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NABARD seeks credit disbursal from banks on monthly basis
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): To avoid situations like the PMC Bank scam, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has directed cooperative and regional rural banks to submit information about their credit disbursal every month.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges farmers to produce oilseeds
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.
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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre committed to growth of farmers, urges state
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Central Government is committed to rural development and has put farmer's upliftment on a larger map.
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Rural Development Minister releases wastelands atlas 2019
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday released Wastelands Atlas - 2019 that has geospatial information which will be helpful in turning wastelands to productive use through land development schemes.
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ADB hosts forum to promote farmers' livelihoods, rural development and foo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 28 (ANI): Ensuring access to nutritious, safe and affordable food enabled by modern technologies and creative policies is essential to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, participants heard at the Rural Development and Food Securit
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Punjab: Govt approves Mohali Medical College faculty recruitment
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The state government on Thursday approved the recruitment in Mohali Medical College (MMC) in a bid to provide affordable healthcare and diagnostic services to the public and to offer an opportunity to students to pursue a career in medical education.
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No scarcity of sand, says Andhra Mines Minister Ramachandra Reddy
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Mines and Geology Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Tuesday said that the government has agreed with 82 Patta landowners and permission has been given for sand mining in 10 Patta land
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AP: Govt to add 7 lakh more beneficiaries to pension scheme, make women se
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy stated that the government will add seven lakh more beneficiaries under the YSR Pension scheme from January 2020 and will also make women self-help group
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India's leading business families invest in NeuroLeap
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Oct 09 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla centre for community initiatives & rural development and Sminu Jindal, MD, Jindal Saw & Founder Chairperson, Svayam, have picked up stakes in NeuroLeap, a brain enhancement & mental healt
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Disqualify farmers burning stubble on panchayat land: Punjab Agri Dept
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to reduce pollution, Punjab Agriculture Department has urged Rural Development and Panchayats Department to bar farmers who are cultivating panchayat land and indulging in stubble from taking the land on lease in the future.
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Awareness drive on plastic waste management held at J-K's Srinagar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj on Thursday organized one-day awareness program on plastic waste management in Srinagar.
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Srinivasan Services Trust honoured with the prestigious CSR Times Award 20
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Sept 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of TVS Motor Company Limited and Sundaram-Clayton Limited is honoured to win the CSR Times Award for Best NGO in 'Rural Development & Infrastructure'.
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