While promising to release a sum of Rs 500 crore to keep the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) running in West Bengal at the earliest, the team from the Union rural development ministry that met the state panchayat minister today forced the state to frame a policy before disbursing further allotment to the districts under the scheme. The Central team, led by its joint secretary, Mrs Amita Sharma,...
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Pesticide overdose in pineapple farming by KS Sudhi
KFRI study finds serious health and environmental hazards in some districts Overuse of pesticides in pineapple farming is feared to have caused serious health and environmental hazards in some districts in the State. Overuse of pesticides, herbicides and weedicides has been reported from Kuttikanam in Idukki and the Mundakkayam and Erumeli areas in Kottayam, where pineapple is grown in rubber estates as an intercrop. A field verification study by the Kerala Forest...
More »Training on MGNREGA and SGSY conducted
One day training on MGNREGA and SGSY for Pfutsero and Kikruma Blocks was held on September 20 at Nazareth Higher Secondary School Hall, Pfutsero. The training was sponsored by DRDA, Phek. 96 participants consisting of VDB Secretaries, VCC, VMC Chairmen (MGNREGA), Field workers/GRS from all the 28 villages attended the training on MGNREGA and another 52 participants representing SHGs and selected beneficiaries (swarosgaris) attended Training on SGSY. Japra Swuro, BDO,...
More »Farmers to get developed land as relief
Farmers have a reason to cheer because the cabinet on Tuesday gave nod to the developed land compensation scheme of Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB). The scheme will do away with giving cash as compensation to land losers. Instead, they will get a whopping 9,583 sqft of developed land per every acre of land acquired by the KIADB. The compensation deal has been brought on par with the BDA...
More »Plan to open schools in Maoist-hit areas by Basant Kumar Mohanty
The human resource development ministry is planning to set up colleges, Kendriya Vidyalayas, secondary schools and girls’ hostels in Naxalite-affected areas. The ministry’s higher education department, in a letter written on August 20, has asked the home ministry for details of Naxalite-hit areas. “The information will help in planning how and where to set up new institutions. We will also explore how to provide more grants to institutions in those areas through...
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