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The Union government has released ₹332.46 crore as a 15th Finance Commission grant for the 2025-26 financial year to rural local bodies in Punjab. The grant has been released for 13,231 eligible gram panchayats, 150 block panchayats, and 22 zila parishads to strengthen rural governance in the state. The second instalment of the 15th Finance Commission tied grant for the financial year was released on March 27, according to the Union ministry of panchayati raj. The tied grants can be used for ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre, on Wednesday, announced the release of more than Rs 1,536.14 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttarakhand during Financial Year (FY) 2025-26 as part of the 15th Finance Commission's tied and untied grants. The releases cover regular instalments as well as withheld portions pertaining to various financial years. A sum of Rs 466.79 crore was released for Rajasthan ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's waste processing facilities in municipality areas have been increased from 16 to 80.17 percent in over a decade by setting up services such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants and waste to energy plants including waste to electricity, bio-methanation plants and others, data available from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) states. "As reported by States and UTs on Swachhatt ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so lon ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Local eminent personalities, Padma awardees and school children are being roped in to spread awareness on sustaining toilet usage and cleanliness in villages as part of 'Hamara Shauchalaya, Hamara Bhavishya' campaign, a Jal Shakti Ministry official said on Thursday. The nationwide campaign, launched to mark World Toilet Day 2025, observed on November 19, will continue till December 10, which is celebrated as Human Rights Day, said the official of the Departmen ...Read More >
Further, Rs 4.698 crore from the withheld portion of the first instalment of the Untied Grant for the Financial Year 2024-25 has also been released to an additional 26 eligible Block Panchayats. The Centre has released over Rs 223 crore under Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during Financial Year 2025-26 for Rural Local Bodies in Assam. "This entails the second instalment of Untied Grants for the Financial Year 2024-25, amounting to Rs 219.24 crores. These funds are intended for all ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 14: The Centre has released over Rs 223 crore to bolster rural local bodies in Assam under the 15th Finance Commission grants for the financial year 2025-26, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on Friday. This includes the second instalment of untied grants for 2024-25, amounting to Rs 219.24 crore. The funds have been allocated to all eligible 27 District Panchayats, 182 Block Panchayats and 2,192 Gram Panchayats across the state. Additionally, Rs ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) The Union government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants during the financial year 2025-26 for rural local bodies in Assam, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said it entails the second instalment of untied grants of the financial year 2024-25 amounting to Rs 219.24 crore. These funds are for all eligible 27 district panchayats, all eligible 182 block panchayats and all eligible 2,192 gram panchayats of the state. Further, ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14 (PTI) In Kerala, known for its high literacy rate and scenic backwaters, an unlikely force has taken centre stage in the battle against waste--women in green uniforms, knocking on doors with sacks and ledgers in hand. They are the Haritha Karma Sena--women-led squads who collect and sort rubbish at household level. What started as a local experiment in composting has now grown into a full ecosystem of solid waste management. The state government says Kerala no longer ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) The Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen (SBM-G) is preparing to chart its next phase of toilet construction, having built more than 11.93 crore household toilets. In addition, till now under the initiative, 2.62 lakh community sanitary complexes have been constructed, and 4.76 lakh villages have been declared as ODF Plus Model, according to the government. The next phase begins once Phase II concludes in March 2026. On Monday, the Ministry of Jal Shakti will convene a nation ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) Floating toilets in Assam, women-led plastic waste management in Odisha, and plastic waste-based road construction in West Bengal -- these were some of the innovations presented by states and Union territories at a roundtable on the Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen (SBM-G) on Monday. The Centre reviewed the achievements of the states, identified gaps and helped with a future roadmap. The conference, convened by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) brought ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Nearly one-third of school students take private coaching and the trend is more common in urban areas, the Centre's Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on education has found. The survey noted that government schools play a pivotal role in providing education across India, accounting for 55.9 per cent of total enrolments. "It is higher in rural areas, where two-thirds (66.0 per cent) of students are enrolled, in comparison to urban areas (30.1 per cent). The private unai ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been allocated Rs 240.8149 crore under the 15th Finance Commission (XV FC) Untied Grants for rural local bodies during the financial year 2025-26. The funds will cover 6,085 eligible Gram Panchayats and 63 Block Panchayats across the state, the Centre announced on Tuesday. Alongside Odisha, Mizoram and Tripura have also received allocations. Mizoram has been granted Rs 14.27 crore for 827 eligible village councils as part of the 2023-24 grants, while Tripura has received ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...Read More >
New Delhi: To give a push to Delhi's efforts to provide sewage connections to every household in the capital, central govt will provide Rs 800 crore to the city under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme 2.0.Officials said the money will be spent on strengthening the sewage network in the city's unauthorised colonies. They added that Delhi govt has planned to install around 2.5 lakh sewer connections in unauthorised colonies and other residential areas. The m ...Read More >
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