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English Release 19-June 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- President of India to visit Tripura from June 20 to 21
- Prime Minister's Office
- PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran
- Min of Comm. & Information Technology
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Extension of time for receiving comments on draft amendments to the Interconnection Regulations applicable for Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems (DAS) and Tariff Order applicable for all addressable systems
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Smt. Santosh Chowdhary takes over as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
- Min of Human Resource Development
- MoS for HRD Shri Jitin Prasada visits Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2013
- HRD Ministry to Strengthen Monitoring System of Mid Day Meal Scheme
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket declines to
103.20/US$ bbl on 18.6.2013
- Ministry of Railways
- Commodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways Goes up by 8.66 Per Cent During April-May 2013
- Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
- Min of Textiles
- K S Rao Takes Charge as New Textiles Minister
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Ministry of Women and Child Development12-March, 2007 15:58 IST
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Rajya Sabha
The Government has proposed an ‘Integrated Child Protection Scheme’, which has various components and ‘Cradle Baby Scheme’ or ‘Palna’ is one of them. The proposed Integrated Child Protection Scheme is under consideration for the 11th Five Year Plan. This was stated by Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister for Women and Child Development in a reply to a question by Shri V. Hanumantha Rao and Shri Sudarshan Akarapu in Rajya Sabha today.
She further stated that the Integrated Child Protection Scheme envisages setting up Cradle Baby Reception Centres in each district. These Cradle Baby Reception Centres will be linked to Cradle Points at Primary Health Care Centres, hospitals/nursing homes, Swadhar units, short stay homes and in the office of the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) to receive abandoned babies. The Cradle Baby Reception Centre shall function from the premises of State Adoption Agency (SAA) equipped with all basic facilities for infants. The primary objective of these Reception Centres shall be to rescue the girl child and look after her wit due care and affection till she is given in adoption. Each State Adoption Agency (SAA) shall install one cradle at the doorstep to receive such babies.
NCJ/DT
(Release ID :25783)
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