Rural Areas

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed to the Panchayati Raj Department to construct more 2,000 km concrete roads under the Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana in rural villages by March 2017. The Panchayati Raj Department will construct concrete…

Expressing concern over the post demonetization situation, Chief Miniser NaveenPatnaik on Tuesday asked top officials of Reserve Bank of India and other banks to supply adequate number of Rs 100 and Rs 500 notes in rural areas of the state.…

To improve the availability of critical manpower to provide services in public health facilities in rural areas, financial support is provided to States under NHM, inter-alia for giving hard area allowance to doctors for serving in rural…

Beijing, Feb 17: Alibaba, China's biggest online trader, on Wednesday reached agreement with the top economic planner to expand e-commerce in rural areas. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will work with Alibaba in…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said over 5,000 villages that were without power, have been provided electricity over the past six months and lauded the power ministry for doing excellent work. In a series of tweets, Modi said…

"Prevention is better than cure. People in the rural areas should be made aware of the health practices to prevent different types of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Public health system should be upgraded for immediate access…

The Union Cabinet has allocated Rs 5,142 crore to develop 300 rural clusters by 2019-20 across the country under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission with an outlay of Rs 5142.08 crore. The rural clusters will be known as 'Smart…

The Odisha Government has sought the inclusion of 16,000 residential areas (with the population of below 100) and 947 other villages into the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), as…