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<!--N--><p><a href="/India/2010/February/17-Consultative-Committee-Power-915.asp">Consultative Committee on Power meets to discuss nations hydro power development</a><br />The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for Power met today in New Delhi to discuss hydro power development in the country with special reference to 11th Plan target. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/July/3-Mamata-peoples-15098.asp">Mamata meets peoples expectation with populist Railway Budget</a><br />Presenting a promised pro-people budget, the Railways Minister, Mamata Banerjee, said on Friday that economic viability is not the only index of development. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/April/23-Polling-second-1991.asp">Polling for second phase of Lok Sabha elections begins</a><br />Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began today amid tight security. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/April/22-Polling-second-1866.asp">Polling for second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday</a><br />Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on Thursday. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/April/13-Villagers-Uttar-225.asp">Villagers in Uttar Pradesh get employment under rural employment act</a><br />The Uttar Pradesh Government is involving villagers in digging of a sewage line and a pond to generate employment. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/April/2-villagers-enjoy-98414.asp">UP villagers enjoy employment under NREGA</a><br />Uttar Pradesh state authorities have undertaken a pond digging project in Ramdeh village to provide both employment to villagers, and also solve the areas water woes. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/March/23-releases-candidates-96424.asp">RJD releases candidates list for 28 Bihar seats</a><br />The Rashtriya Janta Dal has released its list of 28 candidates for Bihar, with Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav contesting from two constituencies in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/March/13-Rural-Employment-94722.asp">Rural Employment Act improving living conditions in Kullu villages</a><br />The living conditions of rural people in Himachal Pradeshs Kullu District has improved drastically, thanks to the application of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/March/1-Govt-rural-schemes-92488.asp">Govt. rural schemes transforming lives of BPL families in Uttarakhand</a><br />Various rural schemes being operational under the Panchayati Raj system of the Centre are making a difference in the lives of BPL(below poverty line) families across Uttarakhand. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/February/28-Rural-employment-scheme-92310.asp">Rural employment scheme, a hit among people in Punjab</a><br />The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is a big hit among the villagers in Punjab. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/February/20-justifies-Somnath-91007.asp">RJD justifies Somnaths fury over unruly parliamentarians</a><br />Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday described the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjees reprimand of some Members of Parliament over their unruly behavior on Thursday, as justified. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/Business/2009/February/18-Government-India-90507.asp">Government of India to give employment to over four crore households</a><br />The government has proposed to benefit more than four crore households under its flagship programme of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme till the end of March in the current financial year. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/February/3-Lalu-advocates-Left-87821.asp">Lalu advocates Left-UPA friendship</a><br />Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Tuesday said that Left would be a better ally than any other party if existing constituents fail to get the magic number to form a majority in the Parliament. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/February/2-Rural-development-87604.asp">Rural development is vital for countrys progress: Sonia</a><br />United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that rural development is vital for the national progress while speaking at the NREGA Sammelan on the completion of three years of the launch of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act here. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/January/31-Annual-conference-87317.asp">Annual conference of DRDA addresses several Rural Development Programmes</a><br />A two-day long Annual Conference of Project Directors of District Rural Development Agencies (DRDA) discussed deliberations of all programmes concerning the weak areas, difficulties in their implementation and also identified other constraints. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/January/21-million-rural-85452.asp">35 million rural poor got employment in last two years: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a><br />Union Minister for Rural Development, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Wednesday said that over 35 million rural households have been provided employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) during current financial year so far. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/January/14-Higher-budgetary-allocation-84101.asp">Higher budgetary allocation for rural development under UPA: Raghuvansh Prasad</a><br />Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Wednesday stated that the Rural Development Ministry under United Progressive Alliance government was allocated 2.5 times more budget than it was given during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2009/January/9-Afro-Asian-Rural-83136.asp">Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization to focus on climate change</a><br />The Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) member countries has agreed to include technical cooperation in the domain of adaptation strategies for climate change as a function of the organization. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/October/15-Rural-Development-Minister-69314.asp">Rural Development Minister calls for concerted awareness on NREGA</a><br />Union Minister for Rural Development Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has stressed upon creating more awareness regarding the transparent implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) across the country. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/Sports/2008/October/3-Tendulkar-goes-67423.asp">Tendulkar goes to bat for UNICEF</a><br />International cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has joined forces with UNICEF to get Indian children to wash their hands for better health and hygiene as part of the first ever Global Handwashing Day 15 October. