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KCR instructs to construct drinking water reservoir for Greater Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 8 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday instructed the concerned officials to construct a drinking water reservoir for Greater Hyderabad to mitigate the drinking water problem and to put an end to the drinking water crisis forever in the twi
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Balrampur women being trained to make, sell organic fertilizers
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 7 (ANI): In a bid to promote organic manure and save the cost of agriculture produce, women groups under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) here are being trained to make organic fertilizers and selling them at Natural Pest Management shops.
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Budget sets a clear action plan for making India $5 trillion economy: FICC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): With upscaling infrastructure investments to Rs 100 lakh crore over the next five years and measures to rejuvenate the rural and urban economy, the Union Budget for 2019-20 sets a clear action plan for making India a five trillion dollar economy by 2025, acco
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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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Krishna district: 3 women attacked over dowry dispute
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 05 (ANI): Three women were severely injured after they were allegedly attacked with a knife by a man over a dowry dispute on Friday in Gokavaram village.
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'Naari tu Narayaani': We can progress with greater women participation, sa
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Hailing the contribution of women in the Indian economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed their role in the rural sector a "sweet story".
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Budget 2019-20: 'Har Ghar Jal' for all rural houses by 2024, says Sitharam
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Jal Shakti Ministry will work with all states to provide water to all rural households by 2024 under the 'Jal Jeevan Mission'.
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Budget 2019:20: 'Govt to develop 75 thousand skilled entrepreneurs in agro
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government aims to develop 75,000 skilled entrepreneurs in agro-rural industries.
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Budget 2019-20: Every rural family to have electricity, clean cooking faci
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022.
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Recruitment exam for regional rural banks to be held in 13 regional langua
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 4 (ANI): Recruitment examination for filling some posts in regional rural banks (RRB) will be held in 13 regional languages apart from English and Hindi to provide a level-playing field to the candidates, the government said on Thursday.
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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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CSS Corp joins forces with ICT academy to skill youth of Tamil Nadu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Benagaluru (Karanataka) [India] July 03 (ANI/BusinessWire India): CSS Corp, a new age IT services and technology support company today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICT Academy, a not-for-profit society, to jointly launch an extensive training program to sk
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