CHANDIGARH: The Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Harmohan Dhawan, on Wednesday accused the Congress candidate, Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal, of
The corpus of Rural Housing Fund (RHF), a scheme set up by the National Housing Bank (NHB) to provide refinance for rural housing, has been doubled to Rs 2,000 crore.
NHB Chairman and Managing Director S Sridhar told Business Standard that in July 2008 the corpus was Rs 1,000 crore, which has now been increased to Rs 2,000 crore.
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has disbursed an amount of Rs54.59 billion for the construction of houses in the rural areas of earthquake devastated NWFP and AJK.
The amount has been paid in instalments to the affected people through bank accounts, ensuring transparency in disbursement and avoiding duplication, Erra sources told this news agency.
Rajouri, March 29
The governing body meeting of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Poonch, presided over by District Development Commissioner, Poonch, Muhammad Afzal, reviewed various ongoing rural works under various centrally sponsored schemes in the district.
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill: Changes arrest, custody and remand procedure.
National Tax Tribunal Bill: Sets up tribunal for taxation issues.
Disaster Management Bill: To set up authority to deal with disasters.
Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill: Permits plea bargaining. Brings safeguards for witnesses.
The Report of the Committee on Rural Development (2008-2009) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty
HOUSING: Small hike in outlay for flagship housing scheme; nothing for urban housing.
In spite of all the talk of helping the aam aadmi, the outlay under the Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY) for the rural poor in 2009-10 is more or less the same as in 2008-09 (revised estimate). While the central plan outlay in 2008-09 was Rs 7,919 crore, the amount budgeted for 2009-10 is Rs 7,920 crore.
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JAN 13
Various village groups from Salcete taluka under the banner of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) on Tuesday reached a consensus and understanding that each village should plan housing requirements taking into account the demography of the village and the projected growth of population.
