PATNA, 14 FEB: Against the backdrop of alleged irregularities in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MNREGA) in Uttar Pradesh, Union rural development minis

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday cleared the decks for a huge fund outlay which is set to bolster Bihar's rural infrastructure.

Speaking to journalists here, Mr. Ramesh said the Union Rural Ministry would pump in Rs. 2,500 crore for laying of over 6,500 km of rural roads across the State for fiscal 2011-12.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has favoured flexibility in rules in the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for Arunachal Pradesh for better conectivity.

Guwahati, Feb.

2200 gaon panchayats in Assam to be developed as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years

GUWAHATI: While setting the target, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rakibul Hussain to take steps to develop 2200 gaon panchayats in Assam as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years and reiterated that the Central Government would bear all the expenses in that regard.

GUWAHATI, Feb 12 – The Union Ministry for Rural Development will put more emphasis on Pure Drinking Water and Total Sanitation Programme so that the vision and objective of Nirmal Gram can truly be

Ramesh for granting states discretion over 50% of funds for central schemes.

The Government has announced the creation of six projects in public-private partnership mode in non-timber forest produce (NTFP), covering around 60 Naxal-affected districts in the country.

Non-Congress states have performed better in the MGNREGA corruption index. The Supreme Court has “officially” declared corruption in the 2G case. All licences stand cancelled.

Calling for increasing the wage rate under MGNREGA, the Minister for Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar today said that the same is necessary to bail out the St