Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Press Information Bureau English Releases

Press Information Bureau English Releases: " Rajiv Gandhi for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls’ (RGSEAG) - SABLA

The scheme is being implemented in 200 districts across the country on a pilot basis.  In the remaining districts, Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) continues to be operational as before.  However, SABLA has completely replaced Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) as all districts of NPAG are now part of the SABLA.

2.         Sabla is being implemented through the State Governments/UTs with 100 percent financial assistance from the Central Government for all inputs other than nutrition provision for which 50% Central assistance to States is provided.  Anganwadi Centre is the focal point for the delivery of the services.  Sabla aims at an all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years by making them self reliant by facilitating access to learning, health and nutrition through various interventions such as health, education, vocational training etc."

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Jharkhand mainly for collection of traditional objects of “Saraikela Chhow Dance Masks.” Among the “Mahapatra’s Community in singhbhum district, around 22 nos. of different kinds of masks and one musical instrument have been collected.


National Culture Fund

The total funds available with National Culture Fund (NCF) are as under:-
Primary Corpus                   --          Rs. 19.50 crores
Secondary Corpus               --          Rs. 10.89 crores
Project Funds with NCF      --          Rs. 10.40 crores

Secretary (MSME) also noted that 50% of India’s phosphate import comes from Tunisia and is very crucial for India’s fertilizer production in view of the limited availability of phosphate elsewhere in the world.