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24-hour shelter now a wreck
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The 24-hour shelter at Yamuna Pushta, near Nigambodh Ghat, is not much of a shelter anymore.
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Demand for foodgrain instead of cash under rural job scheme
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A proposal to give foodgrain instead of cash to agricultural workers under MNREGA has not received any positive response, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar told Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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More sops for minorities
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With an eye on the panchayat elections, the Trinamul Congress-led government today once again sought to woo the minorities with the state Cabinet approving a decision to pay monthly honorarium to muezzins working in mosques, but not before the chief minister lost her temper when some of her colleagues tried to raise a point against the move.
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Odisha Government asks Posco to start welfare work for local people
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Odisha Government asks South Korean steel major Posco to start welfare work for local people near proposed site. The state government has said that the Posco now should start welfare work in the available land to gain the confidence of the local people.
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Unicef to distribute 25000 solar lamps in Jharkhand schools
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Unicef will distribute around 25,000 portable solar lamps in Jharkhand's schools, a move that will help around 75,000 students during their studies.
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Govt sanctions Rs 90 lakh for Satra development
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today visited Madhupur Satra along with his wife Dolly Gogoi and Pranati Phukan, State Cultural Minister.
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No prospective plan for NREGA scheme from Bengal, complains Congress
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day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed her government has provided 33 days’ jobs under NREGA in 11 months far surpassing the erstwhile Left Front government's record, Congress MLA Ajoy De today complained that the new government hadn’t submitted to the Centre the prospective plan for NREGA schemes.
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Financial assistance for higher education
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The Goa government offers a financial assistance scheme to meritorious students who find it difficult to opt for higher/technical education in reputed institutes around India due to monetary constraints.
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Bengal aims at 60 days work under rural jobs scheme
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West Bengal aims to give 60 days of work to each household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the coming year,
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Centre plans flexifund rural schemes
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The government is thinking of letting the states cherry pick the central schemes for rural welfare, a step back from centralized decision-making that it hopes could help quell the accusations that Centre was weakening the federal structure.
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Odisha govt initiated steps for welfare of differentially able persons
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Odisha Govt has initiated steps for preparation of a specific agenda of action for welfare of differentially able persons. Chief Secretary Sri Bijay Kumar Patnaik while presiding over a high-level meeting held in secretariat conference hall today has advised the W & C D Dept. to prepare this action plan.
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AP to receive Rs. 714 cr as drought relief from Centre
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The Government of India has granted a sum of Rs 714 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to Andhra Pradesh towards drought relief.
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Cooking gas for all tribals around Tadoba nat'l park
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In a move aimed at ending the man-animal conflict around Tadoba National Park in Chandrapur, the forest department plans to provide cooking gas to the 13,000-odd tribal families residing in and around its buffer zone.
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Panel hikes relief to senior citizen
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The Goa state consumer disputes redressal commission has enhanced the compensation awarded to a senior citizen for deficiency in service by a telephone/internet service provider from 15,000 to 50,000.
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Tamil Nadu CM keen to provide aids to disabled persons: Minister
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is very keen to provide necessary aids to the disabled persons to ensure livelihood for them, state School Education Minister
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Punjab Govt would continue all pro-poor schemes: Majithia
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Punjab Revenue and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today reiterated the resolve of the SAD-BJP government to continue all pro-poor schemes and fulfill all promises made in the election manifesto.
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West Bengal Govt gets extension for completion of JNNURM projects
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The West Bengal government has received an extension of two years for completion of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects sanctioned till March 2012.
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280 special teams sent to probe MNREGA graft
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The Centre has sent 280 special teams to various states to investigate alleged irregularities in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) scheme since its inception.
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Andhra Pradesh seeks financial assistance for supplying power to rural areas
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Andhra Pradesh power utilities have requested the Centre to consider Feeder Segregation Project (FSP) as the rural friendly project and provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs 3,014 crore under National Electricity Fund (NEF) or Restructured Rajiv Gandhi Grameena Vidyut Yojana
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May deadline set for MGNREGS wells
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Altogether 176 wells under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which had caved in the district, will be repaired by the end of May.
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Unique identification number to be must to avail schemes
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The state government will try to complete registration of all citizens for allotment of unique identification number (UID) by September 30 and the UID number will be essential for citizens wishing to avail of any government scheme
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National Institute of Technologyhosts meet on MGNREGA
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A four-day training programme on MGNREGA began at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, on Wednesday.The workshop for state government officials will discuss ways for better implementation of the scheme.
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Smart cash for Vizag district tribals
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Technology is penetrating to even remote tribal villages and hamlets and offering solutions to tricky problems faced by officials in implementing development and welfare schemes.
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Cartoonist to receive Rs 10,000 as monthly pension from state govt
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The state government will give a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to cartoonist and comic strip writer Narayan Debnath.
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Education hope for flood-hit areas
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The Right to Education Act has brought cheers into the miserable lives of villagers living on the banks of the Brahmaputra in Assam's Golaghat district as they are are under constant threat of floods and erosion.
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