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/September/24-Raghuvansh-Prasad-Singh-65818.asp">Raghuvansh Prasad Singh calls for guidelines to proper upkeep of land records</a><br />Union Rural Development Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has called for devising appropriate guidelines that help and facilitate the proper upkeep of land records in the country. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/September/23-Active-involvement-65615.asp">Active involvement of people in Rural Development Programmes: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a><br />Union Minister for Rural Development Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has asked the States to ensure peoples representatives active involvement in Rural Development programmes. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/August/26-Rural-Development-Minister-60673.asp">Rural Development Minister to open SARAS mela</a><br />Rural Development Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will inaugurate the SARAS mela, an exposition of rural artisans from across the country, here today. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/August/9-Amarnath-Sangarsh-Samiti-58033.asp">Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti to boycott talks with all-party delegation</a><br />Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti (SASS), the group spearheading the agitation over the Amarnath land transfer row, has decided not to hold talks with the all party team arriving in Jammu on Saturday to defuse the crisis. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/August/7-Kerala-Water-Resource-57840.asp">Kerala Water Resource Minister calls on Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a><br />Union Rural Development Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has assured the Kerala State Water Resource Minister N. Premachandran of all the required assistance in tackling the problem of pure, safe and sufficient drinking water in the state. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/July/4-national-executive-52425.asp">RJD national executive meet in Patna today</a><br />A crucial meeting of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) national executive will be held here today to chalk out partys strategy in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/June/24-Vice-President-50855.asp">Vice President to inaugurate ministerial retreat today</a><br />Vice President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate a ministerial retreat and a special session of governing council of Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific (CIRDAP) here today. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/June/23-Congress-steps-50850.asp">Congress steps up efforts to seek support of UPA allies on Nuke-Deal</a><br />Congress today stepped up its efforts to seek support of its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal ahead of the UPA-Left panel meet on June 25. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/June/13-Complete-conversion-49396.asp">Complete the conversion of dry latrines into water seal latrines in rural areas by March 2009: Meira Kumar</a><br />Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar has urged the Minister of Rural Development, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh to take urgent steps to ensure that all dry latrines in rural areas are converted into water seal latrines by March 2009, which is also the target date for rehabilitation of remaining manual scavengers. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/May/22-Government-completes-45967.asp">UPA Government completes four years</a><br />The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Thursday completed its four years in power. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/May/12-States-asked-44534.asp">States asked to streamline, regulate flow of NREGA funds</a><br />Union Minister for Rural Development Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Monday stressed upon the need to curb misappropriations in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) across the country. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/April/1-Rural-employment-scheme-39544.asp">Rural employment scheme to cover entire country from today</a><br />The Central Government will implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) throughout the country from today covering the remaining 604 districts. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/April/1-Rural-employment-scheme-39534.asp">Rural employment scheme to cover entire country from today</a><br />The Central Government will implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) throughout the country from today covering the remaining 604 districts. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/April/1-Rural-employment-scheme-39533.asp">Rural employment scheme to cover entire country from today</a><br />The Central Government will implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) throughout the country from today covering the remaining 604 districts. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2008/March/21-Rahul-Gandhi-discusses-38386.asp">Rahul Gandhi discusses NREGA with Manmohan Singh</a><br />After taking up the issue of relaxation of cap on the 600 billion rupees farm lain waiver scheme with the Centre, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday once again met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (N REGA) in the country. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2007/December/25-Union-Minister-27354.asp">Union Ministers brother in dock after probe panel confirms child labour accusations against him</a><br />Brother of Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has been found guilty of child labour by engaging two small kids as oxen to till his agricultural land at Shahpur village in Vaishali district of Bihar, according to a probe panel constituted by the State Government. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2007/November/14-Rural-Development-Minister-22214.asp">Rural Development Minister to open SARAS-2007</a><br />Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will inaugurate the annual SARAS MELA 2007 at Pragati Maidan here today. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/Entertainment/2007/November/13-27th-India-International-22190.asp">27th India International Trade Fair from tomorrow</a><br />The annual - SARAS-2007, India International Trade Fair (IITF) will kick off at Pragati Maidan here on Wednesday. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2007/October/29-Govt-National-Land-20210.asp">Govt to set up National Land Reform Council</a><br />Government on Monday said that a National Land Reform Council headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be set up to supervise the implementation of a new land reforms policy. <small>ANI</small></p><p><a href="/India/2007/October/9-Rural-Development-Minister-18369.asp">Rural Development Minister to hold regional performance review committee meeting</a><br />Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will hold a two-day Regional Performance Review Committee Meeting here today. <small>ANI</small></p>
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