Modi@4: How the schemes progressed

The Narendra Modi government has completed four years in power. Have achche din arrived as the prime minister promised while he campaigned in 2014? Here's the data the government has put out to......

Of good/bad roads and poll-marred Chhat

The road between Islampur and Kishanganj has a good stretch and a bad stretch. While the good stretch includes the 'Vajpayee roads' built under the Prime Minister's Gram Sadak Yojana, when Atal......

States must complete pending road projects:Centre

The Centre has convened a meeting of Secretaries of Rural Development of 13 states where progress in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has been slow, the Lok Sabha was......

Govt reduces MNREGA allocation to Rs 73,000 cr

The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the......

Govt to provide Rs 11.11 lakh cr towards capex

The government will provide Rs 11.11 lakh crore for capital expenditure for 2024-25 and introduce viability gap funding to spur private investment in infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala......

Jairam says BJP's charge is 'blatant falsehood'

In a 3-page letter to former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh categorically denied the charge levelled by Sinha after a BJP chief ministers' conclave in......

World Bank approves $1.5 billion for rural roads

The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $1.5-billion credit and loan for India's Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana aimed towards improving rural accessibility of roads.The new project will concentrate......

Plan panel mulls cess for rural roads

Faced with huge cost overruns due to a delay in building the rural roads under Bharat Nirman, the Planning Commission is now looking at alternative ways to fund the ambitious rural development......