-The Indian Express Mumbai: In case the size of the house exceeds the set limit, the extra cost will be borne by the beneficiary. Taking the idea of the Centre’s rural employment scheme for creating sustainable rural assets a step further, the Maharashtra government is set to dovetail its rural housing scheme with the National Rural Employment Generation Act (NREGA). The final draft housing policy has also brought rural housing under the...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 2758
Land acquisition issues stall only 8% of all industrial projects -Prachi Salve
-IndiaSpend.com About 8% of 804 industrial projects – with a planned investment of Rs 421,062 crore ($67.91 billion) – across India are in limbo because of land-acquisition problems, according to data released by the finance ministry. The data complement a 2014 Comptroller and Auditor General report that says 38% of land acquired for special economic zones has not been used. The leading causes for stalled plans were unfavourable market conditions (98 projects) –...
More »R Nagaraj, professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), speaks to Indivjal Dhasmana
-Business Standard R Nagaraj, professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), had disputed the Central Statistics Office (CSO) methodology on non-financial private corporate sector, which is a segment in the new GDP data. His criticism was mainly on the ground that CSO altered the methodology in 2015 from what was agreed on by a sub-committee, in which Nagaraj was a non-official member, in 2014. CSO gave a rejoinder...
More »Rural stress affects farmers even in prosperous states -Mayank Mishra
-Business Standard Greater adoption of cash crops combined with a collapse in the prices of agri-commodities has led farmers to the brink in major agricultural areas According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data, nearly 64 per cent of all farmer suicides in the country in 2013 took place in the four states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, raising the question: why is rural stress resulting in farmer suicides...
More »Protein intake in India dips 10%; oil, fat consumption up -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The average protein intake of a person through normal diet has dipped 6-10% in the past two decades with almost 80% of rural population and 70% of urban people not getting the government-designated 2,400kcal per day worth of nutrition, latest data shows. Comparative estimates drawn by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) reveal that in urban areas the gap in nutrition intake...
More »
