The Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) would gather disparate villages and habitations with a population of 300–400 in the plains and 100 in the hills, desert regions, and some tribal and backward areas, according to report.
A parliamentary standing committee has flagged several overarching issues plaguing implementation of welfare schemes under the department of rural development at a time when income disparity between the haves and have-nots has widened.
The BSP MP from Jaunpur was referring to an incident on December 3 in which a BJP MLA Suchi Chaudharyi in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor called to inaugurate a seven-km road found herself in a spot when a coconut-cracking ritual ended up damaging the road instead of the coconut.
As Assam prepares for elections, a look at its economic indicators shows that it fared well in highway and rural road construction despite being ravaged by floods.
The market expects that the Union Budget will revive the tax-free infrastructure bonds schemes. Given the status of the economy, it is important that the financing options other than from the government should be encouraged.
In a bid to achieve complete road connectivity in rural areas under PMGSY by March 2019, the allocation saw a jump of over Rs 4,000 crore against last year
The Centre is making efforts to connect all villages through a road network by next year as part of the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna', said Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav today.
The allocation was up by 12.42 percent relative to last year’s grant of Rs. 16,900 crore
A healthy share of capital outlay for roads sector in Budget 2017 bodes well for construction companies, according to Nagarjuna Construction Company‘s (NCC) management.
More than 30,000 km of roads have been completed till October in left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Lok Sabha was informed today.
Land bill kept Rural Development Ministry in spotlight in 2015
The Standing Committee on Rural Development headed by AIADMK's P Venugopal has in its tenth report made a strong pitch for increasing the allocations under these schemes and asked the Ministry of Rural Development to pursue the matter with the Finance Ministry keeping in view the importance of rural development for inclusive growth.
The Survey states that to strengthen transparency and accountability in the implementation of the MGNREGA, the Government has initiated a service delivery project for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and biometrics related works of the MGNREGA on PPP basis.