New Delhi Claiming that the Land Acquisition and Relief & Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill introduced in Parliament is quite different from what was agreed upon by the Jairam Ramesh-headed rural development ministry, National Advisory Council (NAC) member NC Saxena has said that several new clauses have been added under pressure, which dilutes the benefits that were originally intended for the affected people.

After the Andhra Pradesh government violated the provisions of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by providing work to households in excess of the legal entitlement of 100 d

Social activists up in arms against proposed reforms; impact on procurement feared

Despite Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh’s attempt to corner the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government over the issue of alleged irregularities in the implementation of NREGS, the Ministry

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh is caught in a predicament having to play a dual role in dealing with the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in a bid to protect his

After creating a storm over demand for CBI probe into the irregularities in implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, Union minister of rural develo

Integrated Watershed Management Programme, a Rural Development Ministry Scheme under which the Government facilitates water harvesting, potable water and water sanitation and other ecological activ

With 135 districts across 17 states affected and 861 people dead till November 4, the Japanese Encephalitis epidemic has crossed last year’s figures.

Instead of ensuring effective implementation of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) schemes in Uttar Pradesh, both BSP and Congress are engaged in a battle of one-upmans

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has proposed social audits for the centre’s big-ticket welfare programmes running under different ministries, on the lines of the scrutiny that he recently