* Annual health survey to check nutritional status
* Phased financial incentives for pregnant, young mothers
* Reward to health worker for better monitoring of mother/child
* Pilot scheme for empowering 16-18 age group girls
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Only a couple of years back, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had called persist
A proactive minister puts Paryavaran Bhavan in focus. The development dauphins are aflutter.When did you last hear of an Indian cabinet minister being compared to Muhammad Ali? Well, that
With tax breaks likely to be tweaked, the SEZ charm seems to be on the waneConflict Zones
* Finance ministry is keen to plug revenue loss from SEZs
* It suspects that non-SEZ trade is being diverted to the tax-free zone
* New tax rules soon for SEZs operational after April 1, 2011
* Uncertainty over revised tax rules for SEZs is unnerving investors
* Many SEZs seek denot
After three years of soul-snuffing treatment at the local ESI hospital for acute breathlessness and body pain, Jagdish, a factory worker from the Rai block in Sonepat district, Haryana, finally had enough. Egged on by a neighbour, the 52-year-old mustered up the courage to visit a private cardiac care hospital in Sonepat.
The surcharged debate over GM (genetically modified) crops and food has blundered into ominous terrain. Do civil society and scientists have the right to question government decisions on deployment of GM crops and foods?
Conflict of interest in formulating climate policy and heading TERIi, which gets sizeable research funding in areas like glaciology and renewable energy and is a big player in green business opportunities.
