The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister re-launched the YSR Bima scheme with new guidelines, where the government itself will directly pay the insurance amount to the family of the deceased to make the insurance claims easier.
The first of its kind exercise in India, project BOLD (Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought) has launched from the tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
The Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has launched National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy - NIPUN Bharat.
The government has extended the superannuation age of IPO-bound LIC Chairman to up to 62 years by making the amendment to the Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1960.
The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda laid the foundation stone for the construction of five Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in three districts of Jharkhand.