Tag: Rural

Sewerage system does not exist in rural areas of the country.  Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), for disposal of human excreta, use of safe and eco-friendly onsite sanitation technologies such as twin leach pit toilets is encouraged for most parts of the country.  Under this technology, human faeces automatically become manure in 1-2 years.  In case of septic tank and single leach pit toilets, it is advised to retrofit them by converting the single pits to twin pits and connecting septic tank with soak pits.  For treatment of faecal sludge from the septic tanks and single pit ... Read more

North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP), a World Bank aided project implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) has concluded on 30.09.2019. .This information was given by Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. MG/RNM/DP/RK ******* (Release ID: 1844597) Visitor Counter : 346 Read this release in: Urdu

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) has conducted periodic surveys to ascertain the ground situation of sanitation in rural areas.  It has conducted three rounds of National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) from 2017-18 to 2019-20 through an independent verification agency. Each round of NARSS covered 92,040 households in 6136 villages across States and UTs of India.  DDWS has also conducted two rounds of Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) in 2018 and 2019 to rank States and districts based on their performance on key quantitative and qualitative sanitation parameters.  As per the results of NARSS 2019-20, State/UT-wise ... Read more

Industry leaders from across 30 major sectors participated in job fairs organised across the length and breadth of the country over a period of seven days between 17th – 23rd December, 2021, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Campaign. These job fairs, organised under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) programme by the Ministry of Rural Development, were facilitated by various State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLM) and Project Implementation Agencies (PIA).    Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was started with an ambitious agenda ... Read more

 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) have been playing an important role in purveying agricultural credit, particularly to Small and Marginal Farmers (SF/MF) and weaker sections of the society. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. The Minister stated that in terms of the revised guidelines on Priority Sector Lending (PSL) issued by RBI, in respect of RRBs, a target of 18 per cent of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) or Credit Equivalent of Off- Balance Sheet Exposure (CEOBE), ... Read more