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The government has formulated a scheme to increase awareness of intellectual property rights (IPRs) under which the DIPP would take several steps including organising 4,300 programmes in three years. The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) created the “Scheme for IPR Awareness” under the mandate of the national IPR ...

New Delhi: Railways have decided to provide the ‘buy tickets now and pay later’ service for any express train, an IRCTC official said on Thursday. According to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd official, soon passengers would be able to buy tickets from the IRCTC website and ...

The ministries of tourism and culture have issued notifications making it mandatory for beneficiaries of their various schemes to have Aadhaar numbers. The notifications state that beneficiaries of their various schemes need to have Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services, benefits and subsidies from the government. The ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced ‘Sampada’- a food processing scheme, news agency ANI reported. He further stressed that modernisation of agriculture sector is vital for an economy, adding that government wants to strengthen the farmer community by doubling their incomes. “Farmers’ income should be doubled by 2022, it’s ...

Members of the district unit of the Karnataka Rajya Akshara Dasoha Naukarara Sangha, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Thursday demanding that the Union government increase grants for midday meal scheme. Addressing the protesters here, ...

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 ...

As part of an exercise to promote ‘brain gain’ as against brain drain, the Ministry of Science and Technology is all set to launch a new scheme next month to get distinguished scientists from abroad to work in India. Called ‘Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme’, it will aim ...

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 ...