GANGTOK, Aug 31

The United Nations is considering a proposal to implement the Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukti Gaon Mohim (Dispute-free Village Scheme) of the state government in other developing nations of the world, State Home Minister R R Patil said on Monday.

District administration, Local MLA under scanner

JORHAT, Aug 31: Almost 70 per cent of the development work undertaken by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the development of the rural areas is lying incomplete.

FOOD SECURITY: RELYING ON RURAL MINISTRY

THE National Advisory Council is still working on the amount of grain to be distributed to each family under the Food Security Act. It will hold consultations with ministries of rural development and food and the Planning Commission before it firms up its suggestions for the proposed legislation.

Charanjit Ahuja

Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has been able to cover 78% of its rural population under rural employment guarantee scheme.

Sources in the rural development department told FE

Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that Mukhya Mantri Gramin Awas Mission will start from November 1, foundation day of the state. The houses will be constructed for the poor persons. He said that till the end of the year 2013, the Mission will construct five lakh houses for the poor.

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China has sought information on India