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Akola CEO talks of Patil's tender threat

Ranjit Patil was forcing me regarding the tender of public work department (PWD) Akola. I told him that doing so would...

14 Feb 2018 10:01 PM GMT

India has the second largest goat population in the world and there is a need to further increase goat production to reduce poverty.

Raising goats can help India in doubling farmers income: IFAD

The IFAD is partnering with the government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Agri-solutions for this.

16 April 2018 12:29 PM GMT

Nearly 77.28 lakh farmers have applied for a waiver.

Govt raises Nabard's capital by six-times to Rs 30,000 crore

Nabard is the main agency for implementing RIFD scheme.

15 April 2018 8:43 AM GMT

A rural woman after exchanging 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes in a SBBJ branch at Beawar, Rajasthan. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi plans to raise rural spending by 16 pc to woo rural voters:...

In its interim budget on Friday, the govt is set to earmark about 1.3 trillion for the Ministry of Rural Development.

31 Jan 2019 9:47 AM GMT

In 2015, 3,266 farmers committed suicide in the state.

Interim Budget focused on rural and agriculture sector: DBS bank

Govt revised up the FY19 fiscal deficit at -3.4 per cent of the GDP vs -3.3 per cent in the budgeted estimate.

2 Feb 2019 6:47 AM GMT

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the release of book Mann ki Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

GST Council-like institutions needed for healthcare, rural...

I think a body like the GST Council, as a federal institution can do that job (coordination), said Arun Jaitley.

20 March 2019 10:14 AM GMT

It is the people who comprise the X-factor that makes all the difference in government projects.

Horse sense, and the promise of inclusive development

Equal attention has to be paid to implementation gaps in order to achieve success.

5 March 2019 9:08 PM GMT

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Anurag Thakur attend a pre-Budget meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman holds first pre-Budget meet on agri, rural issues

Sitharaman said that the concerns of the agriculture sector are high on the priority of the present government.

11 Jun 2019 8:32 PM GMT

amil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy. (Photo: PTI)

E-villages named after late Jayalalithaa to be set up: TN CM

The government will also set up a Fisheries College and Research Institute in Nagapattinam district.

14 July 2017 10:44 AM GMT

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Odisha: IIT alumnus forsakes remunerative career to contest rural body...

The 50-year-old Nihar Ranjan Beura wants to give back to society he was brought up in.

17 Jan 2017 2:49 PM GMT

$Students of the Aajibaichi Shala, or \school for grannies\, make their way out of the school. (Photo: AFP)$ Newsmakers

School for grannies: Unique school for village grandmothers make a...

Grandchildren wave them off, or sometimes accompany them, not that this group need to be cajoled into going.

7 March 2017 8:39 AM GMT