‘About 800 million people live in the villages in the country’

T. Stanes and Company, which has a strong network in most of the rural parts of the country, should look at Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) projects through the local co-operatives, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Monday. As part of the sesquicentennial celebrations of T. Stanes and Company here on Monday, he released a book “Friends of the Earth – The Stanes Story” by V. Sriram and the first copy was received by British Deputy High Commissioner, South India, Mike Nithavrianakis.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has taken up the Maa Thota scheme in Andhra Pradesh to improve the lot of tribal families, and it has made impressive strides so far

Chandigarh: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Punjab could utilise only Rs 29 crore of the Rs 151 crore earmarked for the state to build rural toilets in the past 10 years.

MUMBAI: Governor of Maharashtra K Sankaranarayanan on Sunday will be launching 'Tree Plantation Campaign' at Raj Bhavan.

New Delhi:With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling for cutting red tape to promote investment and to fuel growth, the Centre has decided to retain a government role in acquiring land for private

Kolkata, 4 JULY: Methane gas generated from human waste could be used to light up bio-toilets developed by scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Rural people will now have more work opportunities under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaranty Act (MNREGA) Scheme-2 as more than 30 new work sectors have been added in the scheme.

An eight-member central team comprising members from the Planning Commission, Central Water Board and drainage experts on Monday visited the water-logged villages in Muktsar, where a large swath of