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अगले दो वर्षों में स्‍व-सहायता समूहों को 90 हजार करोड़ रुपये ऋण देने की केंद्र की योजना केंद्र सरकार ने गैर-कृषि आर्थिक गतिविधियों के लिए अगले दो वर्षों के दौरान महिला स्‍व-सहायता समूहों और अन्‍य स्‍व-सहायता समूहों को 90 हजार करोड़ रुपये का ऋण देने की योजना बना रही है। आज यहां राष्‍ट्रीय ग्रामीण

After winning just two medals at Rio it is now the preparations of Bharat for the Tokyo Olympics which has to be looked into. Today most editorials have written about this, and most have talked of how we competed this time and what we should do for the next Olympics in 2020. The best editorial was

Some time back there was news of Jharkhand govt initiating a scheme for brothers to gift toilets to their sisters. News had come of one such example from Ramgarh in Jharkhand. Now, similar news has come from Rajasthan too. Giving a clear and loud message against open defecation, some brothers in

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in association with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, organized a National Convention of Gram Pradhans in Alaahabad, with the support of the

Smart cards for the benefit of workers of unorganised sector will be launched soon. This Unorganised Workers Identification Number (UWIN) smart card will be launched by PM Sri Narendra Modi. This was stated by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya in Coimbatore on Friday. He said, of the total

From next month, patients at AIIMS, Ram Mohan Lohia Hospital, PGI Chandigarh or NIMHANS will be able to give their feedback on the quality of services and this feedback will be part of those hospitals’ overall ratings. The ministry has set a target of covering all central government and district

Women at Kachhabali, a small panchayat comprising 12 villages in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, part of the Bhim tensil, became the first in the state to vote to shut down its lone liquor shop, driven by a dedicated campaign by local women who said they bore the brunt of the addiction problem. Read

Indian Railways has decided to sign a model agreement for plantation on railway land with the State Forest Departments of Haryana and Punjab. This agreement paves way for the following improvements with regard to afforestation on railway land: • Railway can contribute substantially towards the Green

Foundation stone laying ceremony of the biggest Sewage Treatment Plant of its kind in India will be done on Wednesday in Vrindavan, Mathura, UP. This plant will treat 200 lakh litres of effluent per day and the treated water will be used by Mathura Refinery for its industrial use. Costing 40 crores

Government proposes to launch a low premium insurance cover for milch cows and buffaloes with an objective to create a protection mechanism for farmers and cattle-rearers against any loss of their livestock during natural disasters. Under the new livestock insurance scheme, the farmers will have to

IIT-Delhi will launch a mentorship programme on October 1, under which 30 women entrepreneurs will be trained for three months to work on their start-ups. The IIT will also help them get funds and the programme will be free of cost. Candidates can be students, homemakers or professionals and there