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Jairam for real-time evaluation of rural schemes
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Fund-intensive rural development schemes may be evaluated during their implementation to identify failings in structure and execution, and enable the government to insert mid-course correctives. The philosophy of 'concurrent evaluation' may …

Active involvement of panchayats key in development of Naxal …
Economic Times
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh says that control of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in India's 82 Naxal affected districts should be transferred to the panchayati raj ministry from the Planning Commission. At the district level, the …