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K'taka Minister stirs controversy, compares Congress MLAs to "Hijada"
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa has stirred a hornet's nest by comparing Congress state legislators to the members of the transgender community.
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No proposal to merge Union Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayat Ra
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): There is no proposal currently to merge the ministries of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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NIRDPR study: Many Gram Panchayats use RO as fashionable infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 25 (ANI): A study conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on the subject of setting up of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants in Rural India revealed that many village bodies had installed such plants without any need and o
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Telangana should eliminate malnutrition by 2022: NIRDPR Director-General R
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): An advancing state as Telangana should strive to achieve beyond the set targets and eliminate malnutrition by 2022, said Director-General of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) Dr W R Reddy here on Thursday.
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MGNREGA should not continue forever: Tomar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that MGNREGA should not continue forever as it was a scheme aimed at the poor and the target should be removing poverty from the country.
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Lok Sabha approves demands for grants of agriculture, rural development mi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved the demands for grants for ministers of rural development, agriculture and farmers welfare for 2019-20.
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Lok Sabha approves demands for grants of agriculture, rural development mi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved grants to ministries of rural development, agriculture and farmers' welfare for 2019-2020.
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Community radio stations create awareness about govt schemes among rural p
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): A team from National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) visited a Community Radio Centre built with funding from UNESCO at Pastapur village of Medak district in Telangana and conducted a study on its functioning and to ass
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LS adjourned after marathon discussion on demands for grants related to ag
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday midnight after marathon discussion on demands for grants of Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, in which me
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LS Speaker unhappy over thin attendance, urges MPs to benefit from proceed
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Apparently unhappy with Lok Sabha witnessing thin attendance during the evening hours on Tuesday during the debate on demands for grants of Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Speaker Om Birla appealed to the members to be present in t
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Employment under MGNREGS increased by 76.11% in 2018-19
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar apprised the Lok Sabha with employment figures under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
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Petrol, diesel, gold to become costlier; Budget to boost infra spending
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI):Hike in excise duty and infrastructure cess on petrol and diesel by Re 1 a litre each and customs duty on gold and other precious metals and a raise in the surcharge on super-rich individuals were announced in the Union Budget for 2019-20 that seeks to make In
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