Is India doing marvellously well, or is it failing terribly? Depending on whom you speak to, you could pick up either of those answers with some frequency.

JAIPUR: In Rajasthan only 40% of rural household have toilets and less than 13% of the population in the state have access to it.

JAIPUR: After the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Public Grievance Redressal Bill it is the national mining policy that is most discussed. This is true for this state too.

Ramesh to also consider increasing funding to states for admin reforms

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

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.

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged scam in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) funds in UP now appears to be inevitable.

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