Water Supply

NRDWP funds: Naveen hits back at Ramesh

Bhubaneswar: The war of letters between Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and chief minister Naveen Patnaik over expenditure under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) inten

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply
Poverty

Jairam asks CAG to audit NREGA

New Delhi: Just when sections in the Congress and the government have questioned the procedures of the CAG, the rural development ministry under Jairam Ramesh has invited the government auditor to

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Poverty

Montek defends poverty line

Unfazed by criticisms over its affidavit regarding the poverty line, the Planning Commission has decided to stick to its poverty benchmark contending that the level might not be comfortable but it

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Planning Commission, Poverty, Development, India, Ministry Of Rural Development, Subsidies, Food Supply
Habitat And Urbanisation

PURA Might be Extended to 2,000 Towns

After restructuring almost every scheme in its kitty, the rejuvenated ministry of rural development plans to lend a hand to its urban counterpart in towns and cities that have recently shed their o

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Development, Ministry Of Rural Development, India, Rural Habitat, Rural Roads, Planning Commission, Electricity, Panchayats
Economy

Ramesh asks CAG to Audit 100k-cr Allocation to Rural Schemes

Jairam Ramesh on Monday broke off from his CAG-bashing ministerial colleagues and asked the agency to audit the over .

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Rural Development, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Bihar, Rural Sanitation, Rural Roads, Rural Water Supply, Madhya Pradesh
Poverty

Planning Commission clarifies on India's poor

Makes case for Attorney General’s argument before SC.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Planning Commission, Supreme Court, Food Security, Ministry Of Rural Development, Population, Subsidies, Poverty, Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies
Habitat And Urbanisation

Spl accountant general in each state: Jairam

Ranchi: Rural development ministry has decided to appoint special accountant general in each state to audit the expenditure under the ministry.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Rural Development, Ministry Of Rural Development, India
Land

The Land Acquisition Bill: A critique and a proposal

The 2011 Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill on land acquisition recently tabled in Parliament is well-intentioned but seriously flawed. Its principal defect is that it attaches an arbitrary mark-up to the historical market price to determine compensation amounts. This will guarantee neither social justice nor the efficient use of resources.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2011
Maitreesh Ghatak, Parikshit Ghosh
Economic and Political Weekly
46
41
65-72
Tags:
Land Acquisition, India, Legislation, Compensation, Agriculture, Farmers, Conflicts, Private Sector, Land Act 1894, Ministry Of Rural Development, Infrastructure Development, Industry, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Land

Sops for the poor and a bonus for industry

While there are some positive features in the Land Acquisition Bill – the inclusion of both acquisition and rehabilitation in the same legislation, and provision for the displaced to receive a share of the appreciation in value over time – the regressive features dominate and threaten to make acquisition by industry a far more easy process that will leave the current occupants with little more than a large compensation.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2011
E A S Sarma
Economic and Political Weekly
46
41
32-34
Tags:
Land Acquisition, India, Rehabilitation, Displacement, Legislation, Compensation, Private Sector, Industry, Ministry Of Rural Development, Farmers, Public Hearing, Conflicts, Industrial Pollution
Poverty

AADHAR to be linked to MGNREGS wages

Bid to add social content to UID scheme, otherwise in limbo
With the AADHAR scheme apparently in limbo, the Centre is making a desperate effort to provide it social content.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2011
K. Balchand
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Food Supply, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Ministry Of Rural Development, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

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