Press Information Bureau, Shillong organised a Vartalap programme in Tura, Meghalaya on Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB–GRAM G] with the objective of promoting awareness and encouraging participatory governance at the grassroots level, in alignment with the national vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said that the Community & Rural Development department plays an important role in the economic and social upliftment of rural areas.
A first ever block level climate vulnerability assessment in Meghalaya has revealed that 25 out of 39 rural development blocks in the state face high to very high vulnerability to climate change, underscoring the urgent need for targeted policy action in one of the country's most ecologically fragile states.
Meghalaya took centre stage in promoting grassroots-led development as it hosted a two-day regional workshop titled “Sangathan, Swasthya, Samriddhi: Women Collective’s Action on Food, Nutrition, Health & WASH (FNHW)”, held on June 30 and July 1 in Shillong. The event, organised by the Ministry of Rural Development’s DAY-NRLM in collaboration with the State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM), Meghalaya, brought together changemakers from 16 states to share learnings and innovations driven by women’s collectives.
Agartala, Sept 27: Union Minister of State (MoS) for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, on Tuesday lauded the efforts of Tripura government for effectively...
