Articles contributed by users Rural Development : News Articles For sustainable ecosystems Planners seek instant cures Long-term bets on modest progress by end of fiscal 2010 -Long-term bets on modest progress by end of fiscal 2010 Power transfer firms to get policy boost -Power transfer firms to get policy boost Library of Articles related to Tribal Welfare TOI: National Rural Health Mission: April 14, 2005 Sreelatha Menon: BPOs go rural IE: Thanks to postmen, ‘ChotuKool’ is a rage in rural households: December 21, 2011 IE: Tribal Gadchiroli village becomes a crorepati, by selling its bamboo: September 26, 2011 LM: Giving villagers a voice to spur change: September 22, 2011 IE: Maharashtra govt plans education hubs for Naxal areas: September 14, 2011 LM: Following Hazare’s development code: August 17, 2011 LM: Villages begin to reap benefits from rural tourism: August 03, 2011 IE: ICAR's Krishi Vigyan Kendras are helping farmers of Vidarbha region's turn lac cultivation -July 15, 2011 ET: Farmers Make Geography History: May 28, 2011 LM: Building India’s villages better: April 25, 2011 TOI: Govt needs to change outlook: April 13, 2011 DNA: Pune man lights up Assam village: March 15, 2011 HT: India's poorest are barely surviving thanks to an appalling governance deficit: February 23,2011 LM: Engineering social change: February 21, 2011 DNA: SoBo school seeks to give tribal students a 'reality check': January 21, 2011 ET: Prince Charles to build model village in India: January 12, 2011 HT: Villages on way to becoming eco-friendly: December 15, 2010 HT: Rural women from across the world and India come to a training institute in Rajasthan: Nov 23,10 LM: Micro-irrigation to beat the monsoon: November 10, 2010 ET: Start-ups bank on financial inclusion: October 29, 2010 DNA: RBI takes lessons from unbanked villages: October 20, 2010 IE: NABARD turns over a new leaf: October 18, 2010 Sakhi Retail is helping companies customise their products to the needs of rural India,& empowering -Outlook Business Magazine: October 02, 2010 LM: Village councils likely to get more manpower: September 22, 2010 LM: Videos by the farmers and for the farmers: September 20, 2010 BS: Mobile bank to cover every village in next 5 years: RBI: September 14, 2010 IE: Our tribal policy is a mass of contradictions: September 07, 2010 TOI: People-Friendly Officials Build Bridges With K’taka Tribals Living Under Red Shadow: Aug 02, 10 IE: Orissa hostel scheme offers lesson for tribal dists: July 14, 2010 DNA: NGOs may run Rs 13K cr govt plan: July 13, 2010 LM: Rural job portals fail to connect: July 08, 2010 DNA: The NRI who returned to light up a village with rice husk: July 07, 2010 HT: Where tribals kill hunger with flowers: April 19, 2010 ET: Careers with a cause: February 23, 2010 LM: Rural ‘smart banking’ needs to get smarter: April 08, 2010 BS: From B-school to dusty rural roads: April 05, 2010 HT: NRI wins UN green prize for Nuru light: February 25, 2010 TOI: Tribal Awards 2010: February 02, 2010 (pdf) IE: Echoing the Green Revolution: January 09, 2009 Scientists should take technologies to rural India: Kadodkar -Speaking on the occasion, secretary, Rural Development of Maharashtra government Sudhir Thakare said Barc seminar aims to take beneficial tech to rural India -for application and employment generation in rural India and referred to initiating decentralised po UN Rural Poverty Agency Chief To Visit India Next Week -He is expected to discuss IFAD supported ongoing rural development projects in India. He will also Rural development is crucial to poverty alleviation programmes -This contrasting development ranging from region to region in India can best be attributed by the Rural Development Institute gets $9M grant -The Seattle-based Rural Development Institute has received a three-year grant of up to $9 million Investment in rural sector to be the real growth engine: PM -Advocating the need for a stronger south Asia, the Prime Minister said India sincerely wishes to BSNL, HCL, Intel bring WiMAX to rural India -This is in support of the India government's Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. Intel and BSNL Rural areas should get benefit of health, education: PM -Years of prolonged underfunding of the public health system and dependence on the private sector has Good roads vital for rural development -DAVANAGERE: There is a need to develop the rural areas by providing proper road networks, said ITC partners Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) to support ... -ITC's partnership with the Orissa Rural Development and Marketing Society will not only help DEVELOPMENT: Rural India Set to Ring in 3G Mobile Technology -Rural population