Soren Unveils Jharkhand Sports Policy, Aims to Build World-class Infrastructure
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren unveiled the new state sports policy, which aims to augment sports infrastructure to provide world-class facilities to young talented players.
The Jharkhand Sports Policy 2022, which envisages a plan for a period of five years, came after a gap of 15 years as the last sports policy was launched in 2007.
Sep 17, 2022
TN CM Stalin Inaugurates Free Breakfast Scheme for Primary School Students
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the free breakfast scheme for the government school students of classes 1 to 5 at Madurai.
The Tamil Nadu government chose September 15 for inaugurating the scheme as this is the birthday of the DMK founder leader and former Chief Minister, Late C.N. Annadurai.
Sep 13, 2022
Chhattisgarh Govt. Extends Hydropower Policy till 2032
The Chhattisgarh government extended the period of policy to promote small hydropower (SHP) projects in the state for another 10 years, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said.
The SHP policy expired in February 2022. The policy promotes the development of SHP projects up to 25 megawatt (Mw) capacities. Chhattisgarh has an identified potential of about 1,200 Mw in the SHP.
The state cabinet has also approved the Chhattisgarh State Hydropower Project (Pump Storage Based) Establishment Policy 2022 to encourage investment in establishing pump storage-based hydropower projects in the state.
The Rajasthan government launched an ambitious scheme to provide 100 days of employment to needy families in urban areas on the lines of rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA.
More than 2.25 lakh families have already registered for the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme which was proposed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the state budget this year.
The scheme launched covers works like environment protection, water and heritage conservation, garden maintenance, and removing encroachments, illegal sign boards, hoardings, banners etc.
Sanitation, cleanliness and other such works will also be undertaken under the scheme.
People from the age group of 18 to 60 are eligible for the scheme.
Sep 07, 2022
Tamil Nadu Government Launches Pudhumai Penn for Girl Students
Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched the 'Pudhumai Penn' (modern woman) scheme under which all girl students, who studied from Classes 6 to 12 in government schools, would get Rs. 1,000 per month to pursue higher education.
Joining Stalin at the event held at Bharathi Women's College in Chennai, his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal launched 26 Schools of Excellence and 15 Model Schools.
Stalin said under the Pudhumai Penn scheme, money will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of students to ensure that they do not face any difficulty in pursuing education. "The scheme will reduce child marriages and would make women independent.
The scheme aims to benefit six lakh girls every year and Rs. 698 crore was allocated in the budget for its implementation.