welfare

Dignity denied as more than 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets

Poor state of toilets in schools in South Africa leads to death of children in unsafe and unhygienic pit-toilets

You have seen The Elephant Whisperers, now meet Chennai’s unsung animal activists

Telangana’s flagship schemes Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima to be discussed at SZC’s next meeting

Explained | Menstrual hygiene facilities in Indian schools

Congress activists protest ‘neglect‘ of Dalits’ welfare by ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh

NDRF and SDRF personnel conduct a mock rescue drill in preparation of Char Dham Yatra, in Dehradun, Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Morning Digest | Joshimath residents still stranded as Char Dham Yatra begins; NIA files charge sheet against 6 persons in Coimbatore car blast case, and more

Child rights panel seeks extension of time for Mission Vatsalya Scheme till April 30

Kishan Reddy bats for 15 lakh tonnes of boiled rice procurement from TS

The data shared by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs shows that there was a decline in the share of loans to street vendors of minority communities. Image for representational purpose only.

PM SVANidhi scheme

Only 9.3% of loans under scheme for street vendors given to those from minority communities: Govt. data

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Government to set up panel to ‘improve’ National Pension System

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In a report tabled in Rajya Sabha on March 15, the Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj said States were not receiving funds primarily for capacity building and training of elected representatives, functionaries and other stakeholders of the panchayats.

Parliamentary panel pulls up Panchayati Raj Ministry over non-release of funds under RGSA

House panel apprehensive about ₹15,000 crore PM-PVTG allocation

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As per the Ministry of Rural Development statistics, NMMS usage has been reported only in 1,58,390 of the total 2,69,637 gram panchayats as on February 24, 2023. Photo: rural.nic.in

MGNREGS | Over 40% of gram panchayats do not report digital attendance

Sobhana K. Nair

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam being welcomed to a State-level meet of BJP functionaries at Mararji Bhavan in Kozhikode on Monday, February 20, 2023.

“We have already achieved the dream of poverty eradication”: BJP national general secretary

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Finance secretary T.V. Somanathan and Tamil Nadu Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) S. Krishnan at the ‘Breakfast with BusinessLine’ event in Chennai.

Union Finance Secretary justifies cut in allocation for rural jobs scheme

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being felicitated by BJP president J.P. Nadda for the Union Budget 2023-24 during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also seen.

Interests of poor at centre of every budget presented by BJP government: PM Modi

Workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Telangana. File photo

More funds for MGNREGS if needed, says Rural Development Ministry

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Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran presents the Economic Survey 2022-23 during a press conference in New Delhi on January 31, 2023.

Top news of the day: Chief Economic Advisor talks of dismantling ‘LIC’ to boost GDP; Adani FPO fully subscribed, and more

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Women beneficiaries perform ‘paal abhishekam’ to a photograph of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy after the ‘Amma Vodi’ amount was credited to their account, in Visakhapatnam.

The case for welfare schemes

P. Krishna Mohan Reddy

Survey throws up lack of awareness among homeless people about welfare boards

The Hindu Bureau

Over 15 crore active workers are presently enrolled in the rural job guarantee scheme. File

Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy

Sobhana K. Nair

67% drop in PM-Kisan payout in 3 years: RTI reply

Leather puppetry artistes with Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna at Ramachandrapuram in Konaseema district on Wednesday.

Leather puppetry artistes in Andhra Pradesh want ‘common community name’ in official records

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A hoarding with an image of Baba Ramdev is seen inside a Patanjali store in Ahmedabad, India. File.

Rural Development Ministry signs agreement with Patanjali

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