Tuesday, December 14, 2021
In September 2021, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days by leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The initiative’s aim was to ensure...
Thursday, October 7, 2021
India is home to over 30.3 per cent of extremely poor children. These children, especially girls, suffer systematic discrimination and exclusion in the form of higher school dropout rates, and greater vulnerability to child labour, trafficking and child...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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As COVID-19 continues to disrupt economies around the globe, the number of people living in urban poverty is...
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
All of us in the international development space – in Australia, the region and worldwide – have had our work disrupted. What do we do now? We need to debate the big picture issues but we also need to trial and share practical solutions. We propose...
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America, Canada, Peru, United States, Asia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Europe, Germany, Oceania, Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
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Sunday, March 29, 2020
As more and more parts of the world declare lockdown measures in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the damage to economies and livelihoods is rapidly escalating and giving rise to additional forms of distress during this healthcare crisis. The...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Winds of more than 126 kmp/h hit Gopalpur of Odisha between 0430 and 0530 hours IST on 11th October 2018 causing heavy damage worth Rs. 2,200 crores according to the Government assessment. Houses worth Rs. 150 crore and as per input subsidy crops...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Tuberculosis patients, hospitals and healthcare workers availing cash assistance from the government will need to register with the Aadhaar database by August 31, according to the Union Health Ministry.The Scheme refers to the government’s Revised...
Friday, May 19, 2017
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $275 million loan to help support and improve urban services delivery among poor communities, particularly on water supply and sanitation, in Madhya Pradesh in central India.
Accompanying the loan is a...
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Punjab government today directed officials of Social Security Department to complete the verification work related to various pension schemes for old age, widow, handicapped by June 30.