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Census 2027 to be India’s first fully digital enumeration; datasets likely within the year, says RGICensus 2027 promises faster data release with digital capture. This will be India's first fully digital population count. Citizens are urge...
UPI most preferred mode for transactions now; targeted interventions needed to boost RuPay debit card: ReportThe era of digital payments is upon us, with UPI now the preferred method, leaving cash transactions behind. A fresh report calls attention...
Centre reviews progress of PM-AJAY scheme, emphasises inclusive growth for SC communitiesUnion Minister Virendra Kumar chaired a meeting reviewing the PM-AJAY scheme's progress aimed at socio-economic upliftment of SC communitie...
J-K on verge of becoming success story among Indian states: LG Manoj SinhaLt Governor Manoj Sinha highlighted Jammu and Kashmir's potential as a key success story in India and a socio-economic global model. Meetin...
Over 514 million jobs created during 2014-2024The report is based on 80 case studies covering borrowers who took multiple loans and data of various government schemes.
Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairsGhosh, 65, is a professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for ...
One in 10 Indians to get cancer in lifetimeLower socio-economic status is associated with oral and cervical cancer while urbanization, improvement in education and increasing disposa...
Assam may bar those with more than 2 kids from jobsThe draft state population policy is put in public domain for comments and recommendations. It will be placed before the state assembly soo...
K Rosaiah all praise for Jayalalalithaa government's initiativesAgriculture sector was the 'largest' employer in Indian economy, he said while adding that Tamil Nadu had a rural population of 51.5 per ce...
Malaria costs India Rs 11,640 crore yearly, dengue Rs 6,000 crore: WHOEstimates of the UN agency show incidence of dengue alone has risen 30-fold worldwide over the last few decades resulting in a huge socio-e...
Government sets up expert group headed by Arvind Panagariya to collate caste countThe cabinet on Thursday approved the formation of an expert group headed by Arvind Panagariya for classifying the caste and tribe data in t...
62% of India's rural households deprived, 13% still live in houses with only one roomOf the total 17.9 crore rural households across the country, 2.37 crore or 13% still live in houses with only one room, kuccha walls and ku...
Highest earners in 75% rural households earned below Rs 5000The highest earning member in about three-fourths of all rural households in the country made less than Rs 5,000 per month, according to th...
President Pranab Mukherjee calls for serious thought on health care systemSpeaking at inauguration of 150-bed facility of Institute of Neuroscience, Mukherjee said an institution like this have a pivotal role.
'Tech interventions can better living conditions in deserts'Kakodkar said agriculture and solar energy areas needed emphatic attention by way of transformation of science into field applicable techno...
Manik Sarkar seeks PM's intervention in Reang issueManik Sarkar has sought intervention of PM for repatriation of over 37,000 internally displaced people from Reang community from neighbouri...
- A run-up to 15th Lok Sabha
The state polls are a predicament for secularists.