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The government has made budgetary provision of Rs. 2,700 crore for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) during the financial year of 2017-18. A pan-India implementation of PMMVY to cover all the districts of the country with effect from 01.01.2017 had been approved. The

The Indian Army has launched a mobile app, called 'Humraaz' for its soldiers. Through this app a soldier can get details of his/her posting and promotion. Even monthly salary slip and Form 16 can be viewed and can be downloaded through this app. This app has been developed by the Army only and all

Some time back news had come that the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, worried over the low ratio of girl students in IIT has set a target of achieving 20% female students by 2020-2021. This will be done in a phased manner as per earlier reports. In 2018 the addition will be 14%, in 2019

Plastic can be converted into petrol, diesel and other hydrocarbons. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad has developed a catalyst that can be used for conversion of waste plastics to fuel oils. CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun in collaboration with GAIL

The Ministry of Women & Child Development has launched a Contest for designing a logo for the prestigious "Women of India Festival' to be held at Dilli Haat in October 2017. It's an opportunity for designers who aspire to see their creation displayed on a National platform. The Women of India

The government launched a portal, e-RaKAM, to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce, on Tuesday. A first of its kind initiative by the government, with the help of technology this portal will connect farmers of the smallest villages to the biggest markets of the world through internet and

Under the revamped Khelo India proposal, there is an exclusive component called “Promotion of Rural, Indigenous and Tribal Games” for promotion and development of traditional sports. Sports Authority of India (SAI) also promotes Indigenous Games and Martial Arts (IGMA) in 09 disciplines under its

With the aim to accelerate the full immunization coverage and provide greater focus on urban areas and other pockets of low immunization coverage, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has drawn up an aggressive action plan to achieve the target by 2018. According to the plan, States will

The Coir Board is implementing Mahila Coir Yojana(MCY) exclusively for empowering women in the country by giving training and distribution of coir processing equipments. This is a 100% women oriented programme intended to provide self employment to the rural women artisans in coir producing regions

People staying in cities need not be told of the traffic issues that they face every day. Most, talk of how the government has not been doing enough to ease the situation. However, not many come up with their own help to make things easy for themselves and others on the road. Here is a story of one

There will soon be no need for physical authentication of educational certificates during admissions. In a revolutionary move that will benefit students, recruiters and educational institutions. The benefits are two-fold for educational institutions that sign up. First, the task of maintaining a

Every day we hear of news of saplings being planted under the tree plantation drive. This is the only way to save the environment for future generation. However, just planting of saplings is not enough. Care has to be taken to see them grow. We are hearing of extensive drives on the banks of rivers