-The Hindu The Polavaram multipurpose project has faced rough weather with non-compliance of environmental assessment and large-scale displacement The Union Cabinet's resolution last week - to clear the proposal for constituting the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) - has attracted cautious criticism from the Odisha government. With the general election in full swing and Telangana set to come into being, it is obvious that political parties would leave no stone unturned to gain...

-ANI     The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Ministry of Rural Development has issued a directive to provide 150 days of wage employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for Scheduled Tribe households living in forest areas. The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The additional 50 days of...

-The Business Standard NGOs have been asked to run MGNREGS in the country's 184 most backward blocks Will handing over the management of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ensure the scheme works? The rural development ministry seems to think so, at least in Naxal-hit areas. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, NGOs are allowed to run the scheme, provided gram panchayats run...

-The Telegraph Cuttack: Orissa High Court has asked the state government to set up diagnostic facilities for detection and treatment of dengue patients in all its 30 district headquarters hospitals. The court also directed the government to establish permanent dengue wards in the three state-run medical college and hospitals in Cuttack, Burla and Berhampur. "The division bench of Justice Madan Mohan Das and Justice Indrajit Mahanty issued the directions yesterday after taking note...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The chief ministers of Maoist-hit states have pushed for the second phase of constructing 5,624 km of road stretches in 34 districts falling in Red zones with an investment of Rs 9,400 crore. The government is yet to take a decision on the funding for these. The finance ministry had earlier refused to give this additional amount to the road transport and highways ministry. As per...