New Delhi, Sep 18: “If Uttar Pradesh becomes open defecation-free in 10 years, I can accept that Sai Baba is alive,” Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said expressing doubts about the state achieving
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Congress-led UPA government Wednesday kept up its offensive against BJP's charges of corruption in the allocation of coal blocks, saying cancelling the licenses en masse was impossible.Nothing was done without
Sonbhadra, Jul 18: Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday favoured splitting Uttar Pradesh to end the "administrative nightmare" in the country's biggest state. "Uttar Pradesh should be divided. The magnitude of problems are very
Bhubaneswar,July5:Hitting out at Opposition presidential candidate P A Sangma and his poll managers for indulging in “mud slinging” against UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee, Union minister Jairam Ramesh today lamented the lack of “sanctity” in public
Agartala, Jun 30: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India has embarked on a ten-year mission to make India an open-defecation free country.The minister, who held a review meeting with representatives of Northeastern
Kolkata, Jun 26: After the next Panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is likely to bring some basic changes in the existing Panchayat laws for better functioning of the three-tier panchayat system, Panchayat Minister Subrata
Dhamra (Odisha), Jun 24 : Commercializing the use of indigenously-built Bio-Digester technology which turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now licensing private companies to build
New Delhi, Apr 25: Congress on Tuesday night dismissed reports that some of its ministers have written to party president Sonia Gandhi expressing their willingness to resign from their posts and work for the party.
Kolkata, Nov 20: The war of words between allies Congress and Trinamool Congress escalated today with Union minister Jairam Ramesh asserting his party has not taken VRS or ‘sanyas' from West Bengal and will not
Midnapore (WB), Nov 19: A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed ally Congress for taking out an anti-government rally, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said his party had not taken ‘political
New Delhi, Nov 17: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written a fresh letter to UP Chief Minister Mayawati over alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in seven districts and demanded a CBI probe into
New Delhi, Nov 15: “Fuel subsidies are perverse,” Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said today amid the uproar over petrol price hike, as he pointed out that government spends roughly Rs 1,10,000 crore on such
Raipur, Nov 10: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said the schemes under his ministry would be audited through the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).Talking to reporters here late last night, he said the
New Delhi, Nov 2: Every ministry and department of the government will have to address people's complaints within 15 days failing which action will be taken against the officer concerned under the proposed Citizens' Charter
New Delhi, Oct 28: Rejecting UP Chief Minister Mayawati's charge that his demand for CBI probe into MGNREGA implementation was “politically motivated”, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said he would not hesitate to recommend
New Delhi, Oct 25: Accusing Mayawati Government of not taking adequate action against those allegedly involved in embezzling MGNREGA funds, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has dared the UP Chief Minister to recommend a CBI
New Delhi, Oct 3 : With India having the highest rate of open defecation in the world, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday this practice was a “blot” on the country and
New Delhi, Oct 3 :Terming the implementation ofUPA's flagship programme MNREGA as “patchy”,Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday expressed concern at leakage of funds meant for the scheme but hoped that the proposed ‘NREGA
New Delhi, Oct 1 : Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission members Mihir Shah and Abhijit Sen and rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will sit on Monday to decide what should constitute
New Delhi, Aug 22: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today termed as “good idea” the suggestion made by Team Anna that representatives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi should talk to them on
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