The state has set a target of connecting all villages having a population of 250 by roads as Rs 250 crore is being spent under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) during the current financial year.

This was stated by Public Works Minister Gulab Singh while presiding over the review meeting of the Public Works Department here today.

ARNARAM POONAR & SUJATA RAGHAVAN Charkha Features

THE definition of poverty has been at the core of discussions and commitments at the international level to address it and, by a logical conclusion, to eradicate it. This intent is the basis for the lofty Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN member-states and international organisations at the beginning of this century.

Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bharagava will tour the villages where Rural Livelihood Projects are being implemented to have an on the spot review of the projects. At the general body meeting of Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Project held at Mantralaya today, Bharagava directed to ensure wide publicity to the effects and achievements of the project.

Buoyed by the visit of the central leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh is concentrating on improving its image in rural Assam right now as it is almost final that the saffron party is going to fight it out alone in the coming Assembly elections.

It needs to be mentioned here that the party has already launched its election campaign and the rebuff from the AGP party who chos

Pinku Patowary, a resident of Hajo, wakes up early every morning to catch the only bus at 7.30am and attend office in Guwahati, 45km away.

With acquisition for projects leaving no land for open defecation and residents being given enough money to build toilets, Rasoi can now stake claim to

The government is planning a dedicated panchayat service cadre to push development in the Left-wing extremism (LWE) affected areas.
The thought has come after the realisation that availability of adequate manpower is critical to the successful implementation of the various Central welfare and development schemes in the rural areas, especially the Naxal-affected.

The entry of FDI-driven modern retail in rural areas will induce, not throttle, growth in the food basket of the country

THE government has initiated a timely and relevant debate on the desirability of allowing foreign investment in modern retail. But restricting the entry of FDI to cities with a population of over one million residents would be a bad idea.