Centre enlarges Midday meal programme to PM-POSHAN (Poshan Shakti Nirman) scheme. It will cover, in addition to those students previously covered, pre-primary students, and benefit 1.1 million schools in India.
Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry launches national toll-free helpline number for Senior citizens, called “Elder Line” on the number 14567. It can be used for taking information, guidance in legal financial and health matters, and in cases of abuse & emergencies.
Tripura ranked first in terms of agricultural income growth rate in the last decade between 2011-12 and 2019-20 with 6.87%. Telangana and Sikkim both secured second place with 6.59%: ‘Agriculture and Post Independence India — Looking Back and Looking Ahead’
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed an MoU with the AU Small Finance Bank to give a thrust to rural development activities, especially in providing easy credit access, in Rajasthan.
IIT-Hyderabad Researchers develop a hydrogel from discarded corneas from human and bovine sources to create an alternative to corneal transplantation. It can work as a minimally invasive treatment to replace complicated surgeries.
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