Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan briefed Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on public welfare schemes for rural transformation. Initiatives include housing, employment, ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday reviewed 131 proposals for projects under the state government’s rural development scheme, and announced enhanced allocation for it. Sawant chaired a meeting ...

Women empowerment schemes in India are helping rural women become entrepreneurs. From Self-Help Groups to the NaMo Drone Didi ...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has increased the share of its non-loan net own revenue allocated to local bodies from 48 per cent to 50 per cent, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said while presenting ...

Twenty-five years have now passed since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Introduced in December 2000 by the government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the ...

(This was originally published in the India File newsletter, which is issued every Tuesday. Sign up here to get the latest news from India and how it matters to the world.) India has overhauled a ...