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 ...

Emphasising the importance of solid waste management, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged Delhiites to segregate garbage to prevent environmental degradation. Speaking at the launch of a municipal solid waste segregation programme on the occasion of World Environment Day at Talkatora Stadium here, Mr. Naidu said: ...

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 ...

Government of India believes in Unity in Diversity which is the basic tenet of Indian Culture. The Constitution of India grants equal rights and opportunities to all communities including minority communities of India to profess their religion and culture.There is a general lack of information among people about the rich ...

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 Narendra Modi government’s free LPG scheme for below poverty line (BPL) women seems to have achieved its objective of addressing health hazards posed to millions by polluting cooking fuels. Thanks mainly to the 2.2 crore new LPG connections issued under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) launched in May ...

India will levy a 5 per cent tax on all equipment required for generating solar power compared with nil duty now, a government official clarified, putting an end to confusion about the new taxation policy for the industry after its landmark tax reform. “All solar equipments and its parts would ...

According to the survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) during 2011-12, the total employment in both organised and unorganised sector in the country was of the order of 47 crores. Out of this, about 8 crores were in the organised sector and the balance 39 crores (which ...

A few years after its students started scoring sky rocketing scores, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), seems to have made its marking policy for class XII exams more stringent this year. While several students featured in the 90s brigade like every year, experts have observed that the overall ...