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Officials said the Railways followed a hub and spoke method for this initiative, in a tie-up with third-party partner Illumine Knowledge Resources, under the Government's Mission Karmayogi.

This first of its kind initiative by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) under HBT health centre scheme has 13 such polyclinic-diagnostic centres that run till 4 pm.

Like Meenabai’s child, hundreds of newborns across Nandurbar have benefitted from these techniques. For the first time, the district is witnessing a 30-40 gram per day weight gain among

newborns, as compared to 10-12 gram earlier.

By the time Satpute joined as SP Solapur, the region had acquired a reputation as the primary supplier of hooch to at least nine districts in the state.

The idea was to target an unused one-acre plot of land in Kuharianwali village and develop a “forest” by applying the so-called Miyawaki method. In less than a year, the efforts have borne

fruit with the area now full of firm plants such as kachnar, neem, arjun, ashok, jamun, guava and others.

At any level or hierarchy in the office, a file can be kept for a maximum of three days. If there are delays, it is easy to fix accountability because even when an official is outside the

office — if they are travelling or at home — they can still dispose of the file.

The project was started as a pilot project with just 20 such families. The district administration provided Rs 5 lakh for the project's initial phases: Rs 4 lakh for infrastructure, raw

materials, and wages, and Rs 1 lakh to source the wood for fuel.

Haryana's success in reducing AT&C losses is in stark contrast to the overall national trend. The Union Power Ministry report found that the national average AT&C losses have stagnated over

the past few years.

As part of a pilot project, the Ashramshalas, residential schools covered under the Tribal Development Project Office, in Nandurbar taluka in Maharashtra, have been experimenting with a

unique way to learn.

In one month, the student list has gone from 55 to more than a hundred. The teaching is done by panchayat officials as well as locals, all of whom work for free.

To start the project, the PWD has identified five such abandoned bridges that fall on the Chardham Yatra route. The five bridges identified are on Delhi-Badrinath highway, Dehradun-Rishikesh

highway, Rishikesh-Phoolchatti highway, Rudraprayag-Gaurikund highway and Kotdwar-Pauri highway.

Each of the 5,644 residents of Pimpalghar-Ranjnoli village, situated in the industrial belt of Thane district's Bhiwandi tehsil along the Mumbai-Nasik highway, has access to 55 litres of

water every day.

Between January and May, Surat enrolled 13,431 beneficiaries (see table) under four schemes — Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Vrudhhavasta Pension Yojana (IGRVPY), Niradhar Vrudh Sahay Yojana

(NVSY), Ganga Swaroop Arthik Sahay Yojana (GSASY) and Rashtriya Kutumb Sahay Yojana (RKSY).

The Happy Works space essentially comprises working pods, which provide a comfortable setting for people to work — at minimal rates.

Citizens will get a unique ID — ‘a golden record’ — within the MH-UCDH portal that will help the government take data-driven decisions on targeting people through schemes and monitoring the

existing ones.

Animal husbandry, which was once thought to be a secondary income source for farmers has over time become the primary source of income for many farmers.

Disha app, developed by Andhra Pradesh government to provide quick response of women’s safety issues, was launched in February 2020 and has been downloaded more than 1.30 crore times.

The state government's women and child development (WCD) department launched it as a pilot project in November last year in six districts with high tribal population including Gadchiroli,

Chandrapur, Amravati, Jalna, Palghar and Nandurbar.

According to officials, between April and December last year, these Godana artists earned Rs 10 lakh. The artists are free to accept independent orders, and earn from the training they

provide. The department also pays for them to attend fairs and exhibitions.

Further, blockchain implementation ensures the immunity of the citizens from any kind of ‘de-platformation’ in the future. In other words, once the information is stored on  a blockchain, no

one will be able to erase the caste records.

The government's move to incentivise an additional crop of soybean in the Rabi season has its roots in a crisis that unfolded two years ago when the state reported a massive seed germination

failure.

According to the Bihar government, in just about a year since February 2021, the state has seen almost 37,000 cases of some land dispute or the other. The move towards dynamic maps is part

of a series of steps taken by the state government to implement long-pending land reforms.

The researchers maintain that the benefits of Ujjwala measured by them were conservative estimates and the actual benefits could be even higher.

The Survey Settlement and Land Records unit of the revenue department in the Karnataka government has now attempted to remedy this. It is making original land records available at a click on

a smartphone screen through a mobile application called Dishaank.