422 Bodo Liberation Tigers cadres get Rs 2 lakhs as part of rehabilitation packageOver 400 former Bodo Liberation Tigers cadres, previously excluded from rehabilitation, received Rs 2 lakhs each. This initiative is part o...
12 Dec, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
Govt appoints MPs Kanwar Singh Tanwar, Jashvantsinh Parmar to Rehabilitation Council of IndiaThe Central Government has appointed Lok Sabha MP Kanwar Singh Tanwar and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Parmar Jashvantsinh Salamsinh as members of th...
25 Sep, 2025, 03.58 PM IST
India faces manpower shortage amid deepening mental health crisisIndia is grappling with a severe shortage of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists and psychologists, significantly impactin...
04 Aug, 2025, 09.46 PM IST
IITs step up measures to address mental wellness of studentsIndian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are increasing preventive measures following several suicides of students this year. The changes inc...
28 Jul, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry gets Rs 13,134 cr from BudgetThe Budget for 2022-23 saw an allocation of Rs 56 crore for the three national commissions -- National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Nat...
01 Feb, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
Dearth of special teachers who alone can impart education & training to CwSN: Supreme Court"As of today, there is a dearth of rehabilitation professionals or special teachers recognized and registered by the council, who alone can...
28 Oct, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
Centre must forthwith notify norms of teacher-pupil ratio for special schools: Supreme CourtThe 2019 recommendations said that number of special education teachers in a particular disability should be determined based on the genera...
28 Oct, 2021, 06.55 PM IST
Assam government approves rehabilitation package for 4036 National Democratic Front of Boroland cadresA meeting held under the direction of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to review the status of implementation of Bodoland territorial reg...
07 Jun, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Govt launches six-month programme on rehabilitation of persons with disabilitiesThe programme has been designed to provide competency-based knowledge and skills among these workers to enhance their ability for successfu...
19 May, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry allocated Rs 11,689 croreAn 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 ...
01 Feb, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
Government proposes amendment in Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992The RCI will encourage professionals to adopt latest research in their work and contribute to research, to maintain and enforce high ethica...
10 Dec, 2020, 08.18 PM IST
BJP, AGP and BPF coalition to continue in the days to come: Assam CM SonowalSonowal said that his government set the goal for an insurgency free Assam at the time of taking over charge of the state. As a result of c...
11 Feb, 2020, 11.15 AM IST
Gem and Jewellery Skill Council to train Tihar jail prisonersGJSCI`s Skill Conclave saw a number of presentations by experts on various topics related to Jewellery industry which was succeeded by a pa...
27 Mar, 2017, 06.32 PM IST
Children with learning disabilities: 3 open universities to launch special B.Ed courseAs per the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Council has taken the initiative to start a B.Ed...
10 Mar, 2015, 05.14 PM IST
Minerals Council of Australia offers help on sustainable mining to Indian companiesShe said her country could also assist in capacity building and a public policy to ensure a good and enabling regulatory framework.
16 Jul, 2014, 03.25 PM IST
Assam ethnic violence: This is one of my worst crises, says CM Tarun GogoiThe over a month-long ethnic strife between Bodos & Bengali-speaking Muslims has been politicised & has led to communal rift in the state.
03 Sep, 2012, 06.23 AM IST
- Man-animal conflict still in Manas National Park
No longer called the World Heritage Site in danger, the picturesque Manas National Park, home to many endangered species like the Royal Ben...
12 Jul, 2011, 10.59 PM IST