Monthly Archives: September 2013

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2013

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Dr. Samir K. Bramhachari, Director General Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) today announced the prestigious Shantri Swarup Bhatnagar Awards for the Year 2013. The awards were announced during the CSIR’s 71st Foundation day Celebrations held here in New Delhi. According to it, eight (08) scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize […]

Zubin Mehta receive Tagore Award

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Zubin Mehta, western classical music conductor of Indian Parsi origin, has been chosen for the prestigious Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony. A four member jury led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Ms. Sushma Swaraj and former Governor Gopalkrishna […]

Jaisalmer Fort Becomes First Inhabited World Heritage Monument

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The Jaisalmer Fort in Rajasthan has become the first inhabited monument to have been declared a World Heritage Monument by UNESCO. The fort is the second Rajasthan monument after Jantar Mantar to have been accorded world heritage status. It therefore requires more attention as many people reside in its compound. The fort constructed in 1156, […]

Restructuring and renaming of Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana as the National Urban Livelihoods Mission

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for restructuring of the centrally sponsored Scheme of Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) in the 12th Plan and as the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) with an allocation of approximately Rs. 6,405 crore. The Mission of NULM is to reduce poverty and vulnerability of […]

Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF)

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The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) as an independent charitable society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 to facilitate and upscale civil society action in partnership with Government for transforming livelihoods and lives of rural households, with an emphasis on women, particularly in the Central […]