BHUBANESWAR: The Assembly Standing Committee on the Rural Development Department today emphasised on early completion of the rural pipe water supply projects and use of quality pipes.

The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) has proposed to complete 2,500 pipe water projects at an estimated cost of Rs 850 crore during the current financial year.

The government is likely to allow the Rural Development Ministry to go for an additional loan for its major scheme

SHILLONG, Jan 13: Lapses in implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) have prompted the Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to stop allocating funds to Meghalaya.

The ministry recently found that the Public Works Department (PWD) was not able to implement the scheme properly.

UPA

New Delhi: The Suresh Tendulkar committee report revising upwards poverty estimates across the country may further strain government finances with many of the states already demanding special status to address the issue and an enhanced allocation under many of the pro-poor schemes.

Out of 641.606 km, 426.618 km roads are still incomplete

Even as controversies continue to plague implementation of the centrally sponsored Pradhan mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Chhattisgarh, a BJP legislator has raised questions over the quality of road construction and also demanded blacklisting of erring contractors.

Kerala is there right at the top when it comes to key development indicators such as gender ratio, literacy rates and health facilities but there

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to expedite construction of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the State Government today decided to relax norms for leasing out stone quarries for manufacturing stones and chips.

Shoumojit Banerjee

A new road map: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar releasing a booklet in Patna on Friday while unveiling his plan for construction of 4,000 km of rural roads in the State.