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Jairam Ramesh

Govt seeks Bill Gates` partnership for sanitation

Gates Foundation was urged to partner with Indian Institutes in the research and development field t...

Drop guns, join poll politics: Ramesh to Maoists

After a visit to one of Odisha`s worst hit Naxal-affected pockets, Rural Development Minister Jairam...

Ramesh ridicules ‘saviours of tribals’ Maoists

Ridiculing Maoists` claim of being saviours of tribals, Jairam Ramesh today asked them to join elect...

‘No dearth of funds for development of Malkangiri’

The Centre on Monday pledged full support for speedy development of Maoist-hit Malkangiri in Odisha.

Security personnel injured in clash with Maoists

A day before Union Minister Jairam Ramesh`s visit to Malkangiri in Odisha, 3 security men were injur...

Ramesh asks Naveen to free jailed tribals urgently

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today asked the Odisha Chief Minister to ensure justice to a large numb...

Old age pension of Rs 200 an insult: Jairam Ramesh

The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", r...

Pension of Rs 200 an insult to dignity: Jairam

Jairam wrote to PM after activist and National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy petitioned him on t...

Govt to relaunch upgradation of road networks

Buoyed by successful completion of road projects under PMGSY, govt is all set to re-launch the schem...

Land acquisition: Ramesh, Sharma reject Par panel suggestions

A recommendation by a Parliamentary panel was that government should not acquire land for private bu...

CAG report on MNREGA by December: Jairam

The CAG is expected to present the report of the first ever audit of rural job scheme - MNREGA - in ...

Ramesh against poverty criteria in old age pension

Recommending removal of poverty line criteria while implementing the Old Age Pension scheme, Rural D...

`10,000 solar water systems in Maoist-affected areas`

The government will install 10,000 solar-based water systems to supply drinking water to the rural c...

Int`l centre to tackle contamination of water: Jairam

Government said it was setting up an international centre in Kolkata to deal with such problems.

Ramesh disapproves of MNREGA payment through foodgrains

A proposal for giving foodgrains as part payment of wages under the rural job scheme is being consid...

Now an MNREGA -- to be in sync with states` needs

A radically improved version of MNREGA expanding the schedule of work under rural job scheme to enha...

Eco activities must to combat Maoists: Ramesh

Union Rural Development Minister said development of tribals and economic activities in Naxal-hit ar...

Development works needed in Maoist hit areas: Ramesh

Though 78 districts in the country have been identified as Maoist-affected, about 20 of them, includ...

Shun violence: Ramesh tells Maoists

Jairam Ramesh asked Maoists to drop guns and join mainstream saying there is no place for violence i...

‘Poor sanitation record is biggest blot on India’

Ramesh said that 60 per cent of women do not have access to proper sanitation in a country that has ...

‘Gram Panchayats to become Nirmal in 10 years’

`Nirmal Gram` is a village where all homes, schools and anganwadis have sanitary toilets with commun...

Ramesh attacks media over reports of him quitting

"No political questions...The most juvenile media, I have ever come across," a visibly angry Ramesh ...

Funds for building toilets to be hiked: Jairam

Government is working on increasing allocation to Rs 9,900, of which Rs 5,400 will come from the tot...

Why ministers are choosing to quit?

Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid had set the ball rolling in March by writing a letter to C...

Four Cong ministers offer to quit govt for party

Salman Khurshid, Vaylar Ravi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jairam Ramesh have offered to quit as ministers a...

Ramesh denies discrimination in funds to states

Jairam Ramesh denied that the Centre was discriminating against states like MP while allocating fun...

‘Rural India to banish open defecation in 10 yrs’

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the rural areas of the country ...

`More autonomy for states to implement rural schemes`

The centre plans to introduce flexibility in implementing its flagship rural development programmes ...

‘PM`s rural road scheme not a permanent solution’

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was not a long-term solution to the problem of lack of roads, Rura...

Ramesh attacks MPs questioning definition of poor

Rural Development minister took a dig at MPs who criticized the methodology adopted by the Tendulka...

Ramesh attacks MPs questioning plan panel`s definition of poor

Jairam Ramesh said members raising the issue were probably only aware of Sachin Tendulkar, not Sures...

Ramesh emphasises on NRLM to make it a success

National Rural Livelihood Mission would connect at least one woman from every poor household across ...

Ramesh meets Nitish, reviews Central schemes

Ramesh directed Central agencies to complete all road projects under PMGSY on time and ensure quali...

Send a strong message with CBI probe, Akhilesh told

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh asked CM Akhilesh Yadav to send a strong message that the new governme...

Jairam Ramesh to meet Akhilesh every two months

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said a meeting with Chief Minister Akhile...

‘Tribal-sensitive development needed in Naxal area`

A tribal-centric development, strengthening of political process and deployment of adequate security...

No lack of funds for MNREGA: Ramesh

Allocation for UPA`s ambitious MNREGA scheme may have come down in the Union Budget but there would ...

Ramesh welcomes General Budget as trend-setter

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh described as "trend-setter" the Union Budget which proposes an increase...

Make sanitation issue a national obsession: Ramesh

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday urged the Planning Commission to make the is...

‘Political backing, naxalism affecting mining sector’

Mining sector is getting affected by political interference and Naxalism, Union Minister Jairam Ram...

Keep away from Gandhian methods: Jairam Ramesh

Ramesh, however, praised Anna Hazare for the transformation brought about by him in Ralegan Siddhi...

Ramesh wants Maoists to join mainstream politics

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Saturday appealed to Maoists to shun violence ...

More mining means more Maoism: Ramesh

"More mining means more Maoism," Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said oppo...

MNREGA is a flexi fund: Ramesh

Describing funds under the central flagship programme MNREGA as a `flexi fund`, Union Rural Develop...

PM, Ramesh had strong views on MNREGA wages

According to the centrally funded MNREGA, the payment is Rs 100 per person per day with a committed...

Congress to form own government in UP: Ramesh

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Congress is fighting the Uttar Pradesh el...

`Give freedom to states in use of rural funds`

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has made a strong pitch for flexibility in use of funds und...

No NGO pressure in moratorium on Bt Brinjal: Jairam

Jairam Ramesh said as Environment Minister after going through a seven-month process of public consu...

‘Social audit, CAG to rein in MNREGA corruption’

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said social audit and CAG audit repo...

‘Will tailor rural roads scheme for northeast’

A central rural roads scheme would be specially tailored for the northeastern states, where the low ...

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