Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed formulation of an integrated scheme for installing diesel and electric pumps at wells, dug under the Kapildhara Yojana, in farms belonging to tribal folk, Scheduled Castes (SC) and small and marginal peasants.

BHUBANESWAR: She had no formal education beyond Class V and was married off at age 12, but for her sheer leadership qualities and dedication for saving water as a natural resource and other green initiatives, she has become a role model for the youths in Bihar.

Two-year delay Under the scheme, Rs 35,000 per village was envisaged.

Drills and rigs for the exploration of methane in Asansol

Durgapur, Jan. 10: Residents of a CPM-dominated Bankura village have stopped a company

Kanas: Before the onset of the New Year, 22 panchayats of the Kanas block have been facing acute shortage of drinking water. No measures are being taken up by the Rural Development department or by the panchayats. Scarcity of drinking water is a regular phenomenon in the block, claiming human lives every year, afflicting people with gastro-intestinal diseases due to lack of safe drinking water.

Since the 2007 assembly elections, when Congress won the Jhansi assembly seat, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has been taking a special interest in Bundelkhand.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 76.27 crore against the total project cost of Rs 85.71 crore for Sikkim for implementation of infrastructure projects under RIDF - XV.

The projects sanctioned relate to Rural Education Institutions (26 nos), Rural Drinking Water Schemes (8 nos) and Rural Roads (21 nos) in the four districts of Sikkim.

Pool money, get railway station

Where there is a will, there is a way. The residents of this hitherto non-descript village in Gurgaon district have proved this old adage true even in the present era, when authorities

Taking forward the ambitious Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) scheme envisaged by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, the government will now woo the private sector to provide urban amenities in the rural heartland.