Rajasthan government is planning to set up 450 generic medicines stores across the state. Rajasthan medical and health minister Aimaduddin Ahmad 'Duru Miyan' said that the state government is serious on providing affordable quality health care in the state. The prescription of generic medicines by doctors would “pierce the cartel of big manufacturers†and reduce the drug prices. The state government will also get grant from ministry of chemicals and...

The Centre, for the first time, has undertaken a nation-wide survey of slums to profile urban household poverty and the nature of jobs held by those living on society's fringes. The survey will profile slum-dwellers by caste and religion "for properly allocating development schemes, policy-making, project formulation and implementation, and monitoring", according to an official at the Union ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (Hupa). The survey, being conducted under Hupa,...

खास बात • साल १९९३-९४ में ग्रामीण इलाकों में पुरुष साक्षरता की दर(राष्ट्रीय स्तर) ६३ फीसदी थी जो साल १९९९-२००० में बढ़कर ६८ फीसदी हो गई।* • साल १९९३-९४ में ग्रामीण इलाकों में महिला साक्षरता की दर(राष्ट्रीय स्तर) ३६ फीसदी थी जो साल १९९९-२००० में बढ़कर ४३ फीसदी हो गई।*  • भारत के ग्रामीण अंचल में अनुसूचित जनजाति के तबके के लोगों में साक्षरता दर सबसे कम(४२ फीसदी) पायी गई है। इसके तुरंत बाद अनुसूचित...