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Ayush Ministry, MoRD signs MoU for skilling rural youth and empowering wom
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Rural Development on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in developing skilled personnel by imparting training to rural poor youth and women's for the Ayush healthcare system under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (D
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'Before 2014, poor lived in kuchha houses, defecated in open': Anurag Thak
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The BJP MP added that the country's rural poor did not even have bank accounts of their own before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn into office.
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'Now government reaches out to people' PM Modi on how rural housing change
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the Centre's flagship housing scheme for the rural poor stresses on transparency and the government is now reaching out to the poor instead of the other way around.
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Minimum wages to all MGNREGA workers in Odisha's Keonjhar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 4 (ANI): In order to secure and enhance the livelihood of rural poor and returning migrant workers in the light of COVID-19 pandemic, District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Keonjhar has decided to provide 'minimum wages' to all MGNREGA workers in the distric
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Modi govt has taken steps for support to farmers, rural population during
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 2 (ANI): Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that the central government has initiated several steps, including early payment of PM-KISAN instalment and additional funds to states under MGNREGA, in an effort to provide r
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SC penalises States, UTs for not setting up 'Gram Nyayalays'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up several States and Union Territories for failing to set up "Gram Nyayalayas", as per an Act passed by Parliament in 2008 to ensure access to justic
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Ministry of Rural Development signs MoU with Gates Foundation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): The Rural Development Ministry, under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for strengthening grassroots institutions of the rural po
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SC notice to Centre, states on PIL seeking establishment of gram nyayalaya
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the states on a plea seeking the establishment of 'gram nyayalayas' to ensure access to justice for the rural poor.
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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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11 lakh rural poor families get houses under PMAY: Adityanath
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asserted that the state government has so far provided houses to 11 lakh poor families in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
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Tripura: Forest Department supports rural poor, tribals economically
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripura (Agartala) [India], Mar. 29 (ANI): Tripura Forest Development and Plantation Corporation Limited (TFDPC) today handed over a cheque of Rs 14.26 crores to the state government with a motive to help economic empowerment of rural poor and tribals.
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Prime Minister to launch Pradhanmantri Grameen Awas Yojna in Agra today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agra [U.P], Nov. 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhanmantri Grameen Awas Yojna, an ambitious housing scheme meant for rural poor in Agra today.
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