Stage set for finalising MGNREGS works worth ₹4,500 crore in Andhra Pradesh
4 months ago

Stage set for finalising MGNREGS works worth ₹4,500 crore in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development K. Pawan Kalyan has announced the commencement of 87 types of development works with an outlay of nearly ₹4,500 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 13,326 gram panchayats. The stage for these works would be set at the ‘grama sabhas’to be conducted in the panchayats on August 23, wherein officials of the PR&RD Department would finalise them under the aegis of the sarpanches, and with the direct involvement of the people, Mr. Pawan Kalyan said while addressing the media at the JSP office, near Mangalagiri, in Guntur district on August 22. Mr. Pawan Kalyan said the department targeted creation of nine-crore person-days that would benefit 54 lakh families, and expressed the government’s commitment to empowering the gram panchayats as per the 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments. Social forestry Mr. Pawan Kalyan said vast tracts of lands owned by the gram panchayats remained useless for a long time.

Crore Pawan Kalyan Nreg  stage  andhra  works  pawan  villages  gram  pradesh  set  prrd  department  worth  crore  social  panchayats  kalyan  4500  mgnregs  finalising

History of this topic

‘We got funds, plans, we’ll have world-class capital in next three years’
4 weeks ago

‘We got funds, plans, we’ll have world-class capital in next three years’

New Indian Express  

NRI-turned-politician Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar made it to the Union Cabinet after his successful political debut in the 2024 elections as the TDP MP from Guntur. A native of Guntur district, Dr Pemmasani is a doctor and entrepreneur who gained national attention by becoming the richest minister in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with Bandhavi Annam, Union Minister of State …

Pawan Kalyan Announces Rs 750 Crore Boost for Villages
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pawan Kalyan Announces Rs 750 Crore Boost for Villages

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Around Rs 750 crore granted for Andhra Pradesh by the 15th Finance Commission would soon be deposited into the Panchayats’ accounts to boost the cause of rural development, deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan has said. He acknowledged that while Kerala has a strong Panchayat Raj system, the government has brought in IAS officer Krishna Teja to leverage his experience …

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launches one-crore sapling plantation drive at Vanamahotsavam
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launches one-crore sapling plantation drive at Vanamahotsavam

The Hindu  

‘Nagaravanams’ would be established in all the Assembly constituencies wherein Miyawaki technic-based dense forest would be developed with the funds available with the Forest Department and MGNREGA, says the Chief Minister Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the one-crore sapling plantation drive across all the districts in the State, at the Vanamahotsavam programme, at Mangalagiri forest on August 30, Friday. …

Andhra Pradesh Approves Rs 4,500 Cr MGNREGA Projects
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh Approves Rs 4,500 Cr MGNREGA Projects

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: Women, child and tribal welfare minister Sandhya Rani announced approval of 87 developmental projects that will be implemented in Andhra Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act at a cost of ₹4,500 crore. Speaking at a function that marked holding of gram sabhas simultaneously in 13,326 panchayats throughout the state on Friday, she underlined that these …

AP Govt Will Revive, Strengthen Panchayat System: Dy CM Pawan Kalyan
4 months, 1 week ago

AP Govt Will Revive, Strengthen Panchayat System: Dy CM Pawan Kalyan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan has announced that the state government has taken three key decisions, holding gram sabhas across 13,326 panchayats, conducting a pulse survey on utilisation of Jal Jeevan Mission funds, and increasing funds to panchayats for holding Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. “These three measures, aimed at reviving and strengthening village panchayats and sarpanch …

Over 3.72 crore saplings to beautify Uttar Pradesh riverbanks
5 months ago

Over 3.72 crore saplings to beautify Uttar Pradesh riverbanks

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has been planning another ambitious plantation drive, aiming to plant 3,72,66,000 sapling on 25061.84 hectares of land along riverbanks statewide. The plan includes planting 77.5 lakh saplings on 5,096.42 hectares of land along the banks of Ganga, 98.47 lakh sapling in 6581.32 hectares at 534 places along the Yamuna river and four lakh saplings in 270.13 hectare to …

How to rejuvenate a forest? Women in an Odisha village show the way
2 years ago

How to rejuvenate a forest? Women in an Odisha village show the way

The Hindu  

Their forest is lovely, dark and green, a stream flowing through it, birdsong echoing down the hill to their homes and fields, and the wildllife back. It was sometime in early 1990 that the stream flowing through the Mali ‘parbat’ in Anchala village in Odisha’s Koraput district narrowed to barely a trickle and there was not a green shoot in …

MGNREGA has already used up half its annual funds
4 years, 4 months ago

MGNREGA has already used up half its annual funds

The Hindu  

One-third of the way through the financial year, government data shows that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme has used up almost half its allocated funds, spending more than ₹48,500 crore out of the expanded ₹1 lakh crore allocation announced following the COVID-19 outbreak. A new survey of 13 States, published by the Azim Premji Foundation shows …

Discover Related