Under scheme aimed at alleviating urban poverty, the plan is to identify different vulnerable groups and chart out focused interventions based on occupations, say MoHUA officials.
Govt plans to target specific occupational groups & focus on entrepreneurship development in 2nd phase of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission, it is learnt.
Hawkers in Delhi market can’t get street vendor loan as NDMC doesn’t consider them legitimate, but civic body also hasn’t done survey to identify valid vendors in 3 yrs.
The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The govt need not set up street-vendor hubs. Street vendors themselves occupy roads and pavements, and make merry. Even the police don’t have guts to touch them.
The govt need not set up street-vendor hubs. Street vendors themselves occupy roads and pavements, and make merry. Even the police don’t have guts to touch them.