New Delhi | 2 hours ago
UPA ad campaign not with eye to 2014: Tewari
New Delhi, May 14 - Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Tuesday denied the publicity campaign launched by his ministry detailing development initiatives of the UPA government was with an eye to next year's general elections.A day after the ministry launched a multi-media catalogue of India's development in the last nine years, highlighting the United Progressive Alliance - governem ... read more

Agartala | 11 days ago
Tripura top state in granting title deeds to forest-dwellers
Agartala, May 2 - The northeastern state of Tripura ranks first in India for providing land deeds to tribals under the forest rights act with 120,418 families benefiting since 2008, a minister said Thursday.Tribals living in forests for decades are eligible for 'patta' - under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers - Act, 2006.Since 2008, the Left Front government in Tripura ha ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Landless poor to get more money for building homes
New Delhi, April 26 - The amount given to landless poor for building homes will be doubled from this month, the government said Friday.Earlier, Rs.10,000 was provided to the landless poor in rural areas for building a homestead. The amount has been doubled to Rs.20,000, Minister of State for Rural Development Lal Chand Kataria said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.The scheme for homesteads was ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Housing scheme for poor to get more funds
New Delhi, Jan 10 - The central government Thursday enhanced the allocation under its flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana - from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.The cabinet enhanced the allocation under IAY from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000 in plains areas and from Rs.48,500 to Rs.75,000 in hill areas, Chidambaram told reporters after a cabinet meeting.He said t ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
Housing scheme for poor to get more funds
New Delhi, Jan 10 - The central government Thursday enhanced the allocation under its flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana - from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.The cabinet enhanced the allocation under IAY from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000 in plains areas and from Rs.48,500 to Rs.75,000 in hill areas, Chidambaram told reporters after a cabinet meeting.He said t ... read more

Patna | 6 months ago
Bihar issues show cause notice to officials for laxity
Patna, Nov 5 - Bihar has issued show cause notices to 175 officials for their failure to provide funds to beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana - during the 2012-2013 financial year in the state, an official Monday said.Amrit Lal Meena, secretary of the state Rural Development Department -, said that show cause notices were issued to 164 Block Development Officers - and 11 Deputy Development Commiss ... read more

Patna | 6 months ago
Bihar issues show cause notice to officials for laxity
Patna, Nov 5 - Bihar has issued show cause notices to 175 officials for their failure to provide funds to beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana - during the 2012-2013 financial year in the state, an official Monday said.Amrit Lal Meena, secretary of the state Rural Development Department -, said that show cause notices were issued to 164 Block Development Officers - and 11 Deputy Development Commiss ... read more

Patna | 6 months ago
Bihar issues show cause notice to officials for laxity
Patna, Nov 5 - Bihar has issued show cause notices to 175 officials for their failure to provide funds to beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana - during the 2012-2013 financial year in the state, an official Monday said.Amrit Lal Meena, secretary of the state Rural Development Department -, said that show cause notices were issued to 164 Block Development Officers - and 11 Deputy Development Commiss ... read more

Agartala | 10 months ago
Tripura offers land, housing to poor families
Agartala, July 5 - Ahead of the assembly polls, scheduled for February next year, the Left Front government in Tripura has decided to provide land with housing facilities to people living below the poverty line -, a minister said here Thursday.The Left Front government would provide 0.4 acre of land to rural and 0.2 acre to urban BPL families and construct houses at government cost, Tripura Financ ... read more

Agartala | 10 months ago
Tripura offers land, housing to poor families
Agartala, July 5 - Ahead of the assembly polls, scheduled for February next year, the Left Front government in Tripura has decided to provide land with housing facilities to people living below the poverty line -, a minister said here Thursday.The Left Front government would provide 0.4 acre of land to rural and 0.2 acre to urban BPL families and construct houses at government cost, Tripura Financ ... read more