South

The Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme  (AUEGS), which virtually reached the 35 lakh workdays for the 100 crores that the State government earmarked this year for the scheme, seeks to reach 50 lakh person-days of employment this year. Furthermore, it is proposed that the project’s work be done in a ...

The Social Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu is accepting applications from qualified female candidates for the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme, which offers a monthly stipend of Rs 1000. Applying for financial aid at penkalvi.tn.gov.in is open to girls who attended public schools from Class 6 through Class ...

The Kerela government has come up with a New Minority Allocation Scheme (NMAS) for the students of Kerela. This scheme aims to provide financial aid to these students so that they can pursue their education or undergo vocational/technical training without any financial obstacles. The larger goal is to uplift the ...

The Tamil Nadu Government has recently rolled out Teach at Home (TAH) scheme for differently-abled children of the state.  Through this scheme, the government aims to provide both education and special services for the differently-abled children at their place of residence. The primary and tangible objective of the initiative is ...

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to launch an Urban Employment scheme for the people of the state. This scheme is akin to the MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) program of the country. The MGNREGS primarily focuses on the generation of wage employment for rural areas. Unlike ...

High Court Judge and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority chairman Jayanth Patel will inaugurate the Senior Citizens Empowerment Scheme here on August 20. The launch will be held at zilla panchyat premises. Kolar has been selected as pilot district in Karnataka for implementation of the scheme, conceived by the National ...

A happiness indeed for labour of kerala as minimum wages will be Rs.600 per day. Thats called pursuit of happiness which is given by LDF government. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement on Thursday that the policy seeks to ensure the welfare and social security of workers along ...

1. The Govt of India has selected the Andhra Pradesh State as one among the three States for providing 24 x 7 power supply to domestic consumers. 2. In AP State, around 300 sunny days in a year with Solar Insolation of 5.5 to 6.0 KWh/m2 is available, which is ...

In order to promote the use of non conventional energy in the agriculture sector, the Telangana government has constituted a six-member committee headed by State Energy Secretary Arvind Kumar to prepare modalities for the new solar pump set scheme being launched soon in the State.  The members of the committee ...

Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Friday directed the District Collectors to speed up the sheep rearing scheme. At a video conference from Secretariat here, the Minister asked the Collectors to ensure that the distribution of sheep units among selected beneficiaries was done in a hassle-free ...