The scarcity of reliable perennial water sources, including groundwater, is posing serious challenges to the provision of municipal water to the rapidly growing rural communities and small towns in Barani areas. While new crops should be required new marketing channels and offer new value-added activities for farm communities, but assistance is needed to fully exploit these opportunities.

The process of development is never simple. It presents so many difficult questions: which programmes will be the most effective? What is the best way to reach those people in need of assistance? Are the government programmes we support making the difference we all want to see on the ground?

Rihon Daimari, PHE Minister, today inaugurated two power plants at Kumbhirgram tea estate and another at Bahadurpur in Cachar in the presence of high officials of the Department, MLAs and the general

Responding to The Indian Express reports, "UPA mega drinking water scheme is also going down the corruption drain' and "If and where they do get water, it's not safe to drink', published on March 4 and March 5, 2008 respectively, Ministry of Rural Development spokesman S M Khan writes: "The final report of CAG will be finalised only after the response from the concerned states on the specific points pointed out in the draft report is received, the parts of which have been prematurely published by The Indian Express.'

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 7.21 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)-XIII to Mizoram minor irrigation department for impleme

Temjen Kaba, president Ao Senden on March 26 urged all local bodies of Mokokchung district to improve proper coordination with the implementing agencies of different flagship schemes on Bharat Nirman

Panchkula, March 16 * Ward number 28 * Area