in India is estimated at seven percent of its 1.1 billion population. The actual CM to open NREGA call centre on Oct 14 -The call centre would become operational from October 14 when chief minister Nitish Kumar would India's rural poor population reaches 50 percent -The expert panel headed by retired Rural Development Secretary NC Saxena rejected government data on BSNL, HCL bring broadband connectivity to rural India -This project for BSNL is in line with our strategy for mass adoption of PC broadband to promote India to receive Rs 130 cr aid from Germany -An agreement was inked by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Germa New Initiatives Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ... -NREGA partnership with Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDA): NREGA will be co National Rural Livelihood Mission(NLRM) A fresh lease of life for ... -At the apex of the structure will be the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, under the Ministry of UPA plans to involve citizens in tracking NREGA's progress -The move is part of the follow-up action planned by the rural development ministry to ensure better Plea for funds for rural schools -Zwelithini said the investment of a billion in rural ICT infrastructure by the India's rural develop DNA: Rural women just got tech savvy: August 19, 2009 LM: Rural economy and the toilet as a change agent: August 13, 2009 45% of India's geographical area hit by soil erosion -According to Ministry of Rural Development, about 146.82 million hectare area of country's total geo Few people get 100-day employment under NREGA -The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the flagship rural development programme of the PM felicitates Magsaysay winner Deep Joshi -Lauding Joshi for leadership and innovation in the area of rural development, Singh said he has done 593 Districts covered under Total Sanitation Campaign -The Union Ministry Of Rural Development has covered so far 593 districts across the country under th Govt for transparency, accountability in rural schemes -In reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Rural Development, Pradeep 2, 30000 km of roads to be constructed in rural areas of India -Rural Development Minister Dr CP Joshi on Friday said that two lakh thirty thousand kilometers Monitoring of rural jobs scheme is critical: CAG -The report said the ministry of rural development should accept the overall responsibility for coord More focus on rural India, expenditure increased by 45% -According to the United Nations Development Programme's 2008 update, India ranks 132 out of 177 nati Budget allocates Rs.39000 crore for rural jobs scheme -The details will be given by the minister for rural development,' Mukherjee added. The finance minis Workshop held on knowledge sharing through IT for rural development -An workshop on 'Knowledge Sharing for Rural Development in Assam through ICT – India Development UPA's rural push may increase fuel subsidy -The development could not be independently confirmed from the finance ministry. If the proposal is Development of rural areas -But unfortunately, the development of rural India has been either formal only on the papers India's industrial output for April signals recovery -Allocations are likely to be increased for rural development and power. Delhi will get Rs 2000 crore Bankers expect focus on infrastructure, rural economy in Budget -State Bank of India Chairman OP Bhatt last week said that there is scope for SBI's lending and Project launched for green, affordable lighting in rural India -Communities in rural India who have no access to reliable and affordable power sources are forced Autonomy to rural development institute -India (ASCI), Hyderabad, has recommended the State Government to provide functional autonomy to Proper use of rural development funds stressed -GUWAHATI, May 31 – To ensure effective implementation of the Central schemes in the North-east Setting a model for rural development -In academic area we run a one-year post-graduate diploma in Integrated Rural Development and Managem New Govt to promote inland fisheries to give a boost to rural income -Under NREGA, a large number of water bodies have been created across rural India. The rural developm Centre to increase number of work days under NREGS -The Rural Development Ministry is working towards increasing the number of days of guaranteed employ UPA's challenge: rural governance reform -Our challenge is to improve the functioning of the public sector in rural development, something How about working for rural India this summer break? -The NGO started iVolunteer fellowship programme in 2005 with an aim to sensitise the