Love affairs, impotency behind farmer suicides: Agriculture Minister
TIA NEWS / New Delhi: In a major political gaffe, union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that Dowry, love affairs and impotency were among the reasons for the deaths…
Kharif crop sowing crosses 445 Lakh Hectare
The total Kharif sown area as on 10 July, 2015, as per reports received from States, stands at 445.11 lakh hectare as compared to 275.10 lakh hectare on the day…
MNREGA world’s largest public works programme: World Bank
World Bank has ranked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) as the world’s largest public works programme. It said the proramme provides social security net to almost…
One-third of rural household are landless: says Govt report
July 4 @ 1:25 / AMN One out of three families living in villages is landless and depends on manual labour for livelihood. There are a total number of 24.39…
More centres to be set up in Haryana to train rural youth
AMN 59 more training centres would be set up by August 2015 in different blocks of the State to impart training to rural youth in trades like Hospitality, Retail, BPOs,…
MP govt approves contingency action plan for farming
In view of forecast of 10 percent less monsoon this year, the Madhya Pradesh government has approved a contingency action plan for farming. The action plan includes setting up of…
DLF Foundation to make Teekli a model village in Gurgaon
AMN DLF Foundation in collaboration of CFBI (Citizens Foundation for Better India) has adopted Teekli village of Sohna Mandal, Gurgaon district under its Gram Vikas Project to boost Centre’s ambitious…
Unseasonal rains affect estimated 182 lakh hectares of crops: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that an estimated 182 lakh hectares of crops were affected in the country due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the country. In a…
Govt committed to increase rural teledensity to 100% by 2020: Prasad
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the government is committed to increase rural teledensity to 100 per cent by the year 2020. Replying to supplementaries…
Well-being of farmers priority for government: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the well-being of farmers is a priority for the government and their interests are non-negotiable. Mr Modi wrote letters on the Budget addressing…