New Delhi, July 29, 2013: A new government study has found that nearly one out of three people in India’s villages — or about 32% of rural population — lives in abject poverty with income barely enough to buy even basic essentials. The figure is con....
New Delhi, July 23, 2013: The Planning Commission has periodically estimated poverty lines and poverty ratios for each of the years for which Large Sample Surveys on Household Consumer Expenditure have been conducted by the National Sample Survey Office....
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, July 19, 2013: As many as 13 panchayat presidents from Vellore district received the ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ award. The award is given by President of India to the presidents of panchayats that did well in maintaining hygiene in th....
Nagpur, July 11, 2013: Though the state government has been promoting 25% seats quota under Right To Education Act (RTE), the latest admission figures are discouraging.....
Pune , July 11, 2013: Member of National Commission for conservancy staff, Shyoraj Jivan expressed the need for effective implementation of welfare schemes for the sanitation workers.
Jivan was addressing a meeting during his recent visit to the city. He....
Jammu, July 11, 2013: One day workshop on “Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene Scheme” was organised today in the Conference Hall, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Jammu by the National Rural Health Mission, J&K. About 100 participants from J....
Islamabad, July 3, 2013: Unicef and USAID demanded government of Pakistan for more allocation of funds for provision of proper sanitation facilities to public otherwise be ready to spend more money to control diseases. On the sidelines of workshop....
