• ATTRITION IN CENTRAL PARA-MILITARY FORCES

    ATTRITION IN CENTRAL PARA-MILITARY FORCES

    The main reasons for attrition are superannuation, retirement, removal from service on account of disciplinary proceedings, death or disability, resignation and voluntary retirement. However, the main reasons for leaving of their job by Force personnel are:- i)   Family/Personal/Domestic problems. ii)  Separation from family for long duration.

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  • GRANTS TO NGOS

    GRANTS TO NGOS

    The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports have been providing financial assistance to youth and sports organizations including NGOs for schemes of  (1) Promotion of National Integration, (2) Promotion of Adventure (3) Promotion of Youth Activities and Training and (4) Development and Empowerment of Adolescent. This was stated by Shri Pratik PrakashbapuPatil,  Minister of State of Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written [...]

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  • NATIONAL POLICY ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT

    NATIONAL POLICY ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT

    The Government has already formulated a National Policy on Skill Development (NSDP) which was approved on 23rd February, 2009. The policy envisions a road map for skill development in the country with a mission to empower all individuals through improved skills which are nationally and internationally recognized so as to gain access to decent employment and ensure India’s competitiveness in the global [...]

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  • RECOMMENDATIONS OF TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC WORKERS

    RECOMMENDATIONS OF TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC WORKERS

    The Government is considering extending the benefits of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to the domestic workers in the country. In their first report, the Task Force on Domestic Workers has, inter-alia, made following recommendations: (i)  Extension of the welfare schemes to the domestic workers including Health and Maternity benefit, Death and Disability benefit and old age benefits.

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  • PROJECT ARROW : MODERNISATION OF POST OFFICES

    PROJECT ARROW : MODERNISATION OF POST OFFICES

    Project Arrow has been launched with objective of modernizing the post offices and making visible, tangible and noteworthy differences in the Post Offices’ operations that matter to “Aam Aadmi”. The project envisages upgradation of Post Offices in urban and rural areas both in terms of upgrading and enhancing the quality of service in ‘core areas’ and improving the ‘look and [...]

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  • GOVERNMENT’S DEFENCE ON PETRO PRICE HIKE

    GOVERNMENT’S DEFENCE ON PETRO PRICE HIKE

    The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora has said that the price increase of sensitive petroleum products recently have been marginal.  Making a SuoMoto statement in the Lok Sabha , Shri Deora said “while making the decision, we have been quite conscious of the need to protect the common man. Only the bare minimal burden has been passed on to the consumers”.   He added that [...]

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  • WHAT IS THE PREVALENCE RATE OF  LEPROSY CASES IN INDIA?

    WHAT IS THE PREVALENCE RATE OF LEPROSY CASES IN INDIA?

    Even though India achieved the goal of elimination (i.e. point prevalence rate of less than 1 case per 10,000 population) of leprosy as a public health problem at national level in December 2005, higher prevalence of leprosy is reported in some areas. Therefore, new cases of leprosy occur due to long incubation period of disease and relatively higher prevalence of [...]

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  • HIV CASES AMONGEST PREGNANT WOMEN

    HIV CASES AMONGEST PREGNANT WOMEN

    The government is aware that a number of pregnant women have been testing positive for HIV/AIDS in North India. Besides the presence of high risk groups (Female Sex Workers, Men having Sex with Men and Injecting Drug Users) in North India, single male migration to areas with higher HIV prevalence is fueling the HIV epidemic. These migrant acquire HIV infection by indulging [...]

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  • DEATHS DUE TO WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA

    DEATHS DUE TO WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA

    Deaths due to water pollution occur mainly as a consequence of drinking of contaminated water. The common diseases caused by consumption of contaminated water are Cholera, Viral Hepatitis, Enteric Fever (Typhoid) and Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases (ADD). The number of deaths reported State-wise on account of Cholera, Viral Hepatitis, Enteric Fever (Typhoid) and Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases (ADD) for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 are [...]

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Prof.K.Nageshwar
Chief Editor

K.Srilaxmi
Executive Editor


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