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Uttar Pradesh has launched a free household power connection scheme for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. “To begin with Lohban and Gausana, the two villages of Mathura district have been covered for 100 per cent electrification on the birth anniversary ...

The Nitish Kumar government today approved a “Safe City Surveillance” scheme aimed at putting a check on eve-teasing and other crimes against women at public places across the state. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Principal ...

Sukanya Samriddhi scheme fetches a higher interest rate compared with other small savings schemes. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a small savings scheme exclusively for the girl child. Under the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme, a parent or legal guardian can open an account in the name of the girl child until she attains ...

Hoping to encourage inter-caste marriages, the Narendra Modi government will give a Rs. 2.5 lakh incentive to couples where either the bride or groom is a Dalit irrespective of their income. But they will get the money in two instalments to minimize possibility of fraud. “The condition that the total ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Wednesday said it will provide subsidised sugar every month to the ‘below poverty line’ (BPL) families in the state, extending a welfare scheme earlier available to only ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojna’ (AAY) families. Families under both categories will also get a litre of subsidised mustard oil. ...

SHILLONG: Low cost airline Air Deccan is all set to start operations under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), from December 15 this year, airport officials here said today. Under the Centre’s UDAN scheme, air fares are capped at Rs 2,500 per ...

Applications are invited from the interested candidates to avail free coaching in various courses offered at Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendram under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, informed PMKVY district in-charge Matti Rama Krishna in a statement released here in Khammam on Wednesday. He said that PMKVY was ...

Seeking higher Central assistance under Mid-day Meal scheme, the State Government on Monday proposed to extend the benefit of supplementary nutrition to privately-run schools like Saraswati Sishu Mandir and Vivekananda School and children from impoverished families studying Class IX and X in government schools.Inaugurating a two-day national workshop on Mid-day ...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved a scheme to encourage girl students to join technical education, officials said today. Girl students, who have cleared class X examination, are eligible to get admission into the technical institutes such as ITIBSE 2.05 % under the ‘Sudakhya’ scheme approved yesterday. The students, ...

The Kerala State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC) will implement a new social empowerment scheme for tribal women in Chakkittappara panchayat, where lack of self-employment opportunities has been identified as a major hurdle for growth. The new scheme, to be launched on November 19, aims at training tribal women in various ...