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Parliamentary panel flags discrepancies, slams delay in tap water schemes
Members said the financial “assistance” provided for toilet construction was too meagre to motivate people in villages to build and use toilets
Published on May 07, 2025 04:01 PM IST
Strong villages make a strong nation: Saini
Saini inaugurated 923 development projects valued at ₹233 crore and laid the foundation stones for 413 additional projects, amounting to ₹135 crore.
Published on Apr 25, 2025 07:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Panchkula
Ludhiana land acquisition case: 3 BDPOs suspended over ₹121 crore fund bungling
The suspension orders come a year and a half after the former Punjab rural development and panchayat minister Laljit Singh Bhullar had ordered officials to chargesheet around a dozen officials of the department and six sarpanches
Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:32 AM IST
Tarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana
Punjab govt to revive 15k ponds in rural areas
Tarunpreet Singh Sond, minister for rural development and panchayats, said as part of the campaign, 1,062 ponds have already been dewatered and nearly 400 desilted
Published on Apr 19, 2025 05:24 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Patiala
Over 40% of embezzled MGNREGA funds recovered in Bengal, LS told
Pemmasani informed the Lok Sabha that ₹2.39 crore has been recovered out of an estimated ₹5.37 crore that was misappropriated, with ₹3.02 crore still pending recovery
Published on Mar 26, 2025 07:38 AM IST