Drought exposure raises risk of women being underweight by 35% & child marriage by 37%: Union Women and Child Development Ministry study.
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is working with the Council of Architecture, to conduct workshops & seminars on accessibility in architectural courses.
The Union Health Minister launched a SIDBI scheme for small Jan Aushadi Kendra operators, to get them collateral free loans and credit guarantee on the loans.
The Maharashtra State Government will take loans of Rs. 15,000 crore from NABARD, for 75 irrigation projects & constructing canals & distributaries of 155 other irrigation projects.
The Central Government has taken a loan of 181 million$ from the Asian Development Bank to enhance urban livability in the peri urban areas of Ahmedabad.
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