New Delhi: First it was Vidya Balan and now it is Bill Gates who has come forward to extend support to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's sanitation drive. Gates, who has supported India's battle against polio, will now help alter behavioural patterns connected with sanitation. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ramesh said, "We discussed how the Gates Foundation can support us in bringing behavioural changes along the lines of...
10:19 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Strange but true, the subsidy on kerosene, LPG and diesel is twice the total budget of the ministries of rural development, drinking water and sanitation and, more than the budget of the Defence Ministry, Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. In his own words: "The total subsidy on diesel, kerosene and LPG comes to Rs 1,90,000 crore. Whereas, the total budget for...
07:17 PM, May 25, 2012
Bhubaneswar: With Naveen Patnaik supporting NCP leader PA Sangma as a presidential candidate for being a tribal, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday asked the Odisha Chief Minister to ensure justice to a large number of innocent tribals "unfairly" jailed in the state. "Clearly something must be done urgently to ensure justice to innocent and unfairly jailed adivasis or to those adivasis who are in jail on very flimsy ground,"...
01:17 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting the Prime Minister to immediately review the scheme. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the minister has recommended streamlining the disbursal system of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) under which Rs 200 per month is given...
01:00 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately review the scheme. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the minister has recommended streamlining the disbursal system of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) under which Rs 200 per month is given...
10:59 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee report on land acquisition is bad news for the corporates. It insists that land acquisition by the government can only be done for social projects and not for private-public partnership. The bill is aimed at protecting farmers and landowners from exploitation. The Uttar Pradesh government has already objected to it while industrialists worry that this would close their options. Will this be the end of...
08:56 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee on Land Acquisition has submitted its report in Parliament on Thursday. It endorses acquisitions made by governments only for social welfare projects and not for profit. The UPA government is likely to absorb these recommendations under pressure from allies like Trinamool Congress. Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat said the government is hoping to protect farmers through the amended bill. "There was fear among...
12:40 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Activists Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey and Baba Adhav have sparked a debate on rights of citizens and obligations of the state. Does every citizen above the age of 60 deserve a pension of Rs 2000 a month? Is it the duty of the state to mobilise resources to guarantee this? We are talking about those who have spent all their working years earning irregular and meager wages, negotiating...
08:43 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stopped a project that was meanto bring cheetahs to India. The flagship project was considered to be the pet project of former environment minister Jairam Ramesh and was cleared by the Cabinet as well. The Court has stated that proper approvals were not taken from the National Board of Wildlife. The Cheetah project was for bringing cheetahs to India. The idea was to bring...
04:06 PM, May 08, 2012
Baripada/Balasore: Seeking concrete steps to bring back Maoists into national mainstream, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said development of tribals and economic activities in Naxal-hit areas were essential, apart from security measures. "Security measures alone cannot put an end to Maoist activities. Development works for tribals, economic and political activities are equally important for tackling the menace," Ramesh said inaugurating a series of projects in Odisha's Mayurbhanj...
04:00 AM, May 07, 2012
Award winning actor of 'The Dirty Picture', Vidya Balan, will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture on the ground in India. She has accepted Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's offer to become the brand ambassador in his campaign for improving sanitation. Manual scavenging is the worst face of India's shocking story on sanitation and Vidya has an enormous challenge on her hands - that of...
12:14 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Vidya Balan, who on Thursday received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 'The Dirty Picture', is the new brand ambassador for the sanitation drive launched by Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh. "I can't remember when was the last time I did anything without conviction," said Balan, when asked if she was convinced about the cause. With manual scavenging still a reality and...
09:17 PM, May 03, 2012
Ranchi: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said about Rs 1,200 crore could be alloted to include toilet system in a revamped MGNREGA. "I am going to announce in Parliament on large scale expansion in the work schedule of MGNREGA by May 8. (Planning Commission member) Mihir Shah-headed expert committee recommendations are accepted (in this regard)," Ramesh said at a press conference. "One of the important additions is...
12:36 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi could be planning a major revamp shifting ministers out of the Cabinet for party work. Sources say Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Law & Justice and Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi want to leave the ministry. All the four ministers have written to Sonia Gandhi, according to sources. The...
09:00 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vyalar Ravi on Tuesday denied that that he had written a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressing his desire to resign from the Union Cabinet. "There is no truth in the story. I have not met the Congress president. I am happy with the job I have. Party made me the minister. I have not written any letter," he said. He also made...
06:29 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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