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Research points to employment and eco-friendly potential of Eucalyptus
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): Every year around 1.5 lakh hectares of clonal eucalyptus plantation is raised in agroforestry in India, creating employment of around 70 million man-days in rural areas, states a new research study undertaken by OUTREACH, a Bengaluru based social NGO
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Hyderabad: 24th meeting of CIRDAP held in Telangana
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)[India], June 26 (ANI): The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR) on Wednesday inaugurated the 24th meeting of Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) here.
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8 injured after water tank under construction collapses
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 17 (ANI): Centering of a water tank of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) under construction collapsed at 11 am on Monday here. Eight workers have been injured and are receiving treatment for the same.
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NIRDPR launches initiative to help rural poor farm holds cope with climate
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): For the first time in India, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), has launched an initiative to improve the adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change.
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Finance Minister Sitharaman holds first pre-Budget meeting with stakeholde
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday began her pre-Budget consultations with different stakeholders starting with those from agriculture and rural development sectors in which she stressed the need for ways to eradicate unemployment and po
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Madhya Pradesh: Mango festival organised for tribal sellers in Bhopal
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 7 (ANI): A state-level mango festival held by the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) was organised for the tribal mango sellers, to give a chance to the tribals to earn a profit.
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Niranjan Jyoti takes charge as MoS for Rural Development
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), June 3 (ANI): Fatehpur MP, Niranjan Jyoti took charge as the Minister of State (MoS) in Ministry of Rural Development on Monday.
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MNM seeks action against minister for threatening Kamal Haasan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 21 (ANI): Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Vice President R Mahendran and General Secretary A Arunachalam have sought legal action against Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Rural Development, Rajenthra Bhalaji, for instigating violence against party chief Kamal Haas
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India inks MoU to set up agriculture, rural development institute in Malaw
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) for setting up the India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi, a landlocked c
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Globsyn Business School holds 15th Annual Convocation
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The 15th Annual Convocation of Globsyn Business School (GBS) was held on February 17 at The Park, Kolkata. Over 120 students from Globsyn Business School’s post graduate management programmes were felicitated at the event.
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Rajya Sabha logs productivity of just 8% during interim Budget session
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The interim Budget session 2019 was a successful session with wide participation of all political parties in discussions on various issues of national importance, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development, Panchay
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Corpus of Rs 2000 crore to be created for development, upgradation of rura
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday approved the creation of a corpus of Rs 2000 crore for Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) which will be created with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for development and upgradation of agri
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