Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan briefed Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on public welfare schemes for rural transformation. Initiatives include housing, employment, ...

Union Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan today reviewed the progress of various schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development in Majuli district of Assam during his official ...

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is one of the most significant welfare laws in India, worked out to enhance the livelihood security of the rural households. The plan ...

The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. According to the budget ...

CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the outskirts of Amaravalli village on India's east coast, Marada Suguna has been hard at work planting mangroves. Hired through India's rural ...

Assam's Panchayat & Rural Development Department is hiring 1,508 contractual staff for rural schemes like MGNREGA and PMAY-G. Applications are open online from February 22 to March 22, 2026. These ...

Shri Paswan visited the Gubinpur Model Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and Gubinpur LP School, where he interacted with students, ...

To curb rampant leakages, the proposed law to replace the two-decade-old rural job guarantee programme –MG-NREGA– seeks a complete overhaul of the programme, shifting focus to strategic infrastructure ...

Speaking at an awareness programme in Majuli, the Minister announced that the "earlier provision of 100 days of guaranteed employment has now been increased to 125 days, creating additional livelihood ...

Twenty-five years have now passed since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Introduced in December 2000 by the government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the ...