Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan briefed Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on public welfare schemes for rural transformation. Initiatives include housing, employment, ...

List of Important Government Schemes in India: Government schemes play a vital role in the Indian economy, aiming to enhance various sectors and improve the lives of citizens. These initiatives, ...

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is one of the most significant welfare laws in India, worked out to enhance the livelihood security of the rural households. The plan ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday reviewed 131 proposals for projects under the state government’s rural development scheme, and announced enhanced allocation for it. Sawant chaired a meeting ...

CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the outskirts of Amaravalli village on India's east coast, Marada Suguna has been hard at work planting mangroves. Hired through India's rural ...

The opposition Indian National Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday accused the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of failing to fully utilise funds allocated by the Government ...

To curb rampant leakages, the proposed law to replace the two-decade-old rural job guarantee programme –MG-NREGA– seeks a complete overhaul of the programme, shifting focus to strategic infrastructure ...

Twenty-five years have now passed since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Introduced in December 2000 by the government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the ...

(This was originally published in the India File newsletter, which is issued every Tuesday. Sign up here to get the latest news from India and how it matters to the world.) India has overhauled a ...

Puducherry Home Minister A. Namassivayam has criticised the INDIA bloc of playing politics over the “revamping” of rural employment guarantee scheme by the Central government. Addressing a press ...