Project Assist is the Flagship scheme of National Foundation for Communal Harmony  (NFCH) an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India.
Objective:
The main objective of providing assistance for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of the child victims of communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist violence, with special reference to their care, education and training besides promoting communal harmony, fraternity and national integration.
Eligibility criteria:
 A child becomes an orphan or destitute in the sense that either both the parents  or the surviving parent or the main bread winner is killed or permanently incapacitated because of communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist violence.
 The annual income of the victim’s family does not exceed rupees one lakh.
 Child is not receiving any assistance on regular basis from any other source (one time financial assistance provided by state government /union territory administration for such victim is not considered as another source of assistance for this purpose).
 Assistance is admissible up to the age of 25 years. However, if a child remains for more than 3 consecutive years in a class he / she will not be eligible to get the assistance.
Scale of assistance:
Class / Course Amount
Upto Class XII                                 Rs. 1000/- p.m. per child
Graduation / Post Graduation            Rs. 1250/- p.m. per child
Professional courses viz Medical,
Engineering & Management
                                                        Rs. 1500/- p.m. per child
For further details and application proforma please click here

Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore is organising a National Level Essay Competition on  Green India.

Topic: Biotechnology assures a clean green India

Rules and Regulations
6. An institution can send maximum 20 entries
7. Essay should reach us on or before 20th January 2013
8. Participants should not write their names or any personal details that identifies them on any of the material used to prepare the essay
9. The essays will be judges by a panel of experts and the winners list will be uploaded on the college website on 5 February 2013

Prizes
First: Rs. 10000/-
Second: Rs. 7500/-
Third: Rs. 5000/-

Ten consolation prizes Rs. 1000/- each

The Department of Posts will organise the 42nd UPU Letter Writing Competition 2013 for school going children on 6 January 2013.
Children up to 15 years of age as on 31.03.2013 can participate.

Subject: "Write a letter about why water is precious"

Content and form: Composition should be presented in the form of a letter and do not exceed 800 words length on the given subject.
Date and Time: Sunday 6 January 2013 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Languagage: English or any language listed in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India
Last Date for submission of forms: 26.12.2012

Prizes:
One First Prize : Rs. 2000/- and certificate
One Second Prize : Rs. 1500/- and a certificate
One Third Prize: Rs. 1000/- and a certificate
Consolation Prizes: Rs. 250/- to the best entry from each Postal Circle and certificates

The best entry at the national level shall qualify as the Official Indian entry for the International level competition.

The Universal Postal Union shall select the award winning entries. The top three entries will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal respectively along with certificate and album of UPU official postage stamps from UPU

Each entry must have the following details on its first page in respect of the candidates.
1. Candidates passport size photograph
2. Candidate's name
3. Date of Birth
4. Male/Female
5. Father's/Guardian's Name
6. Name of the School/Institution
7. Full postal address

Further details contact the Chief Postmasters General /Director Postal Services of your circle/Region. 
Visit the website: http://www.indiapost.gov.in

S No.	Event	Date
1.	Date of Examination, NEET (UG)	05.05.2013 (Sunday)
2.	Schedule for submission of application forms without late fee	01.12.2012 to 31.12.2012
3.	Date of receipt of confirmation page in CBSE	10.01.2013
4.	Schedule for submission of online application forms with late fee Rs.1000/-	01.01.2013 to 31.01.2013
5.	Date of receipt of confirmation page in CBSE for the applications submitted with late fee of Rs.1000/-.	05.02.2013
6.	Date of hosting of Admit Card - Application without Late Fee	01.04.2013
	Date of hosting of Admit Card - Application with Late Fee	10.04.2013
7.	Time Schedule National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) :
	(a) Entry in the Examination Hall	9.15 AM
	(b) Checking of Admit Cards by the invigilator	9.30 AM to 9.45 AM
	(c) Distribution of Test Booklet	9.45 AM
	(d) Seal of the Test Booklet to be broken/ opened to take out the Answer Sheet	9.55 AM
	(e) Test Commences	10.00 AM
	(f) Latest Entry in the Examination Hall	10.00 AM
	(g) Test Concludes	01.00 PM
8.	Declaration of Results	End of 1st week of June, 2013
9.	Material to be brought on the day of examination	Admit Card, Card Board/Clip Board, Post Card Size Photograph and Ball Point Pens of good quality
10.	Rough Work	All rough work is to be done in the Test Booklet only. The candidate will not do any rough work or put stray mark on the machine  gradable Answer Sheet.
11.	Use of Blue/Black Ball Point Pen only for	Writing of particulars on the Test Booklet and responses on the Answer Sheet.