“Agra ke Taj Mahal se Dilly ke Lal Kila tak Sampark Marg.” According to records, this is one of the projects undertaken under NREGS, for which over Rs 1 crore was spent during the last financial year. But inquiries have revealed that there is no such project on the ground. The matter came up during Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain Aditya’s recent visit to Varanasi. According to the Management...

-Deccan Chronicle   After initiating discussion on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, Union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday expressed confidence that the Central government would be able to take the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress on board on the issue. He reiterated that the Centre would be able to draft a “pro-farmer” land acquisition law. The Trinamul Congress had been opposed to changes in land acquisition laws. Even RLD chief...

Unhappy over the inclusion of human rights activist Binayak Sen in the Steering Committee on Health by the Planning Commission, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has conveyed to Prime Minister manmohan singh, his government's decision of not to participate in the panel's meetings. “I am constrained and pained to take a decision to not to attend any Planning Commission meeting till this matter is resolved,” the Chief Minister has said while...

-IANS   The government on Thursday approved a proposal to conduct a survey based on caste, religion and economic conditions that will help in identifying people living below and above the poverty line and their social backgrounds. The proposed census was approved at the union cabinet meeting here chaired by Prime Minister manmohan singh . The survey is expected to begin soon. Information of caste and religion will help in evaluating the widely...

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who declared his solidarity with the villagers of western Uttar Pradesh, who are protesting at the manner in which the State government has been acquiring their land, took a delegation of farmers to meet Prime Minister manmohan singh on Monday, taking his battle against Mayawati one step further. Apprising the Prime Minister of the situation in the villages of Greater Noida, where farmers have been agitating,...