The government has sanctioned Rs 95.61 crore to Maoist-affected states, including West Bengal, under the 'Special Assistance Scheme' to carry out speedy development works. The amount has been......
The government has convened a meeting of members of Parliament belonging to 33 worst Naxal-affected districts on April 30 to apprise them about its strategy to deal with the Maoists and seek their......
The supplementary nutrition programme and the Poshan Abhiyaan under the Women and Child Development Ministry has been merged to launch Mission Poshan 2.0 to strengthen nutritional content,......
A sum of Rs 29,000 crore has been set aside for the Women and Child Development Ministry for 2019-20, a 17 per cent increase, with the social services sector getting a major boost in the Budget.......
At the current rate of decline in the under-5 Infant Mortality Rate, India is not likely to achieve the Millennium Development Goalof bringing down the IMR to 40 per 1,000 live births for the year......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that the government has not given up on reforms.More reforms will be unveiled in the 2011-12 Budget, said the Prime Minister.He, however, blamed the......
The idea of integrating all rural schemes into one comprehensive district plan will be a reality on October 2. On that day, the government will roll out its first convergence model in 10 districts.......
The Budget is remarkably coherent in specifying the aims of specific public investment proposals, notes Rathin Roy. I looked for answers to three important questions in Budget 2015. First:......
The National Democratic Alliance govt has not been able to bring black money from abroad as it had promised before the 2014 general elections, rues Saugata Roy Before I go into the......
Modi government's health ministry is good at making new claims but there is no visible sign of any new programme being initiated, finds out Manoj K. During the last week of May 2015, several......