Uttar Pradesh government announces an increase in the salary or honorarium of all healthcare and frontline workersAll health workers, including doctors, paramedical staff, housekeeping staff, sanitation workers, accredited social health activists (Asha)...
03 May, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
Digital citizen payments take off as banks lend a handServices will include direct benefit transfers, tax and fee collections and payments for public transport.
09 Aug, 2018, 06.28 AM IST
Resistance within government to universal social security paymentsAccording to official sources, the plan is facing resistance from other government sections because such a programme would raise overall wa...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.53 PM IST
BMS calls for march to Parliament on Nov 17The main demands includes resolving long pending issues of Aanganwadi workers and other schemes for workers as well as implementation of eq...
14 Nov, 2017, 08.16 PM IST
30 per cent kids below 5 years have Aadhaar cards: GovernmentThis information was given by the MoS for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj in the Upper House.
24 Nov, 2016, 10.02 PM IST
On World Hepatitis Day, Amitabh Bachchan calls for educating aanganwadis about itHe feels there should be a fixed budget for the prevention and eradication of the disease.
29 Jul, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
Malnutrition rate in Chhattisgarh down by 17% in one decadeAccording to the data collected, malnutrition rate in Chhattisgarh has declined to 30 per cent from 47.1 per cent.
16 Dec, 2015, 11.33 PM IST
40 per cent of city slum children yet to be immunised: SurveyThe immunisation of children in the city's slums has been found to be way below at 60 per cent of the target of complete cover, according t...
06 Nov, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
Fund crunch could nip national nutrition mission in the budThe expenditure finance committee has rejected the Rs 18,000-crore National Nutrition Mission—piloted by the ministry of women and child de...
04 Sep, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Veggie Madhya Pradesh CM bans eggs in anganwadis, to be felicitatedChouhan's decision came recently after the women and child development dept moved a proposal to serve ready-to-eat breakfast for children i...
02 Jun, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
District administration stops child marriage in Madhya PradeshChild marriage of a 13-year-old girl was stopped in Bakukhedi village here by the district administration today.
03 Mar, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta catches 102 government employees for allegedly accepting bribe in 2014The courts pronounced punishments in 22 cases, while in two cases the accused were acquitted, he said adding that the rest of the cases wer...
02 Jan, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
Change in mindset needed to tackle female foeticide: Maneka GandhiGandhi said that Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme will be based on a system of incentives & media advocacy in bringing an all-round change in...
11 Nov, 2014, 05.58 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Voter's awareness drive in Vadodara from Apr 1Under the Election Commission's Systematic Voter's Education for Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme, the stakeholders will directly ...
27 Mar, 2014, 01.33 PM IST
- Grant citizenship to Bangaladesh minority community refugees: BJP
A strong plea for granting citizenship to refugees of minority community from Bangaladesh who were forced to migrate due to religious perse...
21 May, 2012, 07.30 PM IST
- Mahindra & Mahindra a top pick: Abhijit Chakraborty, Fortune Financial Services India Ltd
Excise duty, which was expected widely to be increased, has not been tinkered with in the budget.
03 Mar, 2011, 10.30 AM IST
- Parliamentary panel for steps to increase insurance for women
Concerned over low incidence of insurance among women, a Parliamentary committee had asked the finance ministry to take immediate steps to ...
26 Oct, 2008, 04.00 PM IST