Agriculture & Rural Policy

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (378+ words) Legis1 Senate Farm Bill Would Delay State SNAP Cost-Sharing by One Year A bill reported by the Senate Agriculture Committee (S. 5526) would delay by one year, from October 1, 2027, to October 1, 2028, when states must begin sharing the cost of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (320+ words) The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation (ADFP) Trust Fund, administered by the Farmland Preservation Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), has awarded $51.2 million in grants for farms and projects across 44 counties. In the…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (529+ words) WASHINGTON — Immigrant families, workers, university educators and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit challenging two new US immigration policies that they say could force some eligible green card applicants to leave the country to pursue permanent residence and separate them from…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (284+ words) What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today. Also this morning: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATES members circle back to their ongoing House-assigned study into the “use of underused and surplus federal lands and buildings for services for…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (466+ words) Published: October 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM IST New Delhi:The Centre has notified 375 permissible works under the new rural employment framework, with a greater emphasis on livelihood infrastructure, water security and disaster preparedness, expanding the list of works by 41 per cent over…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (441+ words) The Centre has notified 375 permissible works under the new rural employment framework, with a greater emphasis on livelihood infrastructure, water security and disaster preparedness, expanding the list of works by 41 per cent over the previous scheme. The Ministry of Rural…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (595+ words) The new schedule covers 128 water-security works, 111 core rural infrastructure projects, 98 livelihood-related infrastructure works and 38 projects focused on extreme weather and disaster preparedness. Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act replaced MGNREGA. The Rural Development…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (350+ words) Of the 375 works, 128 fall under water security, 111 under core rural infrastructure, 98 under livelihood-related infrastructure and 38 under disaster preparedness, according to the ministry. The ministry said livelihood-related works would account for 26 per cent of the total, compared with 1.1 per cent under…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (498+ words) New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Centre has notified 375 permissible works under the new rural employment framework, with a greater emphasis on livelihood infrastructure, water security and disaster preparedness, expanding the list of works by 41 per cent over the previous scheme....

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (178+ words) TOPEKA– An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced to 24 months in prison for using a deceased person’s identity to receive benefits from federal and state public assistance programs, according to the United State's Attorney. According to court documents, Simon Flores-Torres,…...