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MGNREGA world's largest public works programme: World Bank Report

World Bank has ranked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) as the world’s largest public...

📅 July 8, 2015

Union Government releases first ever Socio-Economic and Caste Census in 80 years

Union Government released the first ever Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) after 80 years on the lines of...

📅 July 6, 2015

Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Bangladesh-based poverty alleviation NGO wins World Food Prize 2015

Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh has been named as the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize. He...

📅 July 3, 2015

Haryana Government launches Village Mentoring Project to uplift villagers

Haryana Government has launched a Village Mentoring Project (VMP) in a bid to improve healthcare and education of...

📅 June 20, 2015

Maharashtra government to allow women to work in night shifts

Maharashtra Government has decided to allow women employees to work in night shifts. In this regard, state government...

📅 May 21, 2015

PM Narendra Modi launches three social security schemes- 1 on pension, 2 on insurance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 launched three mega social security schemes in Kolkata, West Bengal. Three...

📅 May 9, 2015

India ranked 140th in 2015 Mothers' Index

In recently released 2015 Mother’s Index in the State of the World’s Mothers (SOWM) report titled The Urban...

📅 May 7, 2015

NTPC flags off Mobile Science labs to revolutionize rural education

India’s largest power producer, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) flagged off a Mobile Science Lab (MSL) as part...

📅 April 27, 2015

Bharatiya Mahila Bank wins Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015

Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) has won The Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015. The award was presented to the...

📅 April 27, 2015

Rajya Sabha passes The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014

Rajya Sabha on 24 April 2015 unanimously passed The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 by voice vote....

📅 April 25, 2015

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