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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, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs16,320-crore Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya, on Monday evening to provide electricity connections to over 40 million families in rural and urban areas by December 2018. Here are some frequently asked questions or FAQs about the scheme. What is the ...

The upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised to 65 years from the current 60, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced on Monday. PFRDA Chairman Hemant Contractor made the announcement at a conference here on “Transferring Superannuation Funds to National Pension ...

Women, employed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme across the country, get only 78 per cent of the minimum wages paid to men, according to Indian Express report. The Ministry of Rural Development panel report said that not a single state has been able to enforce ...

After the hospital deaths of several children in Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad districts sparked public outrage, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning a project to attend to the health needs of people in rural areas. “The UP government is shortly coming out with a project to tackle the health issues in ...

The Modi Government’s flagship scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), has resulted in generation of 1.68 crore incremental jobs in the first two years since its launch, a SKOCH Group report has revealed. This survey report titled ‘MUDRA Scheme: a Game Changer Initiative on Job Creation’ was released at ...

With around 16,000 forms being received by Delhi Development Authority till Friday for its latest housing scheme, the land owning agency is unlikely to extend its last date, sources in DDA said. The agency has extended the last date for purchase of around 12,000 flats up for sale to September ...

In a major announcement, all the students doing Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will be getting Rs 70,000 per month as fellowship amount. The statement came from Centre’s Union Higher Education Secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma. As of ...

Influenced by the success and popularity of Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2003 and Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2014 schemes, and to protect elderly people aged 60 years and above in the falling interest regime, the Modi government recently announced the launch of a simplified scheme of assured pension, called Pradhan ...

“Tele-law”, a scheme under which 1,000 trained volunteers will assist residents of rural areas in reaching legal experts via video conferencing, was launched on Sunday. The assistance will be given from 500 Common Service Centres in the first phase, where a Para Legal Volunteer (PLV) — the first point of ...