Jaipur, March 23 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday held a public hearing at his residence, where he listened to complaints of the people with sensitivity and directed officials to ensure their prompt resolution.He emphasised that citizens approach these hearings with hope and expectation, and therefore, officials must treat such cases with the highest priority and ensure swift disposal.During the session, the Chief Minister resolved a large number of grievances on the s…
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Amaravati, March 18 (IANS) The government of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday launched the “Divyang Shakti” scheme, joining a select group of Indian states in providing free bus travel to people with disabilities. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the scheme and described it as a major step toward building an inclusive and equitable society. Building on the success of the free bus travel initiative for women, the government has now extended the benefit to persons with disabilities as w…
Gandhinagar, March 17 (IANS) The Gujarat government has increased the financial assistance provided under the ‘Divyang Marriage Assistance Scheme’ from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000, with the revised amount coming into effect from June 2025, State Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Manisha Vakil told the Legislative Assembly. Replying to a question in the House, Vakil said the state government “is continuously striving to ensure that persons with disabilities can live with self-respect in societ…
Amaravati, March 17 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government is set to launch a scheme, offering free bus travel to differently-abled citizens across the state. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will launch the ‘Divyang Shakti’ scheme on Wednesday as a special Ugadi gift for 12.7 lakh differently-abled people.The government said that the scheme underscores its renewed focus on social equity, mobility, and last-mile dignity, while also reinforcing its governance narrative of “welfare with sca…
Gandhinagar, March 13 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday distributed motorised tricycles and joystick wheelchairs worth Rs 36.7 crore to 5,676 persons with disabilities across the state, aiming to improve mobility and reduce physical strain involved in daily travel.At a programme in Gandhinagar, the chief minister symbolically handed over the assistive devices to around 40 beneficiaries, while the remaining beneficiaries from 34 districts will receive them under the same ini…
Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) Millions of children in Pakistan are being left behind by the slow invisible erosion of chronic undernutrition. The crisis unfolding is related to 40 per cent of children in Pakistan aged below five years who are stunted, the nearly 10 million impacted by chronic growth failure and the millions more whose brain development is compromised during the most important phase of human life, resulting in Pakistan’s already strained systems facing further pressure, a report h…
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) The Class 10 public examinations for students studying under the State syllabus in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will begin on Wednesday and continue until April 6.The examinations are considered a crucial academic milestone for school students across the two regions.According to officials of the School Education Department, a total of 9,09,397 candidates are set to appear for the examinations this year. This includes 8,82,806 students from 12,467 schools functioning under t…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s economic roadmap for 2026-27 complements Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Viksit Bharat” and has emerged as a guiding light for building a grand future for India, said Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi. He said that this is a growth-centric budget with a focus on strengthening production capacity across seven key sectors. In particular, an allocation of Rs 10,000 cro…