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Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group said, “I am very pleased to appoint Atsuko as Acting Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development.

Nigeria has no choice but to win the war against corruption, defeat Boko Haram and its allies and entrench accountability in governance.

Lusaka - Zambia: The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has disbursed funds over 10 million Kwacha to accelerate rural development projects

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $1.4 million technical assistance grant to Export Trading Group (ETG) for the funding of women-owned businesses in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. ETG is one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated agricultural supply chain managers and processors in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project will enable

Download logoThe Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $1.4 million technical assistance grant to Export

Jatiya Party to introduce ‘Pallibandhu Padak’ UNB 6th February, 2021 07:35:46 Jatiya Party is going to introduce ‘Pallibandhu Padak’ (Award) in eight categories, marking its founder late HM Ershad’s 91st birth anniversary. A panel styled, Pallibandhu Padak 2021 Committee’, has been formed making Jatiya Party presidium member SM Faisal Chisti its convener and former secretary MM Niaz Uddin member secretary to this end, said a party press release on Saturday. Jatiya Party leaders Suni...

The BSE Sensex, the 30-stock bellwether index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, zoomed 2,315 points - rising 5 per cent - on the day Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget 2021/22. The buoyancy continued the next day too, indicating that the fine print also looked good to investors. "Uncluttered and smart," is how Mumbai-based broking firm Anand Rathi described the Budget. It has been quite some time since a Union Budget received such a resounding approval. In addition to marke...

Increase in allocation to the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to Rs 40,000 crore and doubling of Micro Irrigation Fund announced in the Budget will accelerate the progress of ongoing rural infrastructure projects, Nabard chairman G R Chintala said on Monday. While presenting the Budget 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, We are enhancing the allocation to the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund from Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore. She also announced to incre...

Highlights Budget went paperless this time. Budget session will be held in two phases Jan 29 to Feb 15 and March 8 to April 8. New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed 10 percent hike in the farm loan disbursal target to Rs 16.5 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2021, and introduced an agri-infra and development cess of up to 100 percent to create post-harvest infrastructure for improving farmers income. In a slew of steps to support the Agriculture Sector Sitharaman annou...

Budget 2021 speech highlights: Full list of FM Sitharamans key announcements Union Budget 2021 highights: A new centrally sponsored scheme, PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over six years BusinessToday.In | February 1, 2021 | Updated 17:23 IST FM Sitharamans Budget 2021 speech highlights Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday delivered her third Budget speech in the Parliament. She stated that her Budget 2021 rests on six key...