Agriculture

Farm loan waiver 'temporarily necessary': MS Swaminathan

NEW DELHI: Farm loan waiver is necessary in the short term as farmers are unable to repay debts due to fall in agri-prices despite a bumper crop, renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan has s

Publication Date: 
14/06/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, M S Swaminathan, Madhya Pradesh, Farmers, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Natural Disasters

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Release of MGNREGA funds to drought hit states, 20/03/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Release of MGNREGA funds to drought hit states, 20/03/2017. The details of drought declared by various states is at Annexure. The Government approved the provision of additional employment of 50 days over and above 100 days per household under MGNREGA in the drought notified areas in FY 2015-16.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Droughts, India, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Finance, Statistics, Parliament
Agriculture

Institutional versus noninstitutional credit to agricultural households in India: evidence on impact from a national farmers’ survey

A goal of agricultural policy in India has been to reduce farmers’ dependence on informal credit. To that end, recent initiatives have been focused explicitly on rural areas and have had a positive impact on the flow of agricultural credit.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
Anjani Kumar, Ashok K. Mishra, Sunil Saroj, P. K. Joshi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, India, Consumption Patterns, Informal Sector, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Public Distribution System (PDS)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Union Budget 2017: Big focus is on rural housing, says Mohandas Pai

The Budget is a political one with a focus on farmers, rural area, on the poor, on women, on infrastructure, on digital economy and bringing in good governance.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Housing, Budget, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Infrastructure Development, Habitat And Urbanisation
Economy

Highlights of Union Budget 2017-18

The Budget broadly focussed on 10 themes.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Budget, Demonetisation, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Agriculture, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Renewable Energy, Economy, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Water Supply

We want water not ‘power,’ says Barmer village

At the 'ratri choupal,' the village meeting held with the district collector on Friday, villagers of Korna, Pachpadra tehsil, in Barmer district protested against the administration's plan to const

Publication Date: 
09/01/2017
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Drinking Water, Barmer (D), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Water Supply
Poverty

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Status of Implementation of MGNREGS, 15/12/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Status of Implementation of MGNREGS, 15/12/2016. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA),

Publication Date: 
15/12/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India, Parliament, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Economy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Employment and Unemployment Survey, 07/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Employment and Unemployment Survey, 07/12/2016. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment conducts Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys (EUS) to assess the status of employment and unemployment. So far five such surveys have been conducted by Labour Bureau and based on the results, the State-wise Unemployment Rate (UR) according to Usual Principal and Subsidiary Status (UPSS) approach are enclosed at Annex- I.

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Unemployment, India, Statistics, Parliament, Economy, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Economy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Employment and Unemployment Survey, 07/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Employment and Unemployment Survey, 07/12/2016. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment conducts Annual Employment-Unemployment Surveys (EUS) to assess the status of employment and unemployment. So far five such surveys have been conducted by Labour Bureau and based on the results, the State-wise Unemployment Rate (UR) according to Usual Principal and Subsidiary Status (UPSS) approach are enclosed at Annex- I.

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Unemployment, India, Statistics, Parliament, Economy, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 01/12/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 01/12/2016. Ground water quality data generated by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) during various scientific studies and ground water quality monitoring indicates that ground water in isolated pockets in parts of various States including Delhi and Bihar is contaminated with Fluoride, Nitrate, Arsenic, etc.The number of Blocks in each State, affected with ground water contamination are given at Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Groundwater, Groundwater Pollution, India, Groundwater Quality, Statistics, Parliament, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)

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