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Budget: Rs 13,539 cr allocated to social justice department, 37% higher than last year
This increase is primarily focused on enhancing welfare programmes for marginalised communities and…
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Indoor air pollution poses greater health risk than outdoor: Experts
Studies done in Delhi have shown that women's average exposure to high levels of black carbon (wome…
PTI
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Number of children in non-institutional care increased fourfold between 2021-22 and 2023-24: Govt
In the financial year 2021-22, 29,331 children were covered by non-institutional care. This number …
PTI
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States will now be able to get discounted chana dal for their welfare schemes
This provision would be done through the stock of pulses procured under Price Support Scheme (PS…
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Total Fertility Rate falling, 2001-11 saw sharpest decline in 100 years: Census
The Centre said "public health" is a state subject. Therefore, states must deploy strategi…
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e-RUPI explained — India’s new electronic voucher-based payment system to reduce leakage in welfare programmes
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi will be launching 'e-RUPI', an electronic voucher-based …
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‘United Health Interface will do to service delivery what UPI did to payments’
Just like UPI revolutionized payment transactions in India, Unified Health Interface or UHI will re…
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Tamil Nadu reports 10 child marriages a day, over 2,500 recorded this year alone; state to conduct awareness campaigns
The department stated that of the 2,516 child marriages reported, 1782 marriages could be stopped w…
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University of Birmingham, Haryana to create centre of excellence in state to boost crop post harvest management
The decision to create Haryana Centre of Excellence was taken at the Global summit organised by…
PTI
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Increase in social pension, GST exemption for medicines, wheelchairs among major demands by welfare organisations
There are an estimated 140 million elderly people in India. The demands touch the sectors of …
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TN undertakes a mega vaccination drive to innoculate 13.8 lakh people
Tamil Nadu has inoculated 13,83,573 people against COVID-19 in the 30th mega vaccination camp held …
PTI
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States and Union Territories to get COVID-19 vaccine doses based on several criteria, says the Central government
From Tuesday onwards, Covid-19 vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Central government to sta…
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Allocation for SC welfare for all ministries increased in Budget by 51.65 pc: MSJ&E
"The budgetary outlay is Rs 70 crore. The intended objective is to cover the welfare measures for b…
PTI
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Central Government to widen COVID-19 vaccination drive soon to cover other section of population, says Harsh Vardhan
Amid surge in coronavirus cases, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said th…
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Analysis shows children between 0-14 years less affected by COVID, says Health Minister
Very rarely a severe illness, in form of multi-system inflammatory syndrome, has been identifie…
PTI
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Government to use scientific methods to implement social welfare schemes and fight poverty
"BPL data tells us how many are poor and SECC who are those poor... it is a more targeted and scien…
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Services Australia partners Infosys to digitise welfare entitlements
New Delhi, Nov 29 () IT services major Infosys on Friday said it has inked an agreement with Austra…
PTI
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No proposal to raise excise duty on cigarettes, 'bidis' and smokeless tobacco, says Centre
"The GST rates on goods are fixed on the basis of GST Council recommendations. At present, the…
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Dog lover or not, this campaign by NGO Welfare of Stray Dogs will surely melt your heart
The campaign is aimed at encouraging people to adopt Indie dogs
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Resolve pending pension cases, Delhi minister tells WCD, Social Welfare depts
The minister also reviewed the status of all programmes under the Integrated Child Development Sche…