In a bid to bring in more accountability and improve fund utilisation, the Ministry of Rural Development is in the process of revising the guidelines of its marquee rural housing scheme, the Indira

The government in its Budget has largely maintained its social sector spending at the same level.

Govt asks bankers to pitch in with Rs 1,000 crore for scheme

JAIPUR: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that the new land acquisition law would ensure that state governments have little say in land acquisition process. The bill is to be tabled in the parliament which will ensure that the rights of farmers could be protected.

Ramesh, who was on a day's visit to the state to unveil the statues of martyrs, Ashok Verma and Kailash Meena at Bassi tehsil, addressed public gatherings and said the new bill will ensure the government do not force their way for land acquisition.

Mumbai: Fuelled by a construction boom and a rural employment generation push through NREGA, for the first time in about 25 years, the rate of growth of consumption in rural India has outpaced the

Ahmedabad Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) would launch seven projects offering 6,300 residential units for people under various income groups, a decision which comes close on the heels of opposition Congress announcing a housing scheme for women ahead of the Assembly poll.

"A decision to launch seven housing projects - three in Ahmedabad, two in Rajkot and one each in Surat and Vadodara - was taken during a Board meeting held today," Chairman of GHB, Jayantilal Barot said. These projects would have around 6,300 units in three categories LIG (low income group), MIG (medium income group) and HIG (high income group), for which applications forms shall be available from August 27, he said.