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National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has incorporated the contents related to disasters and disaster management in the Social Science and Science textbooks for the classes VI to XII in the form of text and visuals. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) developed by NCERT

‘Vidyanjali’, the School Volunteer programme which was launched in June, 2016 has received good response. It is an initiative to enhance community and private sector involvement in Government schools to strengthen implementation of co-scholastic activities through the services of volunteers

174 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 18th to 24th July 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 12 villages are in Arunachal Pradesh , 82 in Meghalaya, 15 in Assam, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Mizoram, 18 in

Minister of Urban Development Sri M Venkaiah Naidu, through Twitter has informed that 90 housing projects from 7 states costing Rs.5307.12 Cr have been approved. From the states of Bihar, Odisha, Tripura, Chhattisgarh,Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat proposals of 1.25 lakh houses are accepted

10 lakh jawans of paramilitary forces are to be equipped with high-tech, bulletproof, combat helmets. Home minister Rajnath Singh has given approval to procure "light-weight bullet resistant helmets" to protect the jawans from gun shots, injuries from stone pelting and neck injuries. This will also

Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 25 projects under the Swadesh Darshan scheme worth Rs. 2048 Crore so far to 21 States and Union Territories since its launch of in January 2015. These States and UTs include Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh

Stents used in heart surgeries will soon cost almost half the present price. This will be made possible with the health ministry's decision to include all types of stents to be put in the National List of Essential Medicines. It is reported that some 5 lakh stents are used in India annually and of

Ministry of Tourism has approved project worth Rs. 275 Crore for development of Krishna and Heritage circuit of State of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) for the Swadesh Darshan Scheme met under the Chairmanship

Government is making all efforts to boost the Housing Finance Sector to ensure that the goal of Affordable Housing for all by 2022 is met. This was stated by Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at the National Summit on “Finance for Housing for All by 2022”

To ensure smokeless kitchens across rural India, 14.13 lakh LPG connections have been released to women of BPL families under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). The scheme is currently under operation in 487 districts of 17 states. Under this scheme, LPG connections are provided to women of

The Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad today formally launched new Transforming India website - www.transformingindia.mygov.in - in New Delhi. 'Transforming India' website is a repository for sharing the impact of various governance