The Union Government on Friday informed that a total of 187.5 crore person days have been generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in FY 2024-25, providing employment to 4.6 crore rural households
As per government data, this is a 76 per cent increase in the last decade, from 1,660 crore generated between FY 2006-07 to FY 2013-14.
More than administrative tools, accurate land records are the backbone of socio-economic planning, public service delivery and conflict resolution, the government said on Tuesday.
Super typhoon Yagi that swept through Vietnam's northern mountainous localities over the weekend killed at least 21 people and injured 229 others, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Sunday evening.
The minister informed that today he held a meeting and instructed the Rural Development Board and all the agencies associated with it to set their timeline by June 15.
Yogi Adityanath directed officials to prepare a detailed action plan focusing on 10 sectors related to the economic development of the state.
The Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Rural Development on Thursday signed an MoU to transform the rural youth into economically independent and globally relevant workforce.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar said that in non-tribal areas, new Gram Panchayats from those existing Gram Panchayats will be created, where total population as per 2011 census is equal to and more than 2000, number of households equal to and more than 500, number of villages equal to and more than five and distance of the farthest village from the existing headquarter of the Gram Sabha is equal to and more than five km subject to the condition that minimum resultant population of the existing and newly proposed Gram Panchayat before and after bifurcation is minimum 600.
For the financial year 2020-21, a sum of Rs 31,493 crore has already been released which is more than 50 per cent of the budget estimate of the current Financial Year.
Centre mulls policy to ensure that farmers directly get benefits meant for them.
