-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation The Government today announced an overarching scheme for uplift of urban and rural poor through enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development and other means. The scheme has been named as ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - DAY'. The announcement was made today by Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Rural Development...
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SC notice to Centre on farmers' suicide
-CNN-IBN New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking direction to take steps to prevent the increasing number of suicides by the farmer in different parts of the country on account of their difficult financial conditions. There is a suicide by a farmer in distress every 32 minute, the plea said. Seeking the government's response over growing incidence of suicides by farmers, the bench...
More »Army of jobseekers now 11cr-strong -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Over 113 million persons were "seeking or available for work", that is, they were unemployed, according to Census 2011 data released today. This huge number made up around 15% of the working age population of about 748 million persons in the 15 to 60 years age group. These unemployed persons were distributed over nearly 70 million families or households. That's about 28% of all households in the...
More »India's innovations at IIT social summit -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India put its innovations on display at the Social Good Summit on September 21 and 22 during which the United Nations General Assembly has been in session. Hosted at IIT Delhi on Sunday, the first India Social Good Summit 2014, webcast live for thousands of students, had experts and students came come together to interact on one question: What type of world do we want...
More »After childhood in Mumbai red-light district, a UN award -Aamir Khan
-The Indian Express Mumbai: Shweta Katti, who grew up in Mumbai's red light district of Kamathipura, had her first breakthrough when she made it to the Bard College in New York last year. Now, there is another reason for the 19-year-old to celebrate: She has been selected by the United Nations Special Envoy for Education for the youth Courage Award, given to girls from around the world for showing exemplary courage...
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