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Around 4.53 lakh people registered under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh will get free LPG cylinder refills in two phases in financial year 2026-27. The first phase runs from October to December and the second from January to March.

The money for the refills goes straight to the registered bank accounts of eligible people. A consumer has to complete e-KYC, link the bank account with Aadhaar and finish Aadhaar authentication to get it.

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Over 5,960 people attended Sarkar Tumchya Dari camps held in Goa's 10 talukas on Saturday, 17 October. Chief minister Pramod Sawant led the camp in Pernem, where the turnout was the highest at more than 1,500.

Salcete saw over 1,000 visitors. Dharbandora and Bicholim had around 650 each, Sattari and Ponda over 500 each and Mormugao over 400. Sanguem saw 260 people. Tiswadi and Canacona had 250 each. Ministers led the camps at the locations given to them.

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Bhopal Municipal Corporation has approved 712 houses for EWS families under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana at Kasturba Nagar and Nayapura. Applications for these houses will be accepted from October 22 to November 6.

Of the total, 256 houses are planned in Nayapura along Karond Bypass Road and 456 in Kasturba Nagar near Chetak Bridge. These houses are for non-slum EWS families. Land allotment is still pending and the corporation has sent the file to the nazul department. The civic body will seek environmental clearance and RERA approval after the land is allotted, and the sale will move ahead only after these approvals.

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Puducherry has started paying its ₹30,000 share of subsidy to Electricity Department consumers who installed rooftop solar plants of 3 kW and above. Minister for Home and Electricity A. Namassivayam opened the payment at Kamarajar Manimandam on Saturday. Around 3,333 consumers who put up a 3 kW plant will get the money, and the government has spent ₹10 crore on it.

Along with this, 3 kW consumers get ₹78,000 from the Centre under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. A 1 kW plant brings about ₹40,000 in total (₹30,000 Central and ₹10,000 from the UT) and a 2 kW plant about ₹80,000 (₹60,000 Central and ₹20,000 from the UT).

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Madhya Pradesh MLA from Sendhwa, Montu Solanki, has told Public Health Engineering (PHE) officials to give every household in Jhirijamli village a tap water supply within eight days. His inspection found that ₹2.07 crore was approved for a Nal Jal Yojana project in the village, yet no home had received water.

Villagers, including women, told him they still walk long distances for drinking water. They said a borewell was built without a motor pump, and a pipeline lay above ground at several places. Scheme rules require it to be buried about three feet deep. They also raised a ₹12 lakh electricity bill issued to the gram panchayat.

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About 60,000 registered construction workers in Uttarakhand have got health check-ups under the Chief Minister Sharmik Swasthya Yojana, state labour commissioner Prakash Chandra Dumka said. Uttar Pradesh is now studying the scheme.

A team of the UP Labour department, led by additional labour commissioner Junaid, visited Uttarakhand on Saturday and met officials of the Uttarakhand Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. The team went through the scheme's basic framework, technical arrangements, working process and main features.

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Union Government has fixed the wage limit under Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026 at Rs 15,000 per month. Earlier, the Central Government could specify this limit. Ministry of Labour and Employment made the change through Gazette notification G.S.R. 890(E) dated 15 October 2026, under Section 15(1)(b) of the Code on Social Security, 2020.

Paragraph 4(2) of the scheme now says the wage limit is restricted to wages of up to Rs 15,000 a month. The notification also removes the words "and the Central Government" from the first proviso to this sub-paragraph.

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PET-CT scans for cancer patients are now covered under Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in Maharashtra. Patients in Nagpur and across Vidarbha can get the test through both schemes.

The scan is added as an extra diagnostic step in 63 cancer treatment packages. Earlier it was part of 44 packages. It is also listed as a standalone diagnostic test for 13 types of cancer treatment where doctors find it useful.

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Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has opened the state's first Annapurti grain ATM in Nashik, as per reports on 17 October 2026. Maharashtra ration card holders can now collect their grain from the machine at any hour.

A thumb impression on the e-PoS system confirms the beneficiary, and grain comes out in about 35 seconds. The machine holds 25 quintals at a time. Antyodaya families get 35 kg, and priority household members get 5 kg each.

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