KOLKATA, 6 AUG: There was quite a bit of confusion within the administration after the Public Works Department (PWD) was asked to execute a project funded by the Asian Development Bank on rural con

The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought, headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, is likely to meet on Thursday to review the drought situation in the country.

Total sanitation programme which was so far been executed by the Rural Development Department is permissible under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

NEW DELHI, 3 AUG: Reflecting the gravity of the situation, the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought will meet here again on Tuesday, 7 August, to discuss the drought situation in the coun

Guwahati, Aug. 1: The Arunachal Pradesh government is keen on formulating a legislative policy framework to address anti-dam movements and safety aspects of dams.

Haryana has urged the Centre to give it a special package to deal with drought-like conditions in the State. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda disclosed on Wednesday that in a written communication to the Union Government the increased expenditure on electricity to irrigate the fields had also been highlighted.

Meanwhile, Chief Secretary P.K. Chaudhery has constituted a Committee of Secretaries to keep a watch on the situation “arising out of deficient rainfall in the State”. The Committee, comprising administrative Secretaries of the Departments of Revenue, Cooperation, Irrigation, Agriculture, Power, Public Health, Food & Supplies, Rural Development and Animal Husbandry would meet weekly to take stock of the situation.