The government is likely to shoot down the department of financial services’ (DFS) plan to appoint common banking correspondent companies for transferring cash to poor people, and replace it with a

A painted milestone marks the turn-off to Kailashpur. The slab sports a poor likeness of Gandhi and announces “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

New Delhi: Fund-intensive rural development schemes may be evaluated during their implementation to identify failings in structure and execution, and enable the government to insert mid-course corr

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s plan to make welfare schemes more effective through real-time evaluation of the .

The Andhra Pradesh government has proposed a Rs 7,585-crore Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project (APRIGP) to the World Bank.

New Delhi In a bid to provide states greater say in formulating social sector programme, the rural development ministry on Thursday proposed setting up a flexi-fund of R40,000 crore of which 70% will be contributed by the Centre during 12th plan period.

The Rural Development Flexi-Fund (RDF) would be available to states as an additional allocation that could be used on existing centrally sponsored schemes of rural development and drinking water and sanitation industries or on the new projects designed by respective states.

In response to the increasing demand from State Governments for greater flexibility in spending decisions, the Ministry of Rural Development and Planning Commission has decided to set up a Rs 40,00

Ranchi, Oct.