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Tuki announces subsidy to unemployed youths
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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has announced 25 per cent subsidy on purchase of commercial vehicle by unemployed youths of the state.
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New Rani Laxmi Bai pension launched in Uttar Pradesh
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced Rani Laxmi Bai pension scheme for the poor who are not getting any pensions and have been left out from the BPL list.
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Kerala Speaker opens Children Parliament
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Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan today inaugurated the Bala Sabha (Children's Parliament), organised at the District Panchayat hall here, under the auspices of Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission and UNICEF Meena Communication Scheme.
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Haryana approves Rs 333 cr for agriculture, allied activities
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Haryana State Level Sanctioning Committee of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna, which met here today under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary P K Chaudhery, approved a sum of about Rs 333 crore to carry out agricultural and allied activities
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MGNREGA fails in Junglemahal
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While chief minister Mamata Banerjee claims her government has generated employment in Junglemahal, official records on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workers left at mercy of elements
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In the blistering temperatures of the heat wave which has struck the state, a lack of shelter coupled with the absence of medical care is taking its toll on the workers of the rural job guarantee scheme in the district.
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Centre released Rs. 461.71 lakh to Odisha for construction of hostels for OBC Boys and Girls
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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has released a sum of Rs. 461.71 lakh to the State Government of Odisha for construction of hostels for OBC Boys and Girls during the period 2002-03 to 2011-12.
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Govt subsidy for Self Help Groups hiked to 30%
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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today announced an increase in government subsidy from 20 per cent to 30 per cent to the Self Help Groups for various poverty alleviation projects while inaugurating the National Rural Livelihood Mission or Aajeevika.
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Water bodies in Vellore to be desilted
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The district administration has taken a major initiative to rejuvenate the traditional water bodies and their inlet channels from the catchment areas at a cost of Rs 1.82 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme
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Punjab to work out pension scheme for farmers
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Chief Secretary to work out a viable proposal to introduce a pension scheme
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NGO demands 200-day employment for tribal under MGNREGA
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The Mazdoor Kishan Shakti Sanghatan has urged the Rajasthan Government to ensure 200-day assured employment in the current year under the MGNREGA
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People get assistance worth Rs. 107 crore in one year
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In the last one year, after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa assumed office in May 2011, the beneficiaries in Madurai district had received assistance in various forms to the tune of Rs. 107 crore.
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Gehlot Govt. providing maximum benefits to common man in Rajasthan
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot recently presented his government’s budget for 2012-13, in the state assembly with an aim to promote the welfare of the common people of the state.
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Rajasthan Govt to amend Advocates Welfare Fund Act
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The Rajasthan Government has decided to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Rajasthan Advocates Welfare Fund Act for enhancing the quantum of exgratia and medical expenses for lawyers.
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Women self-help groups protest central kitchen scheme
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Representatives of SHGs active in Nashik tehsil (both rural and urban) held a day-long dharna in front of the collectorate demanding scrapping of the central kitchen scheme.
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Odisha Govt to set up 50,000 deep bore wells by Jan 2014
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The State Government has decided to set up 50, 000 deep bore wells (DPW) DBW by January, 2014. This was decided at a high level meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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Drinking water project set to cross crucial phase
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The Tiruchi Corporation is set to commence work on laying the pipelines across the Cauvery river, a crucial phase in the execution of new drinking water augmentation scheme for the city.
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Bid to link UID with welfare schemes gathers steam
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The Centre has fast-tracked the process to make Aadhaar numbers integral to the delivery of services under its social and welfare schemes.
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EPS has no deficit, can be funded for decades: Study
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A report into the viability of the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) has concluded that it has no deficit and can be funded for decades, a finding that could force the government to stump up thousands of crores
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Haryana admits to laxity in monitoring shelter homes
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Woken up from deep slumber by the shocking revelations about sexual abuse, torture and exploitation of minor girls at an NGO-run shelter home in Rohtak,
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Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha weak in rural job execution
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The implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is not satisfactory in States
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Union Minister Jairam Ramesh says Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand weak in MGNREGA implementation
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Union Rural Development Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh said that implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA is not satisfactory in the states like Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand.
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TN to part-fund pilgrimage to Mansarovar, Muktinath
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Fulfilling her poll promise, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced subsidy to 500 Hindus from the state undertaking pilgrimage to Mansarovar in China and Muktinath in Nepal
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LPG connections promise smoke-free anganwadis
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Anganwadis in the State will soon become smoke-free as the State government plans to equip them with LPG connections, gas stoves and pressure cookers.
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Midday meal debut in Lohardaga madrassa
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Madrassa Hasmat-ur-Raza, one of the oldest madrassas established in 1981 in Maoist-hit Senha block, becomes the second such institute in the district
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