Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has approved construction of 84,460 more affordable houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) in five States with a total investment of Rs.3,073 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,256 cr has been approved. To be built under the
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A Khadi Training Camp has been set up for inmates of the Aadharshila Observation Home, Kingsway Camp, New Delhi. The Training Centre was inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge, Justice Madan B. Lokur on Wednesday. The Khadi Training Centre has been established by National Commission for Protection of
On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, the Ministry of AYUSH is organizing a one day National Seminar on ‘’Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’’ on 28th October 2016 at New Delhi. The Minister of State (IC) PMO, DoNER, DOPT, Dr. Jitender Singh will inaugurate the seminar and
From ages in India people have been doing philanthropy. Innumerable educational institutions, places of stay (dharamshalas), medical aid centres etc. have been made by contributions from the society. Even today, there are so many voluntary organisations engaged in such activities to help the needy
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh said that the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) set up throughout the country play very important role to enhance the income of the farmers and promote agriculture. The Minister appealed KVKs and state level agriculture officials
The Government has issued Notification on 21st October, 2016 amending rule 23 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 enabling service voters, including armed forces personnel, to cast their vote in elections through e-postal ballot. Under this system a blank postal ballot paper would be transmitted
Some time back news had come how a District Collector in Chhattisgarh had used the social media to attract the attention of medical doctors to work in Maoist affected area. And the response he got was very encouraging. Today a report in Hindustan Times by Sanchita Sharma gives the insight of this
Ashama is one of the nine women who have come to Delhi from different places in UP to take part in a training programme called the Udaan Project. They will learn skills and, when the three-week training ends on Sunday, will be assigned to work at Sheroes Hangout — a chain of cafes in Lucknow, Agra
This is the story of one Jai Govind Singh from Sasaram in Bihar. Jai Govind was an alcoholic for more than 25 years. He has now turned as a counsellor and runs a de-addiction centre. And this change came following Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's implementation on prohibition. Because of his drinking habits
Now a days so many patients have to use stents and orthopaedic implants that the Health Ministry too can not ignore the issue of its availability. Sometime back there was news of the prices being monitored and reduced (read http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/stents-used-heart-surgery-cost-half-215)
To make the laboratories in IITS at par with the best in the world it has been recommended to make 5 labs each in 7 IITs to come to this level. Under the 'Project Vishwajeet' which seeks to make the IITs world class institutes this recommendation to modernise the labs has been made. The 7 IITs are
चौबीस वर्षीय शैतान सिंह को कौशल प्रशिक्षण सीखकर रोजगार की नई राह मिल गई। आज वह अपने पैरों पर खड़ा हो गया है तथा आत्मनिर्भर होकर वह गांव के अन्य युवाओं को अपना हुनर विकसित करने के लिए राजस्थान कौशल एवं आजीविका विकास निगम में प्रशिक्षण सीखने के लिए प्रेरित करता है। पाली जिले के जैतारण कस्बे के शैतान