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Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme launched by Mamata Banerjee in October 2013, two years after she became West Bengal chief minister, today won her government the United Nations Public Service Award at The Hague. India was named first in the Asia-Pacific group for the category: ‘Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable ...

In a bid to bring together the Indian scientists abroad and India-based researchers for conducting joint researches in India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Thursday launched a scheme named ‘Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty’ (VAJRA). Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhanlaunched the Web portal of VAJRA in ...

People suffering from tuberculosis will have to mandatorily submit their Aadhaar number to avail benefits under a central government scheme. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Union health ministry, which also asked those who do not have an Aadhaar card to get themselves enrolled by August 31. “An individual eligible to receive ...

Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday announced free education for girls from nursery to the doctorate level in government institutions of Punjab. He was speaking in the Vidhan Sabha. Also, a spokesman said the government will introduce free textbooks to all students of government schools, and will introduce pre-primary ...

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 ...

The revamped Persons with Disability Act 2016 might have come as a respite for several but it has disappointed those who are beneficiaries of government-run Swavlambhan scheme. Exclusion of the recently included disabled categories under the Persons with Disability Act 2016 did not come as a relief to Sanjive Gauhri, ...

The chief minister’s ‘Anila Bhagya’ scheme of providing free LPG connections to BPL families will be in place by July 10, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said on Friday. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Khader said BPL card holders who have not been selected for the ...

To expand the outreach of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), people can now enrol and subscribe digitally to the scheme. “The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has now introduced “APY@eNPS” which involves a complete digital enrolment process,” the Finance Ministry said on Friday, adding that it will give additional ...

In order to give fillip to tourism sector, the department of tourism Kashmir has asked hoteliers to avail the ‘central government incentive schemes’ for the construction, renovation and up gradation of their properties. Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah said they were encouraging hoteliers to avail GoI incentive schemes for ...

The role of a Chartered Accountant (CA) is evolving continually to assume newer responsibilities in a dynamic environment. In the given scenario, the potentiality of the Chartered Accountancy education system to meet the diverse range of expectations of various stakeholders from the profession becomes the focal point. The Revised Scheme ...