Karnataka will implement modified National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in 20 taluks in five districts.

In its first major initiative of involving corporate India in developmental work, the governmenthas sought big business partnerships in setting up the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF).

Contractors abandon 36 projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has decided to cover all villages in the State under the World Bank scheme to provide fresh drinking water during the next two years.

Amid fractious relations between the Congress and Trinamool Congress, the Centre is likely to approve West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s demand for an increased annual plan outlay for her

Building roads in the rural areas is the job of the state governments, and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) could not be a long-term solution to the problem of lack of roads, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday.

“If the Central government focused on construction of rural roads and their repairs and maintenance, then it will have no money to spend on creating other infrastructure,” the minister said, adding that “we have to recognise its limitations”.

A village in Sirsa along Haryana’s dusty borders with Rajasthan has redefined what ‘public-private partnership’ can mean in terms of girls’ education and social development.

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave a bonanza of development works worth Rs. 46 crore at a block-level Antyodaya Mela at Nasrullahganj in Sehore district today.