PM Modi to address civil servants on Monday; present awards on excellence in public administrationPrime Minister Narendra Modi will address civil servants on National Civil Services Day, April 21, 2025, and present awards for excellence ...
20 Apr, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
Budget 2025-26: WCD gets hiked allocation of Rs Rs 26,889 crThe Union Budget 2025-26 allocates Rs 26,889.69 crore to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, highlighting major funding for Saksha...
01 Feb, 2025, 03.00 PM IST
WCD sees marginal rise of 2.5% in Budget 2024 allocationTo promote women-led development, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Budget carries an allocation of more than R...
23 Jul, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
Women, children in Budget 2024-25: Marginal rise in allocation for WCD MinistryIn the 2024-25 budget, the Women and Child Development Ministry received an allocation of Rs 26,000 crore, marking a 2.52% increase from th...
01 Feb, 2024, 04.46 PM IST
Centre to set up more medical colleges by utilising existing hospital infrastructure, says SitharamanThe government plans to set up more medical colleges by utilising existing hospital infrastructure. A committee will be set up to examine t...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
Govt in process of geo-tagging all anganwadis"The Ministry is also doing collaboration with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications & Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) for geo-mapping ...
28 Mar, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
Women in Budget 2023-24: Marginal rise in allocation for WCD Ministry; new savings scheme for women announcedThe deposit can be made in the name of a woman or a girl child. The maximum deposit amount has been kept at Rs 2 lakh and the scheme will h...
02 Feb, 2023, 01.35 AM IST
Indian farmers need to shift from rice to millet cultivation to reduce high water consumption, says Amitabh KantKant noted that the private sector needs to play a key role in making millet the superfood of India. "All Poshan Abhiyan schemes should onl...
18 Jan, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
Malnutrition in India: A comprehensive strategy to combat for better futureNot only are important nutrition programmes underfunded, but little funding is also not being used efficiently.
26 Dec, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
Women and Child Development Ministry allocated Rs 25,172 crore, rise of just 3%The Finance Minister, in her budget speech, also announced that two lakh anganwadis will be upgraded under the Saksham Anganwadis scheme.
01 Feb, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
Two lakh anganwadis to be upgraded across the country: Nirmala SitharamanPresenting the Budget, Sitharaman said recognising the importance of 'Nari Shakti' as the harbinger of India's bright future and for women-...
01 Feb, 2022, 02.54 PM IST
Government prescribes tech diet to solve malnutrition and hunger problemsIndia is using technology and data to solve its acute malnutrition and hunger problems
17 Apr, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
WCD ministry classifies major programmes under 3 umbrella schemes for better implementationAccording to the ministry, the government is merging the supplementary nutrition programme and Poshan Abhiyan to launch Mission POSHAN 2.0.
08 Mar, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
New central schemes added in rejig, allocation jumps 12.3%The exercise has resulted in a jump of 12.3% in cumulative budgetary allocation for centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) to 3.81 lakh crore in...
03 Feb, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
Women and Child Development Ministry's budget hiked by 16 per centOut of Rs 24,435 crore, the highest amount has been allocated to the newly announced Saksham Anganwadi and Mission Poshan 2.0 scheme with R...
01 Feb, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
Mission Poshan 2.0 launched in Budget to improve nutritional outcomesOut of Rs 24,435 crore allocated to the Women Child Development (WCD) Ministry, an amount of Rs 20,105 crore has been assigned to Saksham A...
01 Feb, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Budget 2021: Big leg-up for healthcare, major move on vehicle scrapping to tackle pollutionThe areas of focus will be preventive and curative healthcare as well as well being, she said. The allocation is likely to be around Rs 2,2...
01 Feb, 2021, 02.40 PM IST