After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).

The Centre is planning to formulate a law against the use of dry toilets and the erring persons could even be sent to jail, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.

New Delhi: The Congress scrambled on Tuesday to put the stamp of its “hand” on ‘direct cash transfers’, calling it an election promise fulfilled and lining up Rahul Gandhi to lead the celebrations

Amidst talks of a no-confidence motion or a vote on the FDI issue, the government has lined up key financial sector Bills including long-pending legislations for pension and insurance sector as wel

The ministries of coal, mines and rural development have opposed setting up of Ultra Mega Steel Plants (UMSPs) in the country, saying that land and raw materials were scarce resources and cannot be

Acquisition of land for private purposes would require the consent of 80 per cent of the owners, goes the Bill finalised today, according to sources.

Under consideration of a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, it will soon be placed before the Cabinet and is expected to make it to Parliament’s winter session. Last month, Pawar had said a proposal to seek the consent of 80 per cent of owners, along with many other broad principles, were being circulated among ministers and a consensus was being arrived at. Today, sources said the land Bill had been finalised and the proposal to seek consent of 80 per cent of owners before any acquisition for private projects had been approved.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said public health system in the country had “collapsed”, noting that even poorer countries like Bangladesh and Kenya have superior health i

The health system in India has “collapsed”, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh made this candid confession on Friday and lamented that even poorer countries like Bangladesh and Kenya ha

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said public health system in the country had “collapsed”, noting that even poorer countries like Bangladesh and Kenya have superior health indicators.

In a candid assessment of the country’s health sector, Mr Ramesh also said 70 per cent of the health expenditure is met from private sources, making it a “unique” country. This was the “single most important” reason for indebtedness in rural areas, he added.