After taking on Suresh Kalmadi and Co on the Commonwealth Games, Rajya Sabha MP and former panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has now TRAIned his guns on the UPA government and the Planning Commission for bureaucratising all flagship programmes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the National Rural Health Mission. In a free-wheeling interview with ET, Mr Aiyar said instead of relying on panchayati raj institutions for better...
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TRAIning on MGNREGA and SGSY conducted
One day TRAIning on MGNREGA and SGSY for Pfutsero and Kikruma Blocks was held on September 20 at Nazareth Higher Secondary School Hall, Pfutsero. The TRAIning was sponsored by DRDA, Phek. 96 participants consisting of VDB Secretaries, VCC, VMC Chairmen (MGNREGA), Field workers/GRS from all the 28 villages attended the TRAIning on MGNREGA and another 52 participants representing SHGs and selected beneficiaries (swarosgaris) attended TRAIning on SGSY. Japra Swuro, BDO,...
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Seven elephants were killed after being hit by a speeding goods TRAIn in India as they attempted to rescue two young ones on the track. Officials in West Bengal said five died instantly and two others later succumbed to their injuries. Another elephant was wounded but survived. The baby elephants became trapped on the track at Moraghat Tea Garden, near Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri district. The others wandered onto the line in an attempt...
More »Social audit can be done by gram sabha: Joshi
The sarpanches of Rajasthan who have been opposing social audit by NGOs in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) now have a supporter at the Centre. Union minister for rural development and panchayati raj, C P Joshi on Thursday said the Act governing the scheme had provisions that the audit be done by the gram sabha. "Section 13(B) of the Act provides that the gram sabha have...
More »Rural markets hold the key for India's mobile growth by John Ribeiro
India's mobile market continues to boom but there are signs of saturation, particularly in urban markets, according to analysts. The country's urban market, which accounts for only 30 percent of the country's population but 70 percent of telecommunications subscribers, is close to saturation, research firm iSuppli said Wednesday. However, iSuppli expects the rural market to pick up the slack in urban markets. India will have more than 1.2 billion mobile subscribers...
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