Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has approved construction of 70,784 affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.3,528 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,062 cr has been approved. UP had
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DEGREES ranging from law to engineering under their belt, about 400 youngsters are now living in some of India’s least developed districts, starting their day at 4 am, visiting spots that villagers use as toilets, drawing up plans for building toilets, and reviewing village-wise plans for better
Kadipur village in northwest Delhi becomes a "free Wi-Fi" village. The service was launched by local councillor Urmila Rana on Monday. Mridul Foundation, an NGO, had taken an initiative to provide Kadipur with better net connectivity. Rana said children of this village would now be able to access
At a time when several political parties have targeted the electoral process in the country with allegations of EVM tampering, the Gujarat office of the Election Commission of India has prepared a comic book with seven stories about the electorate to spread awareness about the voting process. The
Government of India has signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank whereby the Bank will provide a $275 million loan to upgrade piped water supply and municipal services in 64 small towns in Madhya Pradesh. This includes the two heritage towns of Khajuraho and Rajnagar The state government
The passion and commitment of Abdul Hamid Bhat, 51, is to plant trees across Kashmir, which has witnessed large-scale deforestation. Over the last nine years, he has helped plant over one lakh trees, mostly pine, across the Valley with his own funds. Initially, Bhat says, he planted trees on a
This is the story of Paul Muddha who is a senior manager in charge of a call centre for Canara Bank in Bengaluru. Paul, 48-year-old, was born visually impaired and was abandoned in a school for the blind as a child. Drawing from his own early struggle, Muddha is determined to help as many
Meet Babulal Dahiya from Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, who has till now collected over 110 traditional varieties of rice. And he has been cultivating these 110 varieties on small-sized plots in his two-acre land to preserve and protect them. He is a collector of folk songs and seeds. And it was
Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture & Tourism launched the implementation of the ‘‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India’ at Goverdhan Block, Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh in a day long, Block level mega talent hunt programme (Sanskritik Pratibha Khoj
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DOP) had decided to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices in the country as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivery of passport related services to the citizens of the country. The objective of this
Last week, while delivering a talk to a gathering of about 100+ young professionals, one young lady asked a question that she was not liking her job. What she should do? My crisp reply was “Love it or Leave it”. She got a mild shock with the crisp reply from me. I further elaborated in detail what I
Sounds so promising. Management of Shirdi temple are working on an innovative measure wherein foot energy of devotees will be harnessed to generate power. According to the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) chairman Suresh Haware : “Around 50,000 people visit Shirdi daily. We would install energy