power

The Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) will install solar photovoltaic power plants in 60 Gram panchayat buildings of Jashpur, Surguja, Balrampur and Koriya districts of the

Publication Date: 
17/08/2015
Pioneer (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Gram Panchayat, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Energy
Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on solid and liquid waste management, 13/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on solid and liquid waste management, 13/08/2015. Swachh Bharat Mission has been launched from 2.10.2014. Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM-G, there is a provision of assistance of up to Rs. 7/12/15/20 lakh for Gram Panchayats with 150/300/500/more than 500 households. Under SBM-G, component-wise funds are not released. However, State/UT-wise funds released under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan (NBA-sanitation programme prior to SBM-G)/SBM (G) during the last 3 years and the current year is at Annexure-1.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Rural Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), India, Statistics, Parliament, Finance, Gram Panchayat
Poverty

Striking at the Root Causes of Poverty

CLEAR ROAD MAP Govt will use socio-economic census data to identify the causes in one lakh villages at household levels.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Ruchika Chitravanshi
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Census, Housing, Gram Panchayat, Ministry Of Rural Development
Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Coastal Zone Management plan in Mundrothuruthu Gram Panchayat, Kollam, Kerala, 01/04/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Quilon Educational Trust Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 01/04/2015 regarding Coastal Zone Management plan in respect of the areas coming under Mundrothuruthu Grama Panchayat including the land in Sy.No.09 to 98 in Block No.29 of Adichanellore Village, Kollam Taluk, Kollam District, Kerala State categorising the submerged land and its areas under CRZ II and send the same to the 5th respondent MoEF for approval.

Judgement Date: 
01/04/2015
Tags:
Wetlands, Coastal Regulations, Kollam (D), Kerala, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Gram Panchayat, Public Hearing, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Economy

NREGA spending up 57% in Karnataka in FY14, says study

Even as the Central government is debating a new direction for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a recent study on NREGA spending in Karnataka gives some interesting insights, especia

Publication Date: 
18/03/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unemployment, Gram Panchayat

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