Norms flouted, non-BPL families cornered grants, say rural development ministry's reports.
"The government has decided to introduce the Rajiv Awas Yojana for slum dwellers and the urban poor," Kumari Selja, minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation, said. The scheme would extend support to states that are willing to assign property rights to people living in slum areas. The government's efforts would be to create a slum-free India, which also envisages the states preparing their own time-bound plans to make the cities and towns slum free, she said.
It will be National Housing Mission which will be launched soon
In a bid to woo villagers to benefit from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the Orissa government on Tuesday decided to offer health insurance and a house under the Indira Awas Yojana to each labourer who completed 100 days work in a year, official sources said.
Houses under the Indira Awas Yojana will be built for the homeless flood victims of Assam, she said.
Ramesh's reply came when he was asked whether grants would be provided to Karnataka for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Indira Awas Yojana as the state was now under the Congress rule.
Official death toll due to the cyclonic storm has been pegged at 21, nearly 12 million people affected.
Almost 3.3 million houses awaiting completion under the IAY will be built by the end of 2016-17.
With villagers opposing her return, the tribal girl allegedly gang raped on the order of a kangaroo court in Birbhum district would be provided a job under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme and a house by the state government near her village.
>Rohini Acharya, Lalu Yadav's daughter who donated her kidney to her father in December 2022, is on her introductory campaign trail in the constituency that has been represented by her father four times.
Only Rs 3,000 cr has been disbursed. Over 80% of these transfers were for cooking gas subsidy.
However, the affected family has rejected the offer as of now citing security concern and the administration said no formal order has been issued with regards to their relocation.
Modi to receive Lokmanya Tilak National Award, constituted by Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust in 1983, to honour the legacy of Lokmanya Tilak
An NSSO survey has revealed that some are using the new toilets as store rooms.
'Where was cement 100 years ago?' 'Why do we need harmful building materials when we have so much in nature around us?' Geeli Mitti founder Shagun Singh tells Samali Basu Guha.
The move is aimed at reflecting the diversity of India and highlighting the contribution of prominent personalities.
But the measures, particularly in agriculture, may not be enough to revive the sector and double the farm income, says S Mahendra Dev.
Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla's 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit
The savings would be better spent and might actually reach the poor, says Rahul Khullar.
PM extended some old schemes and finally said yes to one that was legally mandated for past 2 years.
Modi said bribery was not possible as the money was transferred directly into accounts of the beneficiaries.
He congratulated the Uttar Pradesh government and industrialists for their commitment for development.
Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019.
'Today we see the worrisome phenomenon where honest officers who run afoul of the government being chased, hunted down and dirt being dug up on them.'
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