Ministry Of Rural Development

Budget 2023: The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,57,545 crore in the Union Budget for 2023-24, around 13 per cent less than the estimated expenditure made by the ministry in the current fiscal.

"If India has to develop, we have to see that Bharat also develops. Bharat can only develop through cooperative way of doing business," said Mr Sodhi

The finance ministry allocated Rs 10,000 crore earlier this month as an interim measure for the rural employment guarantee scheme over and above the budgetary allocation, the Ministry of Rural Development said on Thursday.

Over 86.81 lakh new job cards have been issued during the current fiscal year (FY) so far as compared to 36,64,368 job cards issued during the same period in FY 2019-20, the Ministry of Rural Development said on Friday.

A job notification claiming that over 2,000 vacancies have been announced by the Ministry of Rural Development is fake.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme for development of villages has not made any perceptible impact or achieving its desired purpose and, therefore, it should be reviewed, a performance audit by the Rural Development Ministry has suggested.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

The Centre credited the first installment of Rs 500 to over four crore Jan Dhan accounts of poor women on Friday as part of a relief package in view of the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Rural Development Ministry said.

Parliament Highlights: Parliament continued its proceedings today till 11.59 pm in the ongoing Monsoon session. The Lower House or Lok Sabha discussed and vote on Demand for Grants under the Control of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Demand for Grants under Control of Ministries of Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare f...

Under the scheme, interest subvention is provided to NABARD, regional rural banks, cooperative banks, public sector banks and scheduled private sector banks for providing short-term credit to farmers at a subsidised rate of interest.

The Union Rural Development Ministry has increased the rate of wages under the MGNREGA for the 2019-20 fiscal with approval from the Election Commission and has asked state governments not to publicise the enhancement of wage rates under the rural employment scheme.

Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry. The post was held by HN Ananth Kumar who died in Bengaluru on Monday.

The problem of unemployment would not have acquired such proportions if India had initiated the skilling mission for its youth soon after Independence, Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on Sunday.

The huge leak of Aadhar data from four websites belonging to a central ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government has been on the government radar for a while. The leak, caused by poor security protocols, had left around 130 million numbers and their allied information, like bank and post office account details, open to access for several months. B...

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) along with the Ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has agreed to link all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) with rural development processes under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA).

Budget 2023: The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,57,545 crore in the Union Budget for 2023-24, around 13 per cent less than the estimated expenditure made by the ministry in the current fiscal.

"If India has to develop, we have to see that Bharat also develops. Bharat can only develop through cooperative way of doing business," said Mr Sodhi

The finance ministry allocated Rs 10,000 crore earlier this month as an interim measure for the rural employment guarantee scheme over and above the budgetary allocation, the Ministry of Rural Development said on Thursday.

Over 86.81 lakh new job cards have been issued during the current fiscal year (FY) so far as compared to 36,64,368 job cards issued during the same period in FY 2019-20, the Ministry of Rural Development said on Friday.

A job notification claiming that over 2,000 vacancies have been announced by the Ministry of Rural Development is fake.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme for development of villages has not made any perceptible impact or achieving its desired purpose and, therefore, it should be reviewed, a performance audit by the Rural Development Ministry has suggested.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

The Centre credited the first installment of Rs 500 to over four crore Jan Dhan accounts of poor women on Friday as part of a relief package in view of the lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Rural Development Ministry said.

Parliament Highlights: Parliament continued its proceedings today till 11.59 pm in the ongoing Monsoon session. The Lower House or Lok Sabha discussed and vote on Demand for Grants under the Control of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Demand for Grants under Control of Ministries of Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare f...

Under the scheme, interest subvention is provided to NABARD, regional rural banks, cooperative banks, public sector banks and scheduled private sector banks for providing short-term credit to farmers at a subsidised rate of interest.

The Union Rural Development Ministry has increased the rate of wages under the MGNREGA for the 2019-20 fiscal with approval from the Election Commission and has asked state governments not to publicise the enhancement of wage rates under the rural employment scheme.

Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry. The post was held by HN Ananth Kumar who died in Bengaluru on Monday.

The problem of unemployment would not have acquired such proportions if India had initiated the skilling mission for its youth soon after Independence, Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on Sunday.

The huge leak of Aadhar data from four websites belonging to a central ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government has been on the government radar for a while. The leak, caused by poor security protocols, had left around 130 million numbers and their allied information, like bank and post office account details, open to access for several months. B...

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) along with the Ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has agreed to link all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) with rural development processes under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA).