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Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna

The Urban Self-Employment Program and the Urban Wage Employment Program are two special schemes of the SJSRY initiated in December 1997, which replaced various programs operated earlier for...

May 29, 2009

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

The SGRY was launched in September 2001, by merging the ongoing Schemes of Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) and Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS). The objective of the programme...

May 28, 2009

Rural Housing Schemes in India

Our country is an agrarian economy and 70% of Indian population resides in rural area. Government is working towards the upliftment of the people living in rural areas....

May 28, 2009

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

This Scheme was launched after a review and restructuring of the erstwhile Integrated Rural Development Program(IRDP) and allied schemes like Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM),...

May 28, 2009

Archive : India Development Programmes

Imp Note : Click Here To Know Allocations for Various Government of India Rural Development Programs in the Latest Union Budget 2009-10 Kaushal Vikas Yojna National Livelihood Mission...

May 28, 2009

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a major rural roads program launched by the Indian government in 2000. Led by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,...

May 27, 2009

Annapurna Scheme

The Annapurna Scheme has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2000. It aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those senior citizens who, though...

May 27, 2009

India’s Balance of Trade

India’s balance of trade (BOT) – the difference between the value of its exports and imports – provides important insights into the country’s economic health and global trading...

May 24, 2009

Business & Industry Updates

1. May 1, 2009India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $631 million for the week ended April 24 to $253.091 billion from $252.460 billion in the previous week.The reserves...

May 22, 2009

Tourism in India

1. India Tourism Development Corporation was set up on October 1st , 1966.2. As per UNWTO World Tourism Barometer India Ranks 42nd in the international tourism Arrivals in...

May 22, 2009

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