Maha govt proposes financial incentive scheme for girls

Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 18:52

Maharashtra government has proposed a special financial incentive scheme aimed at bringing under its ambit girls from below poverty line (BPL) families.

Subsidised rice to APL families in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 18:29

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday said above poverty line families would also get 10 kg rice every month at subsidised rates.

Assam: Border families to be resettled soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 19:23

Rrehabilitation of 179 families, living between the zero line and the border fence along Bangladesh in Cachar district of Assam will start soon.

Food security: Dikshit for cash transfer option to BPL families

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 21:12

Delhi Government on Thursday sought an option of direct cash transfer to BPL families instead of food grains in the ambitious Food Security Bill.

Mobiles to BPL janta: How about the toilets first?

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 19:56

Is a cell phone the basic touchstone to measure how developed a country is?

Widescreen TV experience bonding UK families

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 23:02

A family that watches TV together, stays together.

Tripura offers land, housing to poor families

Last Updated: Thursday, July 5, 2012, 18:57

Government would provide 0.4 acre of land to rural and 0.2 acre to urban BPL families.

2 lakh BPL families in Rajasthan to get housing assistance

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 09:56

Around two lakh BPL families in rural areas of Rajasthan this year would get assistance from the state government to construct their houses.

UK: 4 Gurkha children lose test case to live with parents

Last Updated: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 21:05

Four adult children from Gurkha families have lost a test case for the right to live with their parents in the UK.

UK: Families could face jail for forcing children to marry

Last Updated: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 23:46

Families, including from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and east Africa, who forced their children to marry against their will could face jail under strict laws that will be unveiled by UK`s Home Secretary Theresa May.