SHILLONG: Admitting that implementation of Central schemes has not been satisfactory in Meghalaya, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Development Vincent Pala has asked the MUA Government to ensure that Central schemes are properly implemented in the State.

K. Balchand

NEW DELHI: Having already received the Planning Commission

AMIT AGNIHOTRI
June 29: Concerned over the unplanned implementation of its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the rural development ministry is planning to use the programme to create tangible assets like women

Development takes a backseat as states combat extreme weather spending on disaster management has exceeded spending on agriculture and rural development in some states. A World Bank report said extreme weather events like floods, cyclones and droughts forced Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to spend more on relief and damages than on development schemes between 2002 and 2007.

The Raia gram Sabha at a stormy meeting on Sunday rejected the draft Regional Plan 2021 prepared by the Village Level Committee and has authorized the panchayat to draw up a fresh plan taking into account the suggestions and objections from the people.

The Union Cabinet secretary and a battery of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting Jharkhand on Sunday to review ongoing development programmes and the prevailing law and order situation in the backdrop of an anti-Maoist operation in neighbouring Bengal.