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U.N. Chief asks nations to contain declining Official Development Assistance (ODA)

August 20, 2013

Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. Secretary-General, has expressed concerns over the continuous decline in Official Development Assistance (ODA) and has asked the nations to reverse the fall. In a progress report to the U.N. General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mr. ..

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Government sets up high-level panel to map status of tribals

August 20, 2013

The Government has set up a high level panel to prepare a position paper on the socio-economic, health and educational status of tribals and also recommend policy initiatives as well as effective outcome-oriented measures to improve development indicators and strengthen ..

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Committee to examine Pentavalent vaccine’s safety

August 20, 2013

In the wake of 21 infants dying after receiving Pentavalent vaccine in the country, the government will conduct a study to ascertain its safety. The government will soon set up a national-level Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee that will launch a ..

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Rajya Sabha passes Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012

August 20, 2013

Rajya Sabha passed Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2012.  According to the Bill, marriages held in India irrespective of the religion of the persons getting married will have to be necessarily registered. Through this bill the Union government ..

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DBT scheme for LPG to be extended to 35 more districts

August 19, 2013

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has decided to extend LPG Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme to 35 more districts from September 1, 2013 after observing a good response from the districts already in the scheme thus taking the total ..

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Food Bill: some States gain and some lose in allocation of food grain

August 19, 2013

Although the National Food Security Bill is still pending in the Parliament, the Centre has intimated to certain States that their food grain allocation would decline in spite of the mandatory 75% rural and 50% urban populations being covered under the proposed new law. As per ..

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Maharashtra is first State to pay salary through Aadhaar seeded bank accounts

August 15, 2013

Maharashtra became the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaar linked bank accounts. The employees of the state government’s Information Technology (IT) department got their July 2013 salaries through their Aadhaar linked bank accounts. ..

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20% of food items are either substandard or contaminated

August 14, 2013

Records of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry have disclosed that 1/5th (20%) of food items in the market tested by government labs in 2012 were either substandard or contaminated. These food items did not meet the standards set by ..

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Under nutrition in women linked with their unequal status

August 14, 2013

The unequal social status of women could play a significant role in the mysterious high under nutrition levels. India has higher than expected levels of stunting and under-weight among children and adults. It’s quite perplexing that children in India are ..

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August 12: International Youth Day

August 12, 2013

International Youth Day was observed across the world on August 12, 2013 The theme for 2013 was Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward. The theme concentrates on the issue of youth migration. International migrants comprise major number of Young people. In 2010, ..

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