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- Bihar to check corruption in anganwadi centres
Patna, June 14: Bihar plans to conduct a social audit of the government-run anganwadi centres (AWC) to check complaints about corruption and to bring transparency in the functioning of the chi....
- UPA focus on implementing Right to Education act: Sonia Gandhi
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 5: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has made provision of around Rs.2.25 lakh crore for the next ....
- Don't allow multiple ATM transactions for one PIN entry: RBI to banks
New Delhi, Jan 5: Gone are those good old days when you used to happily go ahead with multiple transactions just by entering the PIN (Personal Identification Number) once at the beginning. Rese....
- Scheme for adolescent girls to be launched in November
New Delhi, Sep 30: After much delay, the women and child development ministry will finally launch the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls - SABLA - in November.
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- Rs.1,000 crore National Social Security Fund on anvil
New Delhi, June 2: The government is thinking of setting up a National Social Security Fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 1,000 crore for workers in the unorganised sector, Prime Minister Manmo....
- Central government staff can travel on private airlines
New Delhi, May 26: In view of a strike called by a section of Air India employees, the government today allowed its employees to fly on any carrier till such time the state-run airline does not....
- India, Denmark sign social security agreement
New Delhi: India and Denmark today signed a bilateral social security agreement to protect their workers in either country against double payment of social security contributions, as also loss ....
- India, Denmark to sign social security pact
New Delhi: India and Denmark are set to sign a new pact under which their workers will only have to make social security contributions in the country of origin and not where they work, and ther....
- Centre submits new parole guidelines to high court
New Delhi: Those who are a threat to national security, involved in sedition or convicted for rape-cum-murder will not be granted parole, according to the new guidelines which the central gover....
- Now, equal insurance benefits for differently-abled employees
New Delhi: The central government today informed the Delhi High Court that equal benefits for postal life insurance will be provided to the differently-abled government employees with a maximum....
- India, Holland to sign social security pact in October
Brussels: The long-awaited social security agreement between India and Holland will be signed in New Delhi next month, a media report on Sep 27 said.
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- Next round of talks with Gorkhaland activists in December
New Delhi: The next round of talks with Gorkhaland activists will be held on Dec 21 after a "positive outcome" of the previous rounds, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here on Tuesday.....
- Amartya Sen welcomes government's Right to Food Act
New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen today praised the government's draft for a Right to Food (Guarantee of Safety and Security) Act saying it was a "step in the right direction".
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- Nilekani starts work on unique identity for each Indian
New Delhi: Nandan Nilekani took charge as the chairman of the Unique Identification Database Authority of India today and started work on the government's ambitious project to provide a sin....
- India bans import of toys lacking safety standards
New Delhi: India has announced restrictions till January 2010 on the import of all toys that fail to meet international safety standards. Hitherto, the ban only related to Chinese toys.
- Karunanidhi urges to snap ties with Colombo unless ceasefire called
Chennai/New Delhi,April 17: With emotions running high in Tamil Nadu over the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday urged the government of India to sever a....
- Social security Bill for unorganised workers passed
New Delhi: In an election year, an ambitious Bill aimed at ensuring social security to and welfare of the workers in the unorganised sector was passed in the Rajya Sabha today. The passage of t....
- Naxals kill 12 CRPF jawans
New Delhi/Chattisgarh: The Naxalites gunned down at least twelve Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and injured a dozen of soldiers this afternoon in Kongu Palli village at Modakpal are....
- SIMI, Bajrang Dal are dangerous, says NSA
New Delhi: Terming SIMI and Bajrang Dal as dangerous, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has said they are not two sides of the same coin. The NSA said there was a need to effectively deal....
- Hijacked ship crew, including 3 Indians, set free
Kasaragod: All the crew members including three Indians of an Iranian cargo ship hijacked by sea pirates off the Somalian coast on August 21 were set free today, sources said. Jeevan Kiran D'So....
- No smoking: Go ahead with the ban, SC tells Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday refused to stay the Central government's notification to impose a ban on smoking in public places from October 2. A bench headed by Justice B N Agarwal, w....
- FM launches medical scheme for BPL families
Karaikudi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated the Universal Arogya Medical Insurance Scheme, saying the scheme would reach all citizens below poverty line (BPL) in the country in a phas....
- Banks to get Rs 250 bn to meet loan waiver costs
New Delhi: The government will give Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) to banks to help them make up the loss incurred on account of farm loan waiver, said a senior official today. "Rs 25,000 cro....
- Unorganised labourer to get social security: Fernandes
New Delhi: Union Minister for Labour Oscar Fernandes today said that his government was fully committed to extend social security to the unoraganised sector labour as well and a Bill in this re....
- Govt rules-out withdrawal of PF management
New Delhi: Government has ruled out any possibility of taking back its decision to include private financial managers for managing the huge asset of Employees Provident Fund Organisation. Talki....
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