Tag: Rural

2024 Rural Representative Election voter registration campaign starts ********************************************************************* 　　The 2024 voter registration campaign for the Rural Representative Election (RRE) was launched today (April 15), with a view to encouraging eligible persons to register as electors and registered electors to update their registration particulars. 　　The Home Affairs Department (HAD) appeals to all eligible persons who have not registered as electors to sign up by June 16 so that their registration particulars can be included in the provisional register to be published in August this year. Registered electors are not required to register again, but those who need to update their ... Read more

 One Senior Care, a leading PACE provider to rural and Appalachian communities, is proud to announce that its program, LIFE-Northwestern Pennsylvania (LIFE-NWPA), has been selected by the Ohio Department of Aging to bring the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to three counties – Ashtabula, Trumbull, and Mahoning – in Northeast Ohio. In June, Ohio state legislators issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify partners to administer this innovative program in the state’s rural areas. The PACE program, already operating in 32 states and servicing approximately 55,000 seniors, is designed to address the unique needs of low-income ... Read more

Chef Alan Fisher will attempt to break the Longest Marathon Baking and Longest Marathon Cooking over an 8 day hospitality festival in Shimane prefecture. Once home to Irish/Greek writer Lafcadio Hearn. Alan Fisher, Owner/Chef Sept. 22, 2023 – PRLog — Alan, originally from Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland is the Owner/Chef of Irish Restaurant Kyojin Stewhouse and E-commerce site Kyojin Store. In an effort to share Irish food and culture he’ll attempt to break the Guinness World Records for the Longest Marathon Baking targeting more than 250 Irish Soda breads and the Longest Cooking Marathon with over 40 Irish food recipes. ... Read more

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has signed an MoU with Gurugram-based Veddis Foundation to support setting up of effective governance systems under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), strengthen State capacities, establish innovative models and implement the national strategy for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and SHG convergence. The partnership with MoRD and Veddis Foundation is for three years and is non-financial in nature. The MoU was signed by Joint Secretary, Rural Livelihoods, Ms. Nita Kejrewal from  MoRD and Mr Murugan Vasudevan, CEO, Veddis Foundation in a meeting chaired by ... Read more

The cess on petrol and high- speed diesel, collected as per the provision of the CRIF Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019 is earmarked for various Infrastructure Sectors inter alia including Water and Sanitation. Jal Jeevan Mission, a centrally sponsored scheme for making provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household by 2024, is being funded through Central Road & Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) and as informed by Ministry of Finance on 21.07.2022, the details of collection of cess and corresponding budgetary support for the mission in last two years and current year is ... Read more