What is TRP? How is it calculated? Which site provide regular trp rating of news channels?

Television Rating Points - TRP is the criterion that indicates the

popularity of a channel or programme and this data is very useful for the advertisers Presently, INTAM (Indian Television Audience Measurement) is the only electronic rating agency functioning in India. INTAM uses two methodologies for calculating TRP. First is frequency monitoring, in which 'people meters' are installed in sample homes and these electronic gadgets continuously record data about the channel watched by the family members. 'People meter' is a costly equipment, which is imported from abroad. It reads the frequencies of channels, which are later, decoded into the name of the channels and the agency prepares a national data on the basis of its sample homes readings. But there is a drawback in the technique, as cable operators frequently change the frequencies of the different channels before sending signals to the homes. It may be very misleading to read a channel according to a particular frequency even if the down linking frequency is same all over India. Second technique is more reliable and relatively new to India. In picture matching technique people meter continuously records a small portion of the picture that is being watched on that particular television set. Along with this agency also records all the channels' data in the form of small picture portion. Data collected from the sample homes is later on matched with the main data bank to interpret the channel name. And this way national rating is produced.

Aims at Ensuring Food Security and Improving the Lot of Farmers : during the 12th Five Year Plan, we will be taking a number of new initiatives such as Consortia research Platforms, Farmer FIRST, Student READY, Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture, National Agricultural Education Project, Extramural funding for research, Creation of funds for Agri-Innovations and Agri-Incubation and setting up of an Agriculture Technology Forecast Centre (ATFC), E-courses, Modernization of AU farms States need to integrate efforts under various schemes in the agriculture sector and programmes of other departments such as Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF), Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), minor irrigation projects and other rural development works and prepare State Plans on agriculture depending on agro-climatic and natural resource endowments. The major challenges before us in livestock sector are well known, namely genetic improvement in bovines, effective control of animal diseases, shortage of feed and fodder, breed improvement, inadequate infrastructure and inadequate dissemination of technology, skills and quality services to farmers. To address these challenges, we are launching National Livestock Mission during the 12th Plan with the main objective of achieving sustainable development and growth of livestock sector by providing greater flexibility to the states. Another initiative will be the National Programme for Bovine Breeding & Dairying by merging 3 existing major programmes. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) a Conditional Cash Transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The Scheme envisages providing cash directly to P&L women during pregnancy and lactation in response to individual fulfilling specific conditions. Several Key Decisions Taken by Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation During 2012 for Improvement of Infrastructure & Basic Services to Poor ::: Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Established For Low Income Housing:The Government approved the establishment of a Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust (CRGFT) for low income housing, Under the Scheme, the fund will provide guarantee to the lending agencies for housing loans extended by them to persons belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections / Low Income Housing Groups up to Rs. 5 Lakh, without any third party guarantee or collateral security. The lending institutions eligible to avail benefit of the Guarantee cover under the Scheme are Scheduled Commercial Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Urban Co-operative Banks, Non Banking Financial Companies-Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs), Apex Co-operative Housing Finance Societies registered under the State Co-operative Societies Act and Housing Finance Institutions registered with National Housing Bank (NHB). The CRGF Scheme is a demand driven scheme and applicable for the eligible housing loan extended by the lending institution in Urban Areas. The coverage under urban areas may extend to statutory towns, urban agglomerations and planning areas. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) is being implement in all the States/UTs and has been comprehensively revamped with effect from 2009-2010.The Scheme aims at providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed and under-employed poor, by setting up of self employment ventures by the urban poor living below the poverty line, skills training and also through providing wage employment by utilizing their labour for construction of socially and economically useful public assets.
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National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)::: has been established by an Act of Parliament with the key objective of ensuring that the true amplitude of the educational rights enshrined in Article 30(1) of the Constitution is made available to the members of the notified religious minority communities, including the Muslims. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment: The target groups of the Ministry are:
(i) scheduled Castes, (ii) Other Backward Classes, (iii) Senior Citizens and (iv) Victims of Substance Abuse.

