T.V. Gopalakrishnan

The need to support the rural sector has been well recognised and the efforts in this direction have been enormous and institutions set up to aid this sector are aplenty.

Rajahmundy, June 23: With special emphasis on rural development, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, (Nabard) has taken up several activities in East Godavari.

Jamshedpur, June 22: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has decided to initiate steps to ensure better production of rice in Jharkhand through implementation of the system of rice intensification (SRI) in villages.

It has decided to rope in NGOs for starting the project across the state.

Shimla: The NABARD-funded Doodh Ganga scheme has taken off on a flying note with as many as 1,123 individuals and self-help groups (SHGs) securing loans to the tune of Rs 22.96 crore by March 31 last, within five months of the launch of the scheme. The beneficiaries were provided interest free loan of Rs 11.48 crore under the scheme to boost milk production in the state.

BALANGIR: The neem trees that were once planted aplenty in Balangir by erstwhile kings, have come as a boon for denizens of the district with NABARD introducing Integrated Neem Development Plan, touted as the first project on neem in the country. After introduction of the plan, around 10,000 women, mostly members of SHGs, have been engaged in collection of neem fruits.

Parinathi, a Non Government Organisation is bringing smiles on the faces of farmers in 5 GPs of Kadur taluk by providing technical assistance.

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has done laudable work for rural infrastructure development in the state and has fully utilised funds allocated to it. This has been said by chairman of National Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Shri Umesh Chandra Sarangi in a letter to the state government.

Prashant Rupera | TNN

Supply of potable water through pipelines will soon be part of history. People will have to get their daily quota of potable water from the nearest reverse osmosis (RO) centre.

However, this quota of purified water will be just enough to meet an individual