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Padmaparna Ghosh 12:20 AM | October 13,2009
The first phase of the audit in Bhilwara district has revealed irregularities and corruption relating to the use of sub-standard materials, the use of machinery instead of manual labour and the non-issuance of job cards, needed to ensure that the right people are being paid
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Ruhi Tewari and Liz Mathew 09:51 PM | August 17,2009
Minister for rural development and panchayati raj C.P. Joshi speaks about the need to bring in greater transparency and accountability into the employee guarantee scheme, and the controversial land acquisition Bill
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Reuters 02:20 PM | August 17,2009
Nomura said it was too early to assess how much growth will be affected as it depends on the severity of damage done, farmers’ ability to shift to shorter-duration crops and post-monsoon showers that will determine soil moisture
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Manish Sabharwal 01:15 AM | July 07,2009
India’s 3Es -- employment, employability and education -- regime does not deliver, not for lack of money, but rather lack of accountability, governance and incentives
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Sangeeta Singh 11:27 PM | July 02,2009
Survey lays emphasis on better governance and improved service delivery for the benefit of targeted groups
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Biraj Patnaik 08:53 PM | July 02,2009
As India starts legislating on food security, there is much it could learn from laws and practices abroad
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V.B.N. Ram 09:09 PM | June 14,2009
India’s rural landscape is marred by indebtedness passing on from one generation to the next; malnourished children and anaemic women are a common sight
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Sangeeta Singh and Rahul Chandran 12:43 AM | June 09,2009
When the refinance window was approved in the Union government’s stimulus package earlier this year, only new projects were eligible to apply
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PTI 10:06 PM | May 31,2009
Lauding the programme that guarantees 100 days of employment to the rural work force, ILO has said that the social protection scheme stands to offset the potential shock to the poor in this time of recession
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Devaki Jain 08:50 PM | May 11,2009
This crisis is a chance to rethink Indian economic policy and focus on informal, lower income sectors
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Farm Truths | Himanshu 12:45 AM | April 29,2009
Whatever the outcome of the elections, the rural areas are going to benefit if parties translate words into action
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PTI 04:32 PM | April 13,2009
Criticising the BJP, she said, “The opposition leaders do not know anything more than their self interest”
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Farm Truths | Himanshu 10:29 PM | April 07,2009
Rural India shining could be a result of deliberate actions by the incumbent government or pure coincidence. In other words, is the revival sustainable?
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Samanth Subramanian 12:19 AM | March 24,2009
Project Shakti was launched in Andhra Pradesh’s Nalgonda district in 2001, and it has swept the country with big success
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Liz Mathew and K.P. Narayana Kumar 12:12 AM | March 03,2009
Praised for introducing path-breaking laws, the UPA also drew criticism on account of failure to apply them properly
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