The state has got Rs 2,133 cr for 2013-14 under the scheme

'Make Karnataka open defecation-free by 2018'

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday expressed disappointment over the poor condition of sanitation in the State and set 2018 as the deadline for the Karnataka government to make state free of open defecation.

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured Arunachal Pradesh to consider more projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to increase connectivity in this land–locked St

The Gadgil panel report is a development guideline for the country, says Union Minister Jairam Ramesh

With substantial opposition to short cuts in passage, regular Parliament discussion in coming session seems the route

Union Cabinet did not take up for consideration the proposal

After an entire day of suspense on whether the government proposes to promulgate an Ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, the Union Cabinet did not take up for consideration a proposal to this effect moved by the Food Ministry. According to sources there is no consensus on taking the Ordinance route for the food security Bill not only between various political parties but within the United Progressive Alliance as well.

Taking its sanitation drive a step further, the government has revised the guidelines of Indira Awas Yojana, making it mandatory for all houses constructed under the scheme to have a toilet.

Cabinet might discuss this on Thursday; govt and party brass still undecided if wait till monsoon session desirable

The government has readied an ordinance to put the land acquisition Bill into effect but would prefer to have Parliament enact it in the next session.
“We have no guarantee that the Bharatiya Janata Party (the principal opposition party) will let Parliament function. Their behaviour in the last session does not inspire confidence. They could demand the resignation of somebody else in the monsoon session and derail that as well.

In a bid to curb misreporting by states, the ministry of rural development on Monday approved changes to guidelines of the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) that allow flexibility to the states in identify