Budget 2012: Ramesh hails Budget as trend-setter
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe budget for National Social Assistance Programme also saw a huge jump from Rs 6,100 crore to Rs 8,382 crore.
Women SHGs need to be linked to banks, says Jairam Ramesh
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTo empower women under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said.
India's slavery shame: Govt to rehabilitate bonded labourers, says Ramesh
Fp Archives • 12 years agoConcerned over the prevalence of bonded labour in the country, the government today decided to initiate massive programmes to rehabilitate and provide alternative livelihood for people living in conditions of modern-day slavery.
Special package to N-E states, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh soon: Sonia
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe Congress chief said that She said that in the next ten years, seven crore BPL families have to be freed from poverty, which is not an easy job.
Sonia Gandhi seeks quick implementation of rural livelihood scheme
Fp Archives • 12 years agoBuoyed by the response to UPA's rural livelihood scheme, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought quick implementation of Aajivika mission across the nation especially its central and eastern parts.