Farmers should be ‘businessmen’ who respond to market demand, not just grow rice and wheat: NITI Aayog’s Ashok LahiriLahiri stressed the need for greater adoption of science and technology, noting that productivity per acre for several Indian crops remains...
23 Jul, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
Tripura launches Census 2027 self-enumeration, Governor leads by exampleTripura initiated the Census of India 2027 self-enumeration process on Friday. Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu inaugurated the exercise by ...
17 Jul, 2026, 09.31 PM IST
Deeptech startup BioCompute is moving out of India; founder explains whyFounded in 2024, BioCompute is developing DNA-based data storage technology that converts digital data into synthetic DNA sequences, enabli...
22 Jun, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
Ayushman Bharat card: Eligibility, benefits, how to apply online and documents required for PMJAYThe Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is expanding healthcare access, with 6 crore senior citizens enrolled and o...
16 Jun, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
2.3 cr people, 76 lakh houses, 55 lakh households recorded in Delhi during Census Phase 1Delhi's Census 2027 first phase is complete. Over 76 lakh houses and 55 lakh households were covered. Provisional data shows more than 2.3 ...
15 Jun, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to chair 11th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on June 11The Governing Council Meeting will deliberate on the approach to realise this vision and translate it into concrete, measurable outcomes fo...
10 Jun, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Bhutan to give cash incentives to families for more babiesBhutan is facing a population decline and is introducing financial incentives for families. Starting June 4, 2026, parents will receive mon...
05 Jun, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
India's informal job generation marked key milestone in January-March 2026India's informal sector employment has surged past 15 crore for the first time during January-March. This marks a significant 15% increase ...
22 May, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Survey's socio-eco data to be placed in Bihar assembly: CM Nitish KumarThe second part of Bihar's caste survey, which contains socio-economic data of the population, will be presented in the Bihar assembly duri...
04 Oct, 2023, 12.04 AM IST
Make caste census public, says Union Minister Ramdas AthawaleAthawale, the founder of the Republican Party of India (A), an NDA ally, has said he would take up this demand with Prime Minister Modi.
04 Apr, 2018, 07.44 AM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census data may be used for finding right beneficiariesThe move is in line with the recommendations of a committee formed to study validity and efficiency of the SECC 2011 data in identifying th...
06 Aug, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
Government to use SECC data for effectiveness of welfare schemesMinistry of Rural Development has published data for rural areas and decided to use SECC, 2011 data for selecting beneficiaries under its p...
06 Feb, 2017, 04.46 PM IST
Baseline data on socio-economic indices in a month: Niti AayogThe Aayog has consulted different states and they are very keen to find out the level of improvement in their performances across various s...
23 Sep, 2016, 06.06 PM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census data unreliable or incomplete: ExpertsCommissioned by the UPA in 2011, the SECC was meant to record caste, urban poverty and rural poverty, only the last of which has been relea...
20 Jul, 2015, 05.33 AM IST
Socio Economic and Caste Census: CPI demands release of caste-based dataThe Centre has refrained from releasing caste-based data in its first SECC released in eight decades and maintained it was concerned with e...
16 Jul, 2015, 03.16 PM IST
Congress favours release of caste-based data of Socio-Economic CensusCongress favoured releasing caste-based data carried in SECC but advocated caution while doing so in view of social and political sensitivi...
04 Jul, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Telangana to collect socio-economic data of its citizens to ensure right beneficiariesThe move by TRS is seen as an attempt to hurt interests of settlers from Rayalaseema & coastal AP & deny them benefit of welfare schemes.
08 Aug, 2014, 01.09 PM IST