But unsure of its passage this session
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 23

The government today approved introduction of

New Delhi: The child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are truly the lucky ones. Government spend on child-specific schemes has doubled in the last five years of the UPA

The Assam government today set on the roll a special scheme for the girl child in the family with an objective to wipe out discrimination especially in respect of higher education under the Assam Bikash Yojana.

NEW DELHI: A higher allocation for schemes benefiting women and children has been made in the interim budget. Besides, several new schemes have also been announced.

Widows in the age group of 18 to 40 will be given priority in admissions to Industrial Training Institutes (ITI). They will also be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 500.

NEW DELHI: The House of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi finalised the revised budget estimates for 2008-09 and budget estimates for 2009-10 at a special meeting here on Thursday.

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Sudhakar Pai from Mangalore had severe abdominal pain at the age of seven. Tests revealed he was anaemic. The doctor prescribed medicines for intestinal worms and anaemia. But the pain persisted.

LUCKNOW: To encourage the poor girls in continuing with further education, chief minister Mayawati, on Wednesday, launched Savitribai Phule Balika

Shiksha Yojana here on Wednesday by giving a cheque of Rs 15,000 and a bicycle each to 10 girl students of Lucknow.

Encouraged by the response to Nanhi Chhaan, a project to check female foeticide and to promote green cover in Punjab, the Punjab government has agreed to support the initiative.