Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that the Madhya Pradesh Government has accepted a big challenge of constructing cement concrete roads in 52 thousand villages. He asked the construction agencies to use such techniques with which quality roads at less cost shall be constructed.

Riding on a strong performance by the agriculture and services sectors, the Indian economy posted a better than expected growth rate of 8.9 per cent for the second quarter of the financial year 2010-11 and raised expectations that it could touch 9 per cent overall GDP growth for this year.

India Post To Lace Rural Officers With Fingerprint Scanners, Magnetic Strip Readers
Souvik Sanyal NEW DELHI
INDIA Post will provide gadgets such as biometric fingerprint scanners, magnetic strip readers and thermal printers to its 1,30,000 rural offices to smoothen the process of verification and payment under the national rural employment guarantee scheme.

Around 60 agencies, including NGOs, have submitted bids to participate in state government

The Panchayat and Rural Development Department has issued directives to all district collectors and Chief Executive Officers of all district Panchayats to constitute

Himachal Pradesh was awarded the best state award on Friday and was also adjudged as the best in investment climate, agriculture, governance, infrastructure and macro-economy.

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal received the award from Vice-President Hamid Ansari at a function organised in New Delhi by a media group as 'State of States' survey-2010.

New Delhi:

Chikmagalur: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said that an action plan has been prepared to develop the Kadur-Chikmagalur road at an estimated cost of Rs 136 crore.

Beneficiaries with their mothers at the venue.

Balmukund had only seven bighas of non-irrigated land for feeding his family and was in dire straits. He always hoped for assistance from somewhere for making irrigation arrangements in his fields so that he can increase the yield. But it was hard to come by.