Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian government have entered a $300 million loan to help expand rural connectivity and boost the rural economy in Maharashtra.Additional funding for the Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Improvement Project will help improve 1,100 rural roads and 230 bridges in 34 districts, totalling 2,900 km.
Tag: Rural Roads
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At last, a Budget for the villager?
quite like the manufacturing and services sectors depend on quality of infrastructure for their competitiveness, our agriculture also will be able to make a difference
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ADB funding 31,000 km rural roads
To support development programmes in India, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is involved in constructing or upgrading 31,000 km of rural roads
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Karnataka gets Rs 1,299 cr to construct rural roads
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, the Union government has sanctioned Rs 1,299 crore to Karnataka to build rural roads. This has been conveyed by the Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
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Jharkhand to get another 3,000 km rural roads
The Union government has agreed to sanction another 3,000 km rural roads to Jharkhand under the central scheme, Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the next financial year.
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Rs 286 cr Nabard loan to Punjab for roads
For raising and strengthening rural roads in Punjab, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) loan of Rs 286 crore.
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Centre to sanction Rs 4,130 cr to Bihar for rural roads
The Union Rural Development Ministry has approved Rs 4,130 crore for construction of 5,700 km of rural roads in Bihar. The amount okayed by the centre is said to be the highest allotment for the State in the past 12 years. The decision to allot the amount under Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) in the current financial year was taken by the ministry in July, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said in Patna.
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J&K rural road network to get Rs 710 cr
For development of rural roads in Jammu and Kashmir the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on June 25 announced Rs 710 crore additional grants. The sum is for land acquisition for expansion and upgradation of rural road network in the state. Singh made the announcement after a meeting with the Council of Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir during which he reviewed the progress of various development projects, especially the Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme.
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Hazaribag’s rural roads to be repaired at Rs 80 lakh
In Jharkhand's Hazaribag, the District Deputy Commissioner ManishRanjan has sanctioned Rs 80 lakh for repair and construction of rural roads and bridges from the development funds that the district received from the state government. The money was sanctioned after the DC reviewed the progress of construction of roads and bridges both in the rural area and the state highways with the engineers of the PWD roads division and the Hazaribag special (rural) division here on Sunday.
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Assam’s rural road network gets a boost
The Union government has decided to relax norms for Assam so that it can get benefits at par with tribal areas and hill states for constructing rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
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