Puducherry exit polls 2026: Exit polls indicate the NDA is poised for victory in the Puducherry Assembly elections. The ruling alliance sho...

The public sector bank's chief executive, Ashwani Kumar, told ET that its loan portfolio performance behaviour is healthy on a year-on-year...

Public sector banks and financial institutions are now required to offer reservations for individuals with benchmark disabilities in direct...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has extended Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) medical benefits to dependent transgender ch...

Union Budget 2025-26 allocates Rs 13,611 crore to the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, a 35.75% increase. Key allocations incl...

The Budget for 2022-23 saw an allocation of Rs 56 crore for the three national commissions -- National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Nat...

In a statement, the Chief Minister's Office said senior citizens and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities living in destitute hom...

An amount of Rs 10,517.62 crore has been allocated for the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment for financial year 2021-22, a rise ...

About 420 differently-abled students have qualified for NEET this year and are required to travel to 12 designated disability centres acros...

Launched in November 2018, ATA is India’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Start-ups empowering SC/ ST & Persons with Disability.

Voicing regret over concerned government department's failure to fully implement the 5 per cent job quota for the disabled, the Chief Minis...

In the absence of proper identity cards, disabled people often face difficulties in getting treatment and other facilities.

This is despite Indian government's guidelines for all government websites to comply as per the international accessibility standards.

Govt would shortly table the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill in Parliament, Union Min for Social Justice Kumari Selja today said.

NCPEDP Javed Abidi said government must ensure higher allocation of resources for ensuring better educational facilities for differently-ab...

This was in addition to Rs 71 lakh that the trust got from the Union ministry also, allegedly, on the basis of forged letters in 2009-10.

Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has decided to confer 59 national awards for the year 2008 for the welfare of disabled per...