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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar paid a visit to Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, which he had adopted in 2014 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Sansad Adarsh Yojana. All Members of Parliament have been asked to adopt a village under the "Sansad Adarsh Gram

We have always been hearing that children, as they grow up, leave school if there are no toilets. And this is very true for girl students. Now an international study has confirmed this. The study was made in 52 low and middle income countries. The study points out that construction of toilets

Aligarh leads 500 cities in undertaking Swachh awareness generation activities under the fortnightly thematic activities as required under the Swachh Survekshan-2017, launched by the Ministry of Urban Development. During the evaluation of IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities by

Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that the government is developing or planning to develop 5 Industrial Corridors in the country. They are: i. Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) covering the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan

Ministry of Urban Development has asked all the State and City Governments to undertake extensive audit of toilets in urban areas over the next fifteen days beginning tomorrow under ‘Swacchata Pakwada’, to ensure that they are functional and fully used. In the action plan for the next fifteen days

A Festival of India is being organized in Oman from 15 November, 2016 to 24 March, 2017. The Festival will showcase diverse Indian culture, i.e. classical and folk dance, music, Indian cuisine and Exhibition on Islamic Art Calligraphy. Artists from Jammu & Kashmir are also presenting folk dance and

The Union Finance Ministry today reviewed the position regarding availability and distribution of all denomination of bank notes. Some of the highlights of the review and the decisions taken are as follows: Instructions have been given to the Banks and Post Offices to ensure proper distribution of

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today unveiled plaques to mark the foundation stone laying of Mopa Airport, and an Electronic City at Tuam, during a function at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa. The Prime Minister also unveiled plaques to mark the inauguration of Infrastructure for

The drug price regulator has slashed prices of 43 commonly used essential medicines by up to 35%, a move expected to benefit patients suffering from several critical diseases and who need expensive medicines. Some of these medicines used in treatment of diabetes, cancer, asthma, cardiovascular

मजदूरों के लिए लाभदायक साबित हो रही है श्रम कल्याण की जन कल्याणकारी योजनाएं राजस्थान में राज्य सरकार द्वारा श्रम कल्याण विभाग के माध्यम से गरीबों एवं मजदूरों की सहायता के लिए संचालित की जा रही लगभग एक दर्जन जनकल्याणकारी योजनाएं श्रमिकों के लिए वरदान साबित हो रही है। विवाह सहायता योजना के स्वरूप में

A number of steps will be taken to strengthen Sports Science set-up in the country. These include opening of Sports Science Centres and purchase of sports science equipments for the sports complexes of Sports Authority of India. A few universities will be identified in the country where sports

Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra shows what granting of community rights over forest produce can do to the lives of poor tribal people. And this was done after bamboo was re-classified as a 'grass' or 'minor forest produce'. After this is the time to provide training for making of bamboo craft