The way the government will implement the Food Security Bill, which took two-and-a-half years to formulate, remains vague as ever.

Ever since Anna Hazare’s call for a strong Lokpal bill reached fever-pitch in autumn, and the government bought time with ostensibly conciliatory moves, everyone had been waiting for ‘the due proce

Agartala: Tripura has once again topped all the states in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees minimum job days to people in rural are

Captive job cards. Fake bank accounts. Coercion by pradhans. In Uttar Pradesh, ingenious methods are employed to deprive the poor of MGNREGA benefits, reports Abhishek Bhalla

GUWAHATI: With Union Rural Minister Jairam Ramesh assuring the State government of providing funds from the Asian Development Bank for construction of 1,000 kms of roads in the State, State PWD Minister Ajanta Neog has asked the officials of her department to prepare the estimates for construction of roads in their respective divisions. A review-cum-estimate preparation meeting of the PWD was held at the NEDFi House in the city today.

NEW DELHI: If you have a kutcha house or have a tarpaulin to cover youself, the socio-caste survey will not consider you homeless.

DIBRUGARH: With an aim to implement water security and safety plan, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, Dibrugarh has entrusted the NESYPM, an Non–Government Organization (NGO) with th

New Delhi:National Advisory Council member N C Saxena has accused rural development minister Jairam Ramesh of betraying the understanding reached with the Sonia Gandhi-led panel and diluting the pr

BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 473 crore for laying roads in the non-Integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts of the State.