State has more names in ration cards than its population as detailed in Census 2011; 29 per cent already enrolled for Aadhaar

Tribal and nomadic communities in Rajasthan were asked here on Thursday to take part actively in the upcoming first-of-its-kind Socio-Economic and Caste Census aimed at identifying the Below Poverty Line families in both urban and rural areas that can benefit from the Union Government's welfare schemes.

Chennai: As a student, Ravi Kuchimanchi developed an extension of the Rubik’s Cube, a hot toy he thought would earn him a fortune that he could use to help society.

Orders fresh investigation in five towns

Smart cards already in use for the insurance scheme for the poor can also be used to transfer food subsidy

Describing female foeticide as a grave challenge, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said information, education and communication (IEC) could play a role in building a positive environment for valuing the girl child, particularly at the grassroots level. He said the Centre had decided to provide funds to States for setting up dedicated cells to monitor the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.

The state government is planning to reconsider development of 2,177 hectares of salt pan land in Mumbai.

Under the differential interest rate (DIR) scheme, 241 persons belonging to the BPL category in the district were disbursed loans amounting to Rs 36.15 lakh by Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik here

PUNE: Some 40 years ago, a child suffering from diarrhoea at Jamkhed village of Ahmednagar district would have had little chance of survival. Not anymore.

NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission affidavit to the Supreme Court which claimed that a rural poor can manage food, education and health requirements with a mere Rs 25 a day has given fresh ammuniti