-Financial Chronicle From the inner recesses of Chattisgarh to the upper crevices of Sikkim, a look at how MGNREGA initiatives are changing lives The large blackboard outside the police station reads like a rate list. There are different monetary awards for Naxalites' surrender with different weaponry, the highest, Rs 4.5 lakh, for surrender with a light machine gun, Rs 3 lakh with an AK 47, and only Rs 30,000 with a 12...
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Union Budget likely to provide big thrust to ‘Make In India’ -Sidhartha & Surojit Gupta
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The BJP government's 'Make in India' initiative could get top billing in the 2015-16 Union Budget with tax breaks and other measures for several sectors. Make in India is the centerpiece of the Narendra Modi administration's bid to revive manufacturing activities and create millions of jobs. With the Chinese economy slowing, India senses an opportunity in the industrial sector. A blueprint for the 25 identified sectors was...
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-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The Union Government along with the Delhi Government will come out with guidelines in a week to improve the living conditions of residents of Delhi's JJ Clusters, a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development said. All 685 such clusters will be taken up for redevelopment in the next five years, Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu, said, adding that Delhi needs to be made...
More »A dirty secret: Concept of eco-san toilets -Manoj Misra
-The Hindu Business Line Heard of the eco-san toilet that fights river pollution? Pachnada is about 100 km from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. Meaning pach (five) and nada (rivers), it is the region at the confluence of the Yamuna with its tributaries - Chambal, Sindh, Kunwari and Pahuj. Here, the rejuvenated Yamuna and its rich biodiversity including the magar, ghariyal and sus (dolphin) prove that once a river's flow is restored its...
More »Swacch Bharat Campaign Promises Toilets in 700 Delhi Slums
-Outlook New Delhi: 700 slum clusters will be provided toilet facilities by Delhi government as part of the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The decision was taken in view of shortage of toilet blocks in jhuggi jhopri (JJ) colonies, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board's (DUSIB) Chief Executive Officer, Amar Nath, said today. DUSIB has already prepared a data base of toilet blocks available in JJ Clusters as well as...
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