One crore sapling plantation drive: Assam identifies SHG members, Anganwadi workers among others as target groupsChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioners to discuss the plan of action for implementation of three a...
06 Jul, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
Assam to get citizen-led self-assessment policy for quality of servicesCM Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma tweeted, "coming soon~ A citizen led self assessment policy for quality of fair price shops & anganwadi centre...
05 Jul, 2023, 10.19 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma distributes retirement benefit to Anganwadi workersChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed terminal benefits to altogether 793 anganwadi workers and anganwadi helpers of the state in ...
22 Mar, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
President Droupadi Murmu lays foundation stones for projects of central, Assam govtsShe flagged off the extended run of a train on the Guwahati-Lumding route to Shokhuvi in Nagaland and Mendipathar in Meghalaya.
14 Oct, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
Assam aims to have 15,000 model Anganwadis by 2026Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday remotely inaugurated nearly 1,000 "Model Anganwadi Centres" located across the state at an off...
14 Aug, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
Assam government to set up Jagannath Sewa Kendra at tea gardensSarma said that to use education as a tool to bring about overall development of the people belonging to tea garden areas, State government...
26 May, 2022, 01.09 AM IST
38,408 schools, 2.86 lakh anganwadi centres don't have functional toilets, govt tells Rajya SabhaAs many as 68,374 schools supplied packaged or bottled drinking water, while 1,74,632 schools accessed drinking water from "other sources".
06 Dec, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Assam, Nagaland Chief Ministers meet, discuss strategic border mattersSarma also met Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani and held discussion with her on several issues of women an...
03 Jul, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
No Covid testing at airport and railway stations for those vaccinated: Assam govtAssam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma has instructed not to release the monthly remuneration of the Anganwadi workers who do not take C...
26 Jun, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
8 lakh fake beneficiaries identified in Maharashtra anganwadis: WCDA senior WCD official said a total of 61 lakh beneficiaries registered in these anganwadis and of them 8 lakh names were fake.
16 Dec, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
14 lakh 'fake children' registered with anganwadis in Uttar Pradesh: WCD MinistryIn a meeting of the National Nutrition Council on Thursday, the ministry was informed that about 14.57 lakh fake beneficiaries were registe...
18 Nov, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Assam government's crackdown on ghost welfare beneficiaries bearing fruitThe number of beneficiaries has plummeted from nearly 44 lakh to 35 lakh thus giving a relief to the state exchequer to the tune of Rs. 150...
11 May, 2018, 10.02 PM IST
WCD's revised nutrition guidelines likely by July 31: OfficialWCD Secretary Rakesh Srivastava said this while releasing the report of a four-year-long cohort study on early childhood education impact i...
28 Jul, 2017, 06.40 PM IST
Former Assam minister Akon Bora grilled by Anti-Corruption wingThe scam was unearthed in the month of November last year after the BJP-led government took over in Assam.
20 Jan, 2017, 07.48 PM IST
50,000 angwanwadi centres to be constructed every yearGovernment will construct 50,000 anganwadi centres (AWCs) every year so that in the next four years two lakh anganwadis have their own buil...
01 Dec, 2015, 03.17 PM IST
Women and Child Development ministry signs MoU with Vedanta to build 4000 modern AnganwadisVedanta aims to create social incubators that will help uplift the communities on a national scale by educating children, eradicating malnu...
21 Sep, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
Over 2 crore children in India are underweight and malnourished: ReportICDS reports a staggering number of children up to the age of 6 are malnourished and underweight attending their day care centre.
04 Aug, 2014, 12.30 PM IST