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Indian Express
11-06-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Months after govt slashed grant, organisation under rural ministry flags unpaid medical claims, delayed salaries
Facing non-payment of medical claims and salary delays following the Centre's move to slash its grant, the employees' body of the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has urged Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to intervene. The NIRDPR is the apex institute for training and research in rural development and functions as a think tank for the Rural Development Ministry. Representatives of the NIRDPR employees' body and academic association met Chouhan during his visit to Hyderabad on Monday. Some BJP leaders including V Sreedhar Reddy, General Secretary of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district, accompanied the representatives. Reddy told The Indian Express that they submitted a letter to the minister that highlights the issues faced by the employees after the grant-in-aid to the NIRDPR from the financial year 2025-26 was stopped. The letter mentions four issues: non-payment and delay in payment of salaries to the employees and Self Help Group (SHG) workers; 'forcing' employees to give an undertaking that they are taking salaries as loan which will have to be repaid; non-payment of medical claims, children education allowance, LTC claims, among others; and 'non-transparent' and 'unaccountable' functioning of the Director General and no dialogue by the DG with employees regarding service conditions post 'disengagement'. Disengagement means the discontinuation of grant-in aid. The Centre has slashed the NIRDPR budgetary allocation to just Rs 1 lakh for financial year 2025-26 from Rs 73.68 crore in revised estimates of the 2024-25 financial year and Rs 75.69 crore in 2023-24. In its letter, the NIRDPR Academic Association has urged the minister to take action. The letter has also urged the minister to nominate two Ministry of Rural Development officers as Deputy Director General in-charge and Registrar in-charge at the NIRDPR. NIRDPR focuses on training, capacity building, research and policy advocacy, and runs academic programs in regular and distance modes. The courses include Diploma in Rural Development Management and Tribal Development Management.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plan to expand recycling facility among applications to Bexley Council
A plan to increase recycling capacity by 70,000 tonnes is among applications submitted to Bexley Council. The proposal, by Mr L Bicaku, involves extending the facility at Century Wharf Industrial Estate, Crayford Creek Road, Crayford. It includes both upward and outward extensions to the existing building. According to the public notice, the aim is to improve efficiency and quality at the site, as well as enable the facility to process an additional 70,000 tonnes per year of mixed recyclables. The application, reference 25/00884/FULM, can be viewed on the council's planning portal. Public comments must be submitted by June 4. In a separate application, Mr R Manak has requested permission to alter the footprint and elevations of a previously approved development at Aysgarth, Cross Lane, Bexley. The site falls within the Parkhurst Conservation Area and the application is being made under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The original permission, reference 24/01696/FUL, was for the erection of two single-storey side extensions following the demolition of an existing garage and conservatory, and the incorporation of dormer windows to the northwest and southwest roof slopes. The current application, reference 25/00910/FUL, seeks to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of the original permission. The full details of both applications can be viewed online at: Written responses for the Aysgarth application must be submitted by June 5 and addressed to Development Management, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT. The council has advised that, under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1995, any response will be made available for public inspection. It has also noted that, as the Aysgarth application relates to a domestic dwelling, if the application is refused and the applicant appeals under the Householder Appeal Service, only observations made on this application will be passed to the Planning Inspectorate. There will be no further opportunity to make representations at the appeal stage. Richard Turek, head of development management at Bexley Council, signed both public notices. The notices were published on May 14. Members of the public can view and comment on both applications via the council's planning portal. Further details on how to submit comments are available on the council's website. Want to find out all the latest planning applications, alcohol licensing applications and planned road closures near you? Then search the Public Notice Portal. The Public Notice Portal is owned and operated by the News Media Association, the voice of UK national, regional, and local newspapers in all their print and digital forms. NMA members include nearly 900 local and regional news titles which reach 40 million people across the length and breadth of the country each month. Many of these publications have served their communities for centuries and remain the most reliable source of verified news and information. Created by local news publishers and supported by the Google News Initiative, the portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. Public Notice Portal Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area
Irish Examiner
08-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Plans for Cork office block to be converted to IPAS accommodation
Plans have been submitted to change an office block on Cork's Monahan Road into residential accommodation for International Protection Applicants. An application has been made to An Bord Pleanála for The Cube building, an office block located near Cork's docklands, to be used for potential temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers. Development Management is seeking to understand if a temporary change of use of the basement, ground, first, second and third floors of the Cube building from office to residential accommodation for International Protection Applicants is an exempted development. If it is an exempted development, the change of use would not require planning permission from Cork City Council. The Cube building was constructed in 2007 and was formerly known as 'Phoenix House'. Regus took over the top floor of the building and has since expanded to offer co-working spaces and offices in the building. Companies Dassault Systems and Microchip also have offices in the building. The application to An Bord Pleanála is due to be decided by August 27.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plans to redevelop traveller site in Sidcup among recent Bexley applications
Plans for the redevelopment of a traveller site in Sidcup have been submitted. The London Borough of Bexley, with applicant Michael Cooper, is seeking to revamp 1-8 McKillop Way. The proposal outlines the demolition of six amenity buildings and the erection of nine new ones. Additionally, the number of plots is set to increase from eight to nine. The application, submitted to the London Borough of Bexley, Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7AT, welcomes representations from landowners or tenants. They have 21 days from the notice date, March 5, to submit their views. Meanwhile, another planning application has been submitted for a change of use in Bexley High Street. The proposal is for 37 Bexley High Street, Bexley, Kent, and seeks retrospective permission for a change from Commercial, Business, and Service (Class E) to Restaurant and Hot-food Takeaway (Class Sui Generis). The application, lodged by a Mr L Deakin, has been submitted to the London Borough of Bexley Council. Members of the public are invited to view the application and make any observations using the Planning Application Information Online system on the Council's website. The deadline for representations is March 26, 2025. Responses should quote reference 25/00356/FUL and be addressed to Development Management, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT. Under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1995, the Council must make any response to this notice available for public inspection. Both applications have been submitted in the context of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990. The applications follow the legal requirements for notifying the public and other interested parties, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to have their say. In both cases, the planning applications are part of wider development activities in the area. The proposed redevelopment of the traveller site and the change of use in Bexley High Street are indicative of ongoing changes within the borough. The applications underline the importance of the public's right to be informed and involved in the planning process. The notice for the redevelopment of the traveller site was signed by Patricia Narebor, Deputy Director of Legal & Democratic Services. The notice for the change of use in Bexley High Street was signed by Richard Turek, Head of Development Management. Both notices were dated March 5, 2025. The public can stay informed about these and other planning applications by visiting the planning section of the London Borough of Bexley Council's website. Want to find out all the latest planning applications, alcohol licensing applications and planned road closures near you? Then search the Public Notice Portal. The Public Notice Portal is owned and operated by the News Media Association, the voice of UK national, regional, and local newspapers in all their print and digital forms. NMA members include nearly 900 local and regional news titles which reach 40 million people across the length and breadth of the country each month. Many of these publications have served their communities for centuries and remain the most reliable source of verified news and information. Created by local news publishers and supported by the Google News Initiative, the portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. Public Notice Portal Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area
