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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

The Centre plans to start as many as five residential schools in every state to cater to Dalit girls, but on the condition that states take over their funding and functioning after three years. The schools will provide education from Class VI to Class XII. Boarding schools are seen as the best way

The world’s largest publisher of Hindu religious books, Gita Press in Gorakhpur holds the pride of place for publishing over 65 crore books from Mahabharata, Ramayana, Ram Charitmanas and Shrimad Bhagwad Gita to books on numerous fasts and rituals observed in Hindu homes since its inception in 1923

Government has established National Institute of Ayurveda at Jaipur which offers undergraduate and postgraduate and fellowship programme. Further, the Government has also established two new institutes namely (i) All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi for Post-graduate education and (ii) North

The Ministry of Power has launched the National Awareness Campaign in order to promote energy conservation in the country. Painting competition for students at the School, State and at National level has been included as one of the activities of the campaign, which would not only make aware the

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a government recognised institution that offers distance education courses is set to start degree and certificate programmes in Vedic and Indic studies. The course in Vedic studies will be offered in association with a religious faction, the

In order to provide better accessibility to persons with disability, short term facilities as detailed below have been planned at all stations, beginning with ‘A-1’, ‘A’ & ‘ B ’ category stations: • Standard ramp for barrier free entry. • Earmarking at least two parking lots. • Non-slippery walk-way

Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise for Jute (Jute – ICARE) was launched in 2015 to popularize/introduce some of the better agronomic practices and recently developed microbial-assisted retting among farmers intensively in a few blocks in West Bengal and Assam on pilot basis. The

According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)–IV (2015-16), the prevalence of anemia among women aged 15 to 49 years was 53%. In order to prevent anaemia among women and children, National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI) had been launched in 2013, a flagship scheme under the National Health Mission

To simplify the process of getting passports government has decided to do away with the requirement of birth certificate. Now, Aadhar, PAN, transfer/school leaving/matriculation certificates, driving licence, voter ID card etc. will be enough to prove the date of birth.

Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, informed that as per information provided by the States, 13,872 un-electrified census villages have been reported to be electrified up to 30 th June

From 16th July to 21st July 57 new medical stores which will supply generic medicines. The objective of this scheme is "Making quality medicines available at affordable prices for all, particularly the poor and disadvantaged, through exclusive outlets “Jan Aushadhi Medical Store”, so as to reduce