The government is reaching out to civil society to avoid being caught on the wrong foot while identifying the poor.

The Centre’s flagship rural employment programme will soon come under the scrutiny of the national auditor, which will look into its implementation in the 12 states that receive the largest share o

The Centre may create a new category under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for resolving the conflict with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 in implementaing wages rates.

New Delhi The rural development ministry has asked for a special audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the R40,000-crore annual budget of the National Rural Employment Programme.

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has rejected the charge of being politically motivated in seeking Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government’s consent for a CBI probe into alleged irregul

New Delhi: Stating that diversity has defined our civilization, Union ministerJairam Ramesh said A K Ramanujan’s essay on Ramayana is an example of our diversity.

In view of a recent court order, ruling that the payments made under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act cannot be lower than those prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Rural Devel

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolio, will work in concert with the Union Health Ministry and prepare an action plan to sub

New Delhi The country will not get a new law to change the rules for land acquisition for industry any time soon.

New Delhi: Accepting that development of sanitation facilities in the country has been a “disaster”, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday suggested enhanced government funding to d