socio-economic

  1. Chhattisgarh government to sanction houses to families identified as homeless under Congress rule

    Chhattisgarh government to sanction houses to families identified as homeless under Congress rule

    Raipur, The BJP government in Chhattisgarh has decided to provide housing to over 47,000 families who were identified as homeless in a socio-economic survey conducted last year during the previous Congress regime, officials said on Tuesday.The decision in this regard was taken during a cabinet...
  2. CM Siddaramaiah said, will present the caste census report before the cabinet.

    CM Siddaramaiah said, will present the caste census report before the cabinet.

    Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the caste census report will be placed before the state cabinet.The Socio-Economic and Education Survey report was submitted to the state government in February this year, but was withheld in view of the Lok Sabha elections."I...
  3. Vedanta Group Chairman Agarwal and Odisha CM Majhi discuss new areas of cooperation

    Vedanta Group Chairman Agarwal and Odisha CM Majhi discuss new areas of cooperation

    New Delhi: Vedanta Group on Saturday said its Chairman Anil Agarwal met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and discussed new areas of cooperation to accelerate the state's transformational journey and enhance its industrial growth.During the meeting, Agarwal reiterated the group's...
  4. Jammu and Kashmir on the verge of becoming a success story among Indian states: LG Manoj Sinha

    Jammu and Kashmir on the verge of becoming a success story among Indian states: LG Manoj Sinha

    Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir is on the verge of becoming a remarkable success story among Indian states and a global model for socio-economic development, the Union Territory's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said here on Friday.Sinha met Eliska Jigova, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to...
  5. Center approves industrial corridor projects worth Rs 5,367 crore for Andhra Pradesh

    Center approves industrial corridor projects worth Rs 5,367 crore for Andhra Pradesh

    The projects being implemented under the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) aim to create advanced infrastructure to attract industries and are strategically located near major highways, railway lines and ports.These projects also aim to stimulate socio-economic...
  6. Integrate caste-based enumeration in census, start practice now: TN CM Stalin tells PM Modi

    Integrate caste-based enumeration in census, start practice now: TN CM Stalin tells PM Modi

    Chennai Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution urging the Center to integrate the caste-based census with the decennial national census and sought measures to start the exercise immediately .Writing to...
  7. Haryana government may file review petition: CM after state's plea to quash extra marks policy rejected by Supreme Court

    Haryana government may file review petition: CM after state's plea to quash extra marks policy rejected by Supreme Court

    Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday said his government will consider moving a review petition or introducing a bill in the Assembly, hours after the Supreme Court upheld a high court order quashing the state policy of granting additional qualifications to its residents...
  8. SC upholds abolition of 5 per cent extra marks in Haryana CET

    SC upholds abolition of 5 per cent extra marks in Haryana CET

    Justice Abhay S. A vacation bench headed by Oka refused to entertain special leave petitions filed by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission and the state government, questioning the validity of the May 31 judgment of the high court.Rejecting the petitions, the bench, also comprising Justice...
  9. SC rejects Haryana's petition against cancellation of extra marks policy, says this step is a 'populist step'

    SC rejects Haryana's petition against cancellation of extra marks policy, says this step is a 'populist step'

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing the Haryana government's policy of awarding additional marks to its residents in recruitment examinations.Calling the Haryana government's policy a "populist move", a vacation bench of Justice...
  10. Supreme Court will hear on Monday HSSC's petition against deducting 5 percent additional marks.

    Supreme Court will hear on Monday HSSC's petition against deducting 5 percent additional marks.

    According to the cause list published on the apex court website, a vacation bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Rajesh Bindal will hear the case on June 24.Last week, the top court adjourned the hearing after the petitioner's counsel submitted that two similar petitions against the high...
  11. SC adjourns hearing on HSSC's plea against reducing 5 percent additional marks

    SC adjourns hearing on HSSC's plea against reducing 5 percent additional marks

    Justice Vikram Nath and S.V.N. Vacation bench of. Bhatti agreed to adjourn the hearing after the petitioner's counsel said two similar petitions were pending before the top court against the high court's May 31 verdict.In its judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said that once...
  12. 'Hinglish' helps users connect more effectively with wider audience: Study

    'Hinglish' helps users connect more effectively with wider audience: Study

    In the study, researchers from the Laboratory for Computational Social Systems (LCS2) led by Professor Tanmay Chakraborty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, conducted an in-depth statistical and econometric analysis covering 260,000 posts on 'X' by 17,000 users and showed That...
  13. Vedanta arm WCL plans to invest US$2 billion for socio-economic development of Liberia

    Vedanta arm WCL plans to invest US$2 billion for socio-economic development of Liberia

    New Delhi, Vedanta Sesa Goa on Friday said its arm Western Cluster Ltd (WCL) plans to invest US$2 billion for the socio-economic development of Liberia, West Africa.WCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloom Fountains Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vedanta Limited.“Western Cluster...
  14. Recruitment for 50,000 posts will be started soon: Haryana CM

    Recruitment for 50,000 posts will be started soon: Haryana CM

    Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said his government will soon start the recruitment process to fill 50,000 vacancies in the state.Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chairman of Haryana Staff Selection Commission, he said this will be done as part...
  15. Putin calls PM Modi, says election results confirm his 'high political authority'

    Putin calls PM Modi, says election results confirm his 'high political authority'

    "This is a reflection of support for the political course adopted by the Indian leadership, recognition of the results achieved in the country's socio-economic development and strengthening its international authority," the Kremlin quoted Putin as saying during the conversation. With PM Modi...
  16. Haryana government to appeal in SC after HC quashes policy of additional marks under socio-economic criteria

    Haryana government to appeal in SC after HC quashes policy of additional marks under socio-economic criteria

    Chandigarh, Haryana government will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court's decision to quash its policy of giving extra marks under socio-economic criteria to aspirants seeking government jobs.The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday termed as unconstitutional the...
  17. HC scraps socio-economic criteria in Haryana government jobs

    HC scraps socio-economic criteria in Haryana government jobs

    CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday termed as unconstitutional the socio-economic criteria set by the Haryana government to give extra marks to certain categories of candidates in state government jobs, counsel for one of the petitioners said."The socio-economic norms have...
  18. Tripura BJP chief says CAA will have no negative socio-economic impact on people

    Tripura BJP chief says CAA will have no negative socio-economic impact on people

    Agartala (Tripura) [India], Tripura BJP State President Rajib Bhattacharjee said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will never have any negative impact on the socio-economic conditions of the country as the cut-off for the implementation of CAA is set. 2014 "Ten years have already passed...
  19. Congress will 'X-ray' the country through caste census: Rahul

    Congress will 'X-ray' the country through caste census: Rahul

    New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that while the BJP is counting the 'notes' received from 'tempo billionaires', his party will conduct a caste census to ensure equality.The former Congress president was reacting to Modi's comment...
  20. PM should break silence on socio-economic census: Jairam Ramesh

    PM should break silence on socio-economic census: Jairam Ramesh

    New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break his "silence" on the issue of conducting socio-economic census and removing the 50 per cent cap on caste-based reservation.In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Prime Minister should...
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