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
Parliamentary standing committee report recommends creation of Anganwadi worker welfare board, doubling honorariumSenior Congress MP Digvijay Singh announced that the Parliamentary Standing Committee has approved recommendations for doubling Anganwadi w...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.11 AM 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
Union Budget 2025: Enhanced cost norms for Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 programs announcedIn the Union Budget 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the cost norms for nutritional support programs l...
01 Feb, 2025, 11.57 AM 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
Budget 2024: Prescription for cervical cancer vaccine, new medical collegesThe government is planning to include the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the country's immunisation program, potentially making vacc...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
Interim Budget 2024: Here are 10 key announcements for common manInterim Budget 2024 key announcements for common man: The government plans to boost infrastructure spending by 11% in the upcoming fiscal y...
01 Feb, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
Budget 2024: Healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to be extended to ASHA, anganwadi workersFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that healthcare cover under the Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme will be extended to all Accr...
01 Feb, 2024, 05.18 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
'If Rahul Gandhi is here...': Smriti Irani reminds Wayanad of AmethiThe Union Minister claimed that when Gandhi was an MP from Amethi, "80 per cent people there did not have electricity connections, there wa...
23 May, 2023, 10.25 AM 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
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
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
Government plans to upgrade 2.5 lakh anganwadi centres in next 5 years: Women and Child Development Ministry officialCurrently, a total of 13.77 lakh anganwadi centres are operational in the country with a strength of 12.8 lakh workers and 11.6 lakh helper...
17 Dec, 2019, 01.53 PM IST