The rural development ministry will soon launch the exercise to use Aadhaar to assess the socio economic status of all the beneficiaries.

The sudden activity drew attention of all doctors, nurses and patients in the temporary but full fledged hospital on the sprawling campus.

According to chairperson Rekha Sharma, the commission has so far surveyed poll bound Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and the state of Bihar.

The top court was annoyed after it was informed that several states have not complied with its direction of January 11 in which it had dire...

Why is Mewat in Haryana the worst performing district in India? It is just 80 km from Delhi, but ranks below some of the known backward dis...

Under the scheme, eligible beneficiaries get Rs 5,000 and the remaining cash incentive of Rs 1,000 for maternity benefit is given under the...

The finance ministry made a modest allocation of Rs 2,700 crore for maternity benefits in the 2017-18 Budget – a fraction of what is requir...

It said instead of the court interfering into the works of the governments, they themselves should look whether their schemes are reaching ...

An international team of researchers also found that the money given under the JSY scheme is less than the total expenses of facility-based...

"The probable reasons are lack of manpower in inaccessible areas, inadequate access to social determinants and limited private sector engag...

Vodafone India announced its partnership with the MP govt to facilitate mobile-based disbursement of financial assistance to mothers.

Of the nearly 50 million employed in the formal sector, 28.8 million are temporary workers, who are often deprived of benefits.

Government today said the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued more than 40.29 crore Aadhaar numbers till date.

Bengal congress promises to implement a number of central government schemes and projects once the party wins panchayat elections.

Mukherjee today asked states to use the Aadhaar platform for distributing subsidised ration and cooking gas cylinders, and implement other ...

Health Minister Ramadoss said no policy can be effective without taking into consideration the social reality of exclusion.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said a number of novel schemes have been implemented for empowerment of women and e...