In a bid to transform livelihoods in rural India, the UPA, halfway in its second term, has unveiled a flagship scheme “Integrated Habitat Development Scheme (IHDS)” to qualitatively transform villages. The scheme to run first for three years apparently has […]
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Canada offers Fulbright scholarship to Pakistani students: Pakistan
High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan Ross Garfield Hynes has said Canada and Pakistan can develop meaningful collaboration in sectors like education, agriculture and livestock and women empowerment. Hynes offered Canadian Fulbright scholarship to Pakistani students and urged them to […]
Continue reading »A thought for school: India
An organisation which helps to school underprivileged children The high dropout rate of children from government schools is a serious issue in India. Additionally, poverty ensures that parents are unable to send children to school. To alleviate this, Shobha Murthy […]
Continue reading »Manufacturing policy gets govt approval: India
The policy aims at creating 100 million jobs by 2022 The government has approved a watered down version of the long-awaited National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) which seeks to set up mega industrial zones and create 100 million jobs by 2022. […]
Continue reading »Andhra Pradesh govt confident of achieving 10pc growth rate : India
Despite the disruptions created by the ongoing Telangana agitation and fear of negative growth in various sectors, Andhra Pradesh government is confident of achieving a growth rate of 10 per cent during the 12th plan period. The Chief Minister N. […]
Continue reading »AP seeks more funds for micro-irrigation projects: India
HYDERABAD, OCT. 24: The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, has requested the Centre for a special sanction of Rs 800 crore under the National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) to take up micro irrigation in a […]
Continue reading »NCM to take up with par panel issue of tax on donations: India
New Delhi: The National Minority Commission today voiced concern on a proposal in the Direct Tax Code Bill to tax donations for institutions and organisations run by a particular religion or community and is planning to take up the issue […]
Continue reading »AP govt unveils special scheme for pregnant women: India
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government today launched a Centrally-sponsored scheme under which pregnant women giving birth at home will be entitled to get special assistance. Launching the “Janani Sishu Suraksha Programme,” Minister for Medical, Health and Family Welfare D L Ravindra […]
Continue reading »Welfare sans infrastructure: India
Andhra Pradesh was the first state in the country to establish an exclusive minorities welfare department at the Secretariat level in 1993. The new department was created by bifurcating the employment generation and youth services department. AP was again the […]
Continue reading »Japan’s Special Representative calls on finance minister
ISLAMABAD: Tadamichi Yamamoto the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan of Japan today met with the Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh here in his office in Islamabad. While talking to him, the Finance Minister […]
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