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1. Under Kanyashree Prakalpa an unmarried girl child who is 13 to 18 years old and reading in any recognized school in class VIII/IX/XI/XII will get annual scholarship of Rs. 500/- if annual income of her both parents is upto Rs. 1,20,000/-. Eligible girl students will apply in K1 Form ...

Telangana government will soon launch a thrift scheme for welfare of weavers in the state. Industries and municipal minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday announced the new scheme, aimed at ensuring social security for weavers, will be launched at Pochampally in Yadadri-Bhongir district on June 24. The minister who held a review meeting with the textile department ...

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched the Urban Housing Scheme in Vijayawada today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the scheme is being implemented to 1,20,000 houses in 38 towns for the poor living in urban areas for which the permission has already been given. Chandrababu asaid that they are ...

MYSURU: A public bicycle sharing (PBS) system, Trin Trin, was launched here on Sunday by chief minister Siddaramaiah, bringing Mysuru on the list of select global cities which already have bicycles as a commuting option. A total of 450 bicycles (430 regular and 20 with gear) can be borrowed for ...

HYDERABAD: Telangana government on Sunday launched the single-women pensions scheme across the state. Single women will be given 1,000 per month in what is being described as the first such scheme in India. In the towns of Chinnakoduru and Nunganuru of Siddipet, irrigation minister T Harish Rao handed over pension ...

The Manohar Parrikar-led Goa government will re-introduce the scheme to screen newborn babies for detecting metabolic disorders. The scheme, started by the erstwhile congress-led government in the state, was discontinued in 2012 when Manohar Parrikar was Chief Minister. The health programme is now being resurrected when Parrikar is once again ...

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that the Delhi government’s ‘Higher Education and Skill Development Guarantee Scheme’, which provides financial support from the banking system to meritorious students from the Capital, will be extended to students who want to pursue education outside the State as well. Earlier, the scheme ...

Chandigarh: All districts in Haryana will be linked with Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme for sale and purchase of fertilisers through Point of Sale (POS) devices. Earlier, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts were selected as pilot for implementation of DBT scheme, and now the project has been extended to the remaining ...

The Punjab government has chalked out a comprehensive strategy to provide security and financial assistance to acid attack victims in order to make them self-reliant, state minister Razia Sultana said on Monday. She said the Punjab financial assistance to acid victims scheme 2017 has been framed in this regard and ...

CHENNAI: The Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme will now cover multiple therapies for autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability. State Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said so far, autism had not been covered under most schemes. “Now, the State government is providing an avenue for families who are covered to access ...