urban youth IE: How about working for rural India this summer break?: May 19, 2009 Govt, Realty Cos to undertake low cost housing in rural areas ... -An ASSOCHAM report on Rural India has shown that central government has spent Rs.189898.56 crore Rural road scheme, a hit amongst Jharkhand villagers -The scheme was launched in 2000 to improve the condition of the rural roads in India and facilitate Rural health in Orissa - An appraisal Shining a Light on India's Rural Poor LM: Mother of all rural marketing schemes: March 24, 2009 LM: Anatomy of the rural rush: March 24, 2009 IE: Kisan Bank: a ‘kind’ way to lend cash: January 30, 2009 TOI: IT policy for development of rural areas on cards: Jan 19, 2009 IE: A farmer in a different field: December 23, 2008 DNA: 4,000 villagers restore green cover on 5,000 hectares stripped bare by tree-felling: Dec 24, 08 DNA: Man & his mules: Colombia mobile library on 10 legs: October 21, 2008 ET: For an integrated rural-urban policy: October 20, 2008 LM: Start-up at IIT Madras trains villagers for jobs: September 05, 2008 LM: For women in villages, prenatal care will be just an SMS away: September 01, 2008 DNA: IIT-B takes technology to rural Maharashtra: August 28, 2008 LM: Grameen Bank arm, US firm to launch mobile banking for the poor: August 08, 2008 TOI: In this village, babus pay farmers a working visit: July 29, 2008 LM: Electricity for the poor still a dream: July 24, 2008 IE: IIT-B develops communication technique to educate nomadic tribes: July 18, 2008 (xls) DNA: Self-sufficient Kolhapur village has insulated itself: July 17, 2008 ET: Post offices to apply O&M paint, McKinsey makeover: July 17, 2008 DNA: Panchayats leading social change: survey: July 14, 2008 TOI: BPOs bank on rural women: May 21, 2008 LM: ARUNACHAL DEVELOPMENT - Lack of land records leaves tribals prey toevictionthreat: May 19, 2008 TOI: New ideas on rural development, halting rural to urban migration etc LM: Medal hunt goes rural, special centres tap young, raw talent: May 05, 2008 IE: Govt officials has worked with commitment to change the lives in rural India: April 28, 2008 ET: Pune ropes in GeNext to design a roadmap for their dream city: April 02, 2008 IE: Two greenhouse projects near Ranchi: March 14, 2008 IE: Karsog's farmers, who have grown exotic vegetables since the 1990s: March 14, 2008 IE: After the farm loan waiver, farmers' problems remain: March 04, 2008 TIMES NEWS NETWORK : State plans body for drought-hit talukas: April 13, 2005 Request for proposal from Corporates, Societies, NGOs to set up Mahasetu's in Maharashtra -Proposals invites to establish Common Servive Centres in Maharashtra (bmp) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - Press Release -Rural RoadsConstruction with Complete Transparency (jpg) IE : for new leap forward they set out to map every indian village : Nov 13,2007 ET : Farmers shun country roads for jobs : Nov 7,2007 ET : Jobs for rural youth : Nov 7,2007 LM : Of populism and its critics : Oct 31,2007 IE : At Mumbai's doorsteps, nine villages live in the dark : Nov 5,2007 TOI : Tribal students part of sunshine sectors : Oct 22,2007 BS : Sun struck: Jharkhand villages get water, light through solar power : Oct 9 ,2007 -The village has a population of only 87 people belonging to the primitive Birhor tribe. IE : NBA's 'schools of life' provide new meaning to tribal children's life: Oct 2,2007 -Aemsha Vasave lived in Dhanel in Nandurbar district and studied at a “jeevan shala.” IE : Meant for healthcare, IIT-K 'infothelas' now sold as scrap : Sept 25, 2007 -Project failed due to poor Internet connectivity IE : Swaminathan foundation to launch body for women farmers : Sept 11, 2007 -The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation will launch a federation for woman to aid widows of farmers Live mint : Toilet training and hygiene lessons for Orissa's rural poor : Sept 10, 2007 -These are subsidized toilets city people would love to use StanChart plans lending $100 m for micro-finance : June 26 2007 -We would like to cover one million people," said Mr Ranjan Ghosh CSE News Bulletin:It can be said that Union budget, 2007 is high on symbolism & intent:March 28,2007 -Most people in and close to power acknowledge that something is spoiling booming India's party DNA : Firms are contracting villagers to grow the hardy, oil-rich plant : Feb 11, 2006 -Once the trees start bearing seeds, they will continue the yields for the next 30 years BS : Students Flock to NGOs for Rural Work : Feb 22, 2007 -Volunteerism is the 'in thing' in college campuses across the country TOI : Voices from rural India run BBC show : Jan 16, 2007 -Village Women Turn Reporters To Air Grievances Of 3 States