The Centre will now monitor the implementation of NREGA
through Geographical Information System (GIS).

The Ministry of Rural Development has constituted an expert
group for developing a

Rural Development Ministry Hopes Plan Panel Will Oblige, Points
To Deficit Of 10,000 crore

Devesh Kumar NEW
DELHI

The rural development department has devised a three-year
plan to grow nearly 6.5 crore trees in rural Maharashtra
with provision of Rs1,326 crore to motivate villagers for the cause.

Rural development department minister Jayant Patil

A sum of Rs 25 crore has been granted to Chikmagalur district by NABARD through non governmental organisations for the development of rural areas by implementing watershed project with the help of villagers, informed NABARD Assistant Executive Dr Diwakar Hegde.

He was speaking after the inauguration of Hasiru Habba programme organised by NABARD - Bhoomi Susthira Abhivriddhi Samsthe in associati

The Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act, 1996, or PESA has been hyped as a weapon to empower the tribals in Maoist hotbeds, but the ground reality is something else. When Parliament passed PESA, the goal was to protect the resources of communities in Schedule V areas by upholding their rights to self-governance.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Sunday that while Rs.1,200 crore would be spent on development of rural areas, Rs.250 crore would be transferred directly to the accounts of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) during this financial year.

IMPHAL, July 25