Category: Social Sector

Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme 2025
Centre Notifies Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025
Human Development Report 2025
United Nations Development Programme Releases Human Development Report, 2025
DigiLocker
Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment launched the issuance of sports certificates via DigiLocker at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.
Direct Benefit Transfer
India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system has helped the country achieve cumulative savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore, according to a new quantitative assessment by the BlueKraft Digital Foundation.
PAIR Programme | Anusandhan National Research Foundation
NIT-Rourkela selected as PAIR hub under Anusandhan Foundation’s research initiative
WHO Pandemic Agreement
WHO finalises landmark agreement on dealing with future pandemics.
MNREGA Wage Rate
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj tabled a report raising serious concerns about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) wage rates.

National Social Assistance Programme
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj presented the Report on ‘Impact of NSAP on the Poor and Destitute in the Villages’
Vibrant Village Programme
Cabinet approves “Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II)” for Financial Years 2024-25 to 2028-29
POSHAN Tracker | Mission Poshan
Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) announced that all Anganwadi Centres across India are now registered on the POSHAN Tracker application.
Sentenelese
A U.S. national was arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the prohibited tribal reserve area of North Sentinel Island.
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation
Union Government has expressed serious concern over hospitals for not sharing data on organ transplantation activities with the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO).