Rural development course

Northern Neck picked for program to strengthen its economy
Fredericksburg.com (blog)
The Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Region Partnership, a public-private economic development initiative of the Northern Neck Planning District Commission, has been selected to participate in the USDA Rural Development's “Stronger Economies Together” …

UPA's rural schemes in a mess
Deccan Herald
All is not well with the Congress-led UPA government's rural development programmes, as slow pace of implementation might leave about Rs 8,300 crore of the total allocation made for the self-employment and village connectivity schemes in the 2012-13 …