Sikkim's non-working mothers to get Rs 40,000 per year, CM disburses first instalmentSikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang initiated the Aama Sashaktikaran Yojana, distributing Rs 20,000 each to 32,000 non-working mothers ...
10 Aug, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Northeast India sees 16% growth in direct selling, crosses Rs 1854 crore in salesNortheast India experienced nearly 16% growth in direct selling, reaching Rs 1854 crore in 2022-23, driven by significant contributions fro...
21 Jan, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
BJP releases party manifesto for Arunachal Pradesh assembly electionsThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its manifesto, 'Sankalp Patra', for the upcoming assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh. BJP pre...
10 Apr, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
19 state legislatures have less than 10% women lawmakers, says government dataAccording to the data presented by Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha on December 9, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujara...
11 Dec, 2022, 09.08 PM IST
8 Raj Bhavans to have new faces; Thawarchand Gehlot Karnataka GovernorAmong the other appointments, PS Sreedharan Pillai, governor of Mizoram, has been moved to Goa; Satyadev Narayan Arya, governor of Haryana,...
07 Jul, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Bachendri Pal to lead all women team aged above 50 in Himalayan expeditionOrganised by the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under the FIT India banner,...
07 Mar, 2021, 09.16 PM IST
India's population is stabilising as total fertility rate declines across statesOf the 17 states analysed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Bihar, Manipur and Meghalaya, all other states have a TFR of 2.1 or less, which im...
15 Dec, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
5.7 crore Indians dependent on alcohol, need treatment: Government surveyThe survey found that of an estimated 16 crore alcohol consumers in the 10-75 years bracket, as many as 19% of them were dependent on alcoh...
19 Feb, 2019, 10.31 AM IST
Draft policy on drug demand reduction withdrawn from Cabinet to include new survey dataThe draft policy also proposed regulation of over the counter sale of sedatives and pain killers with the involvement of departments concer...
14 Oct, 2018, 05.03 PM IST
Government announces Swacchhata awardsAmong the winners is a Delhi-based Facebook citizen group -- 'My Delhi Keep It Clean' -- which is being awarded for promoting efforts to cl...
02 Oct, 2017, 01.05 AM IST
Lesser women in workforce: Assocham calls for remedial actionThe number of working women in India in 2000-05 jumped to 37 per cent from the 34 per cent earlier, but it has been on a downhill ever sinc...
26 Jun, 2016, 10.23 PM IST
40 per cent women own or have share in joint property: SurveyBihar tops the chart with highest 58.8 per cent having property in their name, followed by Meghalaya and Tripura at 57.3 per cent each.
24 Jan, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Bimaru states show the way in women empowermentOne of the parameters to judge women empowerment is by knowing how many are functioning as elected representatives.
18 Dec, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Government to recruit women officers in ITBP for first timeThe women officers can supervise the working of their border guarding contingents under their command and also undertake patrolling at sele...
08 Mar, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
Sikkim's ruling SDF trying to reap fruits of the past in Assembly pollThe ruling Sikkim Democratic Front is banking on the success of its development work in the last 20 years of power in Sikkim to get a recor...
05 Apr, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
- World Bank to provide $ 130 mn for rural empowerment in NE
NEW DELHI: The World Bank will provide $ 130 million for initiatives to empower rural communities and improve livelihood opportunities in n...
20 Jan, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
- CCEA nod to create livelihood opportunities of Rs 683 crore in 4 North East states
CCEA at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the NERLP at an estimated cost of Rs 683.2 crore.
16 Nov, 2011, 05.12 PM IST