Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is learnt to have reluctantly agreed to file an appeal against a Karnataka High Court verdict in September that NREGS wages cannot be fixed lower than what

Bhopal : With the Centre giving its in- principle consent for providing funds under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) for smaller villages, the dream of the people of 2,494 villages in Mad

DIMAPUR: Coinciding with the Mon District Village Development Board (VDB) Conference 2011, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, inaugurated the celebration for achievement of cent percent rural ho

The US continues to be the biggest donor for Indian NGOs, contributing a little less than one-third of the total Rs 10,337 crore received by various NGOs.

JHANSI: Unhappy over poor implementation of the Centre's Bundelkhand package, Planning Commission's deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Sunday that he would write to the chief minis

Study says natural growth of urban population added largest chunk of 40m people to urban areas & sees rapid urbanisation of villages as challenge

The country’s main planning body will overhaul of the system of village panchayat in the next Five-Year Plan period to improve its functioning and check siphoning of funds meant for social sector p

For the first time in the history of panchayati raj in India, the government is planning to bring statutory provisions to mandate videography of gram sabha meetings and scheduling of these meetings

Shillong, Nov.