National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has conducted a detailed consultation with the farming community of six villages in Tawang district, bordering China to start horticultu

State Minister for Water Conservation Nitin Raut says the government will have to make major policy corrections to tackle the water crisis, which is not just confined to drought in 15 districts of

State water resources minister P J Joseph said that only 30% Keralites have access to pipe water and to rectify this issue, the water resources department will lay many pipelines so that 50% of peo

GUWAHATI: Floods and erosion are a perennial problem in Assam that have wreaked havoc on the people of the State, especially in rural areas and who live by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.

The authorities will soon commission an Rs 50-crore water supply project in Thrikaripur Assembly constituency in Kasaragod district to address the drinking water shortage in many panchayaths there

After commissioning regulator-cum-bridge across Thejaswini

A Rs. 50-crore project to assist localities that face drinking water shortage in Thrikkaripur due to intrusion of saline water will be commissioned shortly, said K. Kunhiraman, MLA. The project would be realized after commissioning the regulator-cum-bridge across the Thejaswini that would link Kayoor-Chemeni pachayath and Neeleshwaram municipality, Mr. Kunhiraman said.

Loans Clubbed To Seek Benefit

Pune: The reaudited report of the National Bank for Rural and Agricultural Development (Nabard) on the Rs 52,000-crore agriculturaldebt waiver and debt relief scheme (2008), shows that loan amounts of about 3,000 farmers from Kolhapur, who owed Rs 2 lakh each, were waived when the ceiling was set at Rs 1 lakh per farmer. The cumulative amount of such non-eligible farmers stood at Rs 58 crore.

The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for Namakkal District for the financial year 2013-14 at an outlay of Rs.

The state will get Rs 700-crore loan from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for the current financial year to give a fillip to agriculture, healthcare, communication and

Of this, Rs 6,072 cr had gone to agriculture sector. Nabard had pumped Rs 7,881 crore in Madhya Pradesh state rural refinances through its various promotional initiatives during 2012-13.