New Delhi: In a bid to limit the fiscal burden of Congress

Priyadarshi Siddhanta

Bowing to pressure from the hilly border State of Arunachal Pradesh, the Central Government has awarded a whopping financial package of Rs 300 crore to the State to bridge the existing

Food guarantee programme in next LS session
PRO-POOR: Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram addressing an election meeting at Pudukottai in Tuticorin district on Monday.

MPs will head committees which will be set up to monitor various rural development schemes of the Centre, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said answering supplementaries during Question Hour.

"Orders in this regard would be issued soon," Joshi said amid thumping of desks by members.

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SANTOSH K. KIRO
Villagers of Getildih at the construction site. Picture by Prashant Mitra

Bundu (Ranchi), Aug. 5: A compensation of Rs 10 lakh and the promise of free education may have eased life for Turia Munda

Atiq Khan

LUCKNOW: In a region notorious for its feudal mindset, where remnants of erstwhile aristocracy still rule the roost, an eight-page weekly, Khabar Lahariya is a ray of hope. It has created awareness among the oppressed and deprived sections of the Chitrakoot and the Banda districts in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.
Honoured

Named as one of the six winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2009, prominent social activist Deep Joshi has been feted for

BHUBANESWAR: The Panchayati Raj Department has instructed the project directors of District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) that the selection of beneficiaries under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) will be as per the 1997 BPL list till the revised list comes into force.

THE ambit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been significantly expanded by allowing under it work done on private land belonging to small and marginal farmers to create assets.

Small and marginal farmers are those with landholding of less than two hectares. Together, they constitute 80% of farm holdings and own 40% of the total cultivable land in the country.