The Mahila Swaraj Abhiyan in association with the Mahila Adhikar Abhiyan organised a two-day tribunal for women activists and elected members of the Gram panchayat. The aim is to discuss the implementation of various schemes designed for the empowerment of rural India. The tribunal was organised to study the implementation of various proGrammes and its implementation at the grassroots level by the state government.Around 200 women participated in the tribunal and pointed...
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82 officers to conduct special audit in rural areas
In order to maintain transparency and direct control on the executing agencies in the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Agency) scheme, district magistrate Sanjay Prasad has ordered for conducting a social audit. He has also deployed about 82 officers for conducting social audits in the rural areas. These officers have also been allotted Gram panchayats where they would conduct social audits. The officers have been instructed to conduct social...
More »Orissa CM orders districts collectors to expedite rural electrification proGrammes
The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reviewed the progress of Biju Gram Jyoti ProGramme on Monday at the Orissa Secretariat through Video Conferencing. The Chief Minister has instructed to expedite the electrification of the BPL families and Lift Irrigation Points. The Chief Minister had instructed on 21st May through Video Conferencing to complete the works of 2007-08 and 2008-09 by 31st May but it has not been completed in any...
More »Nitish govt performed badly: Union minister
Union minister for rural development CP Joshi on Monday turned the table on the Nitish Kumar led-NDA government, saying that the state government had failed to bring into play good governance in the implementation of centrally-sponsored schemes, which resulted in the poor performance of the present dispensation. Joshi, who on Sunday had first hand experience of the implementation of village road construction under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act...
More »Centre clears rural road projects worth 4,440 crore
The Centre has cleared proposals for rural roads worth Rs 4,440 crore which includes areas in Orissa reeling under Left-wing influence. Union rural development minister C P Joshi told reporters on Wednesday that the empowered committee for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) approved the proposals, taking the total approved projects under Bharat Nirman and PMGSY to Rs 40,000 crore. He said projects worth Rs 236 were cleared for Orissa...
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