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Nitin Gadkari lays foundation of NH projects in Telangana
The Union minister said the central government was undertaking key infrastructure projects to enhance inter-state connectivity

Published on May 06, 2025 07:30 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Metalling of old roads permitted under PMGSY-IV: Vikramaditya Singh
Vikramaditya said that he had requested the Union minister for rural development Shivraj Singh Chauhan regarding the same

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 05:12 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
India achieved 8.4% growth rate during Vajpayee’s tenure: Rajnath Singh
Statue of former Prime Minister AB Vajpayee unveiled at Kudiya Ghat along the banks of Gomti in Lucknow; vision set by former PM now being realised through creation of a new India: Yogi

Published on Dec 25, 2024 08:25 PM IST
118 villages in Mizoram yet to be connected by all-weather roads: Guv
118 villages in Mizoram yet to be connected by all-weather roads: Guv

Published on Dec 21, 2024 04:23 PM IST
PTI |
Make gram chaupals more powerful: Maurya to officials
Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya reviewed the working of the rural development department in a high-level meeting held in his camp office at 7- Kalidas Marg on Friday. The reservation rules in recruitment of staff by the department should be implemented strictly. A list of all vacant posts should be released, he said.

Updated on Aug 24, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Himachal: Vikramaditya, Pratibha Singh remember Virbhadra’s contribution
Lok Sabha member Pratibha Singh said the state government is ensuring the all-round development of the state

Updated on Jan 15, 2024 05:24 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
U’khand: Chief secretary summoned over non-compliance with protocols for MLAs
Earlier in the day, the Congress MLAs cornered the state government over the pending works under the Dehradun Smart City Project and the delay in the rehabilitation of people affected by disasters

Published on Sep 08, 2023 04:54 PM IST
Ludhiana woman sarpanch dismissed for letting husband take lead in panchayat works
Director rural development and panchayat Gurpreet Singh Khaira earlier this week dismissed Paramjit Kaur, sarpanch of Rattowal village of Block Sudhar in Ludhiana

Updated on Mar 31, 2023 11:41 PM IST
Tarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana
Opinion | The tribal fightback in Maoist citadel of Malkangiri shows how tables have turned
It almost seemed surreal. A 30-something Maoist surrounded by angry Koya tribal women in a village deep in the Maoist bastion of Swabhiman Anchala (formerly cut-off area) listening helplessly to their harangues of no development. Despite the darkness that enveloped Janturai village of Swabhiman Anchala, the courage of the tribal men and women in questioning the Maoist ideology was quite clear in the hazy shots of the mobile camera video.

Updated on Feb 01, 2020 08:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar |
Debabrata Mohanty
Union Budget 2020: Centre slashes MGNREGS fund by ₹9,000 crore
The government has slashed funds for India’s flagship rural job guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), by ₹9,500 crore when rural economy has been feeling the heat over stagnant wages and high food inflation.

Updated on Feb 01, 2020 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Maoists cite ‘exploitation’ fears, block road construction under PM’s scheme in Odisha
Rayagada Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr. Vivek M Saravana said the road construction work between Naringtoli and Gumma was worth ₹10 crore and meant to provide connectivity to the local Dongria Kondh tribals

Updated on Jan 22, 2020 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar |
HT Correspondent
With eyes on linking land, water and air
The budget provides a push to industrial corridors and dedicated freight corridors, Jal Marg Vikas Project (enhancing connectivity through inland waterways) and UDAN (regional airport development and connectivity scheme).

Updated on Jul 05, 2019 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta and Faizan Haider
Maoists shoot dead road building camp watchman in Odisha, burn vehicles
The rebels barged into the camp in Kandhamal at around 2 am, dragged out watchman Rabindra Mallick and shot him dead. They then torched a road roller, a mini truck and three tractors before fleeing.

Published on Jan 06, 2019 07:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar |
Debabrata Mohanty
Green rural roads go past 20,000-km mark
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a nationwide plan to provide road connectivity to unconnected villages. Under the initiative, 5,62,047 km of new and improved rural road network has been created, according to official data.

Published on Nov 03, 2018 08:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
PMGSY triggered structural transformation in rural India: World Bank draft report
Titled ‘Impact Evaluation of PMGSY’, the draft report reviewed by Hindustan Times presents the results of an impact evaluation of the rural roads scheme using data from Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan collected in 2009 and 2017.

Published on Oct 08, 2018 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Rains slow down pace of road construction in rural areas
A rural development ministry official said the rate of road construction was 134 km per day last year, while this year it is around 52 km per day

Updated on Sep 26, 2018 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Anisha Dutta