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Union Minister Virendra Kumar to launch JEEVAN app, SHATAYU dashboard on May 22Union Minister Virendra Kumar will launch the JEEVAN mobile app for senior citizens and the SHATAYU dashboard for geriatric caregivers on F...
Social justice ministry spends Rs 2,042 crore on educational schemes in FY-26The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has allocated over Rs 2,000 crore for educational initiatives benefiting OBC, EBC, and...
India introduces Bill to provide precise definition of 'transgender' in Lok SabhaA bill to precisely define 'transgender' and introduce graded punishments for harm inflicted upon them was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The...
Dharmendra Pradhan urges Centre to include Odisha's SEBC communities in Central OBC listUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged inclusion of 108 Odisha SEBC communities in the Central OBC list, citing lack of reservat...
696 districts declared manual scavenging-free: Social Justice ministerDr. Virendra Kumar announced that 696 districts are now manual scavenging-free following recent surveys. The Central government is urging s...
'Anti Dalit-backward class mentality': Rahul Gandhi flags issue of vacancies in NCSC, NCBC with Union ministerRahul Gandhi has urged the government to fill vacancies in the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) and the National Commission ...
Centre reviews progress of PM-AJAY scheme, emphasises inclusive growth for SC communitiesUnion Minister Virendra Kumar chaired a meeting reviewing the PM-AJAY scheme's progress aimed at socio-economic upliftment of SC communitie...
Social Justice Ministry's 100-day plan: Accessible India 2.0, drugs-free IndiaSocial Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr Virendra Kumar outlined the 100-day plan, emphasizing initiatives like Accessible India 2.0 and ...
Virendra Kumar: Veteran LS member continues as Union social justice, empowerment ministerEight-time BJP MP Virendra Kumar will continue as the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister in the Modi government. Ramdas Athawale retai...
Foundation stone laid for 630 MW solar power project in MP's Chhatarpur districtThe 630 MW solar power project in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district was laid by Union Ministers RK Singh and Virendra Kumar. The project...
International Yoga Day in Hyderabad: In world-record attempt, 3,000 persons with disabilities do asanasAs many as 3,000 persons with disabilities practised yoga together here in an attempt to secure the world record at an event organised to c...
Scholarship for Scheduled Castes kids stuck as states fail to release share of fundsSC students of classes 11 and 12 in Maharashtra, Bihar, Punjab, Telangana, Daman and Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand an...
94 lakh Unique Disability ID cards issued in India, just 9 in Bengal: Official dataAccording to the data shared by the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry, 94.30 lakh e-UDID cards have been generated in 716 districts i...
No proposal to hike OBC non-creamy layer income ceiling, existing Rs 8 lakh sufficient: CentreCongress member Dean Kuriakose had sought to know if there was any proposal to increase the OBC non-creamy layer annual income limit from t...
57.95 lakh Unique Disability ID cards issued across country: Union Minister Virendra KumarThe minister for social justice and empowerment said after the implementation of the Rights to Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the cat...
Govt signs MoU with Amazon to provide training, jobs to people with disabilities in e-commerce sectorThe role of Amazon India would be to work jointly with DEPwD and the Skill Council for People with Disabilities (SCPwD) on a structured ski...
Census in Central Domain; Focus on OBC Subcategories: Social Justice MinisterLast Wednesday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had convened an all-party meeting in Patna which unanimously decided to conduct a caste c...
585 state buildings, 1,030 central government buildings made barrier-free for disabled, says CentreIn the disability sector, he said about 585 buildings of the states/Union Territories and 1,030 central government buildings have been made...
Flipkart Foundation to support entrepreneurship, skill developmentThe Foundation was formally launched in the national capital by Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar, Union Min...
BSP to support bill to enable states to make their own lists of OBCs, says MayawatiThe bill aims to clarify provisions in the 102nd Constitutional Amendment Bill to restore the power of states to have their own lists of ba...