Arunachal Pradesh is all set to launch a rural tourism project at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district by involving local people with the tourism department.

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BHUBANESWAR: The Government has set an ambitious target to improve the condition of 10 lakh hectares of agricultural land through watershed management programmes for sustainable livelihood in rainfed areas. The target will be achieved in next five years.

The Government claimed to have taken drought-proofing measures over an area of 9.17 lakh hectares.

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PIRAVOM: The National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA), a multi-crore project for the conservation of soil and development of agriculture, is dragging in the state. Only 15 percent of the Rs 50 crore allotted by the Central Agricultural Ministry has been spent till date. The amount was allotted for the XI Five Year Plan that ends in March 2012.

GUWAHATI: Assam

The World Bank will give India . 5,000 crore to start a comprehensive rural livelihood mission in 12 poorest states of the country which have around 85 % of the India

JAMMU : The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar today dedicated the newly created facilities to the people developed under the Model Village development scheme at Akalpur village of Marh Block.

The facilities developed include a community facility centre, Rural Informatic Computer center, Children

United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a rural livelihood programme, another ambitious poverty alleviation plan after the popular rural jobs guarantee scheme.
The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), launched in Rajasthan

The Union government will set up an independent financial institution to give funds for effective functioning of the self-help groups (SHGs) and better empowerment of the rural poor.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi announced this while launching the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), which will be funded through financial institutions.

Rajasthan Revenue Minister Hemaram Chaudhary on Thursday said each village in the State with a population of 250 would be declared a