The Governor of Meghalaya is pleased to notify the "Meghalaya Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy, 2024" with the objective to serve as a strategic unified framework, drawing investments at regional,
Buoyed by the success of eight states including Tamil Nadu and Gujarat in implementing a scheme to provide safe drinking water to rural habitations, the Centre today allocated additional funds to them
HC takes cognizance of pathetic condition of water bodies in State Shillong: Reacting strongly to the pathetic state of the water bodies in Meghalaya, the Shillong Bench of the Gauhati High Court has directed the State Government to provide details of the steps taken by it to monitor, control and manage air, water and waste pollution in the State, within three weeks.
Tripura continues to be the leading state in the country in terms of average employment under the rural jobs scheme, with the state providing 72.39 person-days of work in the current fiscal, state’s Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chaudhury said Thursday. Chaudhury told reporters that Tripura has been providing the highest average employment for the past three years under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
While it has made progress on water supply, a high percentage continue to defecate in the open Going by the present pace of progress, India will achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) on sanitation only by 2054. While some States had already achieved the target and some are close to it, other populous States such as Madhya Pradesh and Orissa will reach the target only in the next century, according to WHO and UNICEF's Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMPWSS).
SHILLONG: The CSWO has filed an Right to Information (RTI) seeking different facts about the land acquired by the Government for New Shillong Township at Mawdiangdiang and the surrounding areas. In an RTI application filed with the Public Information Officer of the Revenue department, CSWO president Agnes Kharshiing sought the total area of land acquired as on date for New Shillong Township.
JOWAI: Education Minister Dr RC Laloo launched five public services buses sponsored under the 13th Finance Commissioner Award 2010-11 and implemented by the Jowai Municipal Boaord was launched at Circuit House Jowai on Monday. Along with the Education Minister, the JHADC Chief Executive Member, Lamdibok Sumer, the Officer on Special Duty, Urban Affair, T Lyngwa, the Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner besides other senior government officers, representative of localities and prominent residents of Jowai were also present during the launching program.
SHILLONG: While expressing concern on the effect of global warming and climate change on the environment, KHADC CEM Pyngshngain N Syiem has emphasised on the need to convert certain stretch of forest areas owned by the various traditional bodies into reserve forests. “The forest cover across the State has drastically reduced over the past years due to various human activities which in turn have an adverse impact on the environment. We have to take serious steps to protect the forest areas before it is too late,
Gangtok: The poverty level in Sikkim has gone down with 80,000 people now living below poverty line, according to the new official estimates for 2009-2010 released by the Planning Commission. While in 2004-2005, poverty level in Sikkim stood at 30.9 per cent with 1,70,000 people living under BPL, in the wake of the intense poverty alleviation programme initiated by the government, it has been significantly reduced in both urban and rural areas, official sources said.
SHILLONG: Open dumping and throwing of garbage is a common sight in Shillong city and there are fears garbage has become so overwhelming that there might even be an outbreak of serious diseases. Environmental concerns has brought at least 19 NGOs on a common platform to begin with cleaning up the Umkhrah and Umshyrpi rivers before launching on an all out cleaning drives of the city.
The Manipur government is working on a plan to allow only those who have garage space to buy four-wheelers and two-wheelers in a bid to ease traffic congestion in the city and other towns of the state.