Scheduled Castes Development: Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to the Scheduled Castes Students Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students objective of the scheme is to support parents of SC children for education of their wards studying in classes IX and X so that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the transition from the elementary to the secondary stage is minimized. For being eligible under this Scheme, the student should belong to Scheduled Caste and her/ his Parent/Guardian`s income should not exceed Rs. 2 lakh per annum. Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Caste Students: Inclusion of New Institutions and enhancement in the parental annual income ceiling Under the Scheme, SC students who secure the admission in the notified institutions are provided full financial support to meet the requirements of Tuition fees, living expenses, books and computer. Maximum number of slots for new scholarship each year is 1250. Scholarships are granted for Engineering, Medicine, Law, Management and other specialized courses. Notified Institutions include Indian Institutes of Management ((IIMs), Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), National Institute of Technology (NITs), Commercial Pilot training Institutions and reputed medical/law and other institutions of excellence.
Elimination of Manual Scavengingprohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers and their rehabilitation

Revision of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 (PoA Rules) have been revised. The most significant component of these revisions related to enhancing the minimum scale of relief for victims of atrocity. The existing rates (between Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 2,50,000/-) of relief to the victims of atrocity, their family members and dependents have been increased by 150% to between Rs. 50,000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/
Social Defence::: National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSrC) International Day for Older Persons (IDOP) celebrated on 1.102012 Drug Abuse Prevention::: Awareness Generation Programme about the ill-effects of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)

Statistical Year Book published by the Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Initaitives of Ministry of Overseas Indian Affair Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana:::: The objective of MGPSY is to encourage and enable overseas Indian workers having Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports going to ECR countries, to (a) save for their return and resettlement and (b) save for their pension. They are also provided Life Insurance cover against natural death, during the period of coverage, without any additional payment by them. The Ministry also contributes, for a period of five years, or till the return of workers to India, whichever is earlier, as under: Rs.1,000 per subscriber who saves between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per annum in their National Pension Scheme(NPS) -Lite account; An additional contribution of Rs.1,000 per annum for overseas Indian women workers who save between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per annum in National Pension Scheme(NPS)-Lite account; An annual contribution of Rs. 900 per annum per subscriber who saves at least Rs. 4000 per annum towards Return and Resettlement fund; Rs.100/- for life insurance cover of Rs.30,000 per year against natural death and Rs.75,000 against death by accident through the Janshree Bima Yojana of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
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Social Security Agreements: The bilateral Social Security Agreements protect the interests of Indian professionals Bilateral Labour Agreements for Migrant Workers::: The Bilateral Labour Agreements include (i) Establishment of Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) in the Indian Missions to provide immediate relief to the Indian workers in need and distress, (ii) Overseas Workers Resource Centre (OWRC) at New Delhi. This centre has 24x7 helpline and walk-in counseling centre to provide information and to handle workers problems. This centre uses 8 Indian languages and has a toll free number. (iii) Bilateral Social Security Agreements (SSA) for protection of the interests of Indian professionals going abroad and (iv) Indian Workers Resource Centre (IWRC) at Dubai for providing information to the Indian workers and to handle their problems Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention:: Prime Minister announced a new Pension and Life Insurance Fund for overseas Indian workers to encourage, enable and assist overseas workers to voluntarily save for their return and resettlement and old age. A Protector of Emigrants (POE) office was also inaugurated in Jaipur during the event to facilitate overseas Indians and emigrating workers of this region
khol (a traditional drum of Assam) in unison in Titabor in Jorhat district.

Road Safety Week is observed all over the country in the month of January every year.
Ranthambhore National Park to Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district-- Rajasthan Article 326, which barred citizens from being registered as voters on grounds of criminal antecedents, equally prohibited such people from becoming MPs and MLAs. However, Sections 8 and 9 of the RP Act allowed convicted persons to contest polls on various grounds. An anomalous situation existed under the Act, where one provision debarred a person from contesting elections for six years on conviction in a criminal case with two-year imprisonment, while the other allowed MPs and MLAs to continue if they filed an appeal within three months of conviction. eligibility criteria stands slightly diluted in that a retired judge of a High Court with seven years of experience would now be eligible for appointment as Securities Appellate Tribunal SAT chief