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Wages of Assam tea workers "meagre"; welfare scheme implementation has "several shortcomings": CAG report
The CAG report also found the state government's intervention in fixing wages as per the Minimum Wa…
PTI
Confused by the newly introduced Unified Pension Scheme? Here’s all you need to know about how it will work
The Indian government has approved the Unified Pension Scheme, due to become effective by April 1, …
Fund allocations to key sectors and schemes hiked in budget
The revenue to the government is generated from multiple sectors. Income tax contributes 19 per cen…
ANI
Budget: Rs 13,539 cr allocated to social justice department, 37% higher than last year
This increase is primarily focused on enhancing welfare programmes for marginalised communities and…
PTI
Number of children in non-institutional care increased fourfold between 2021-22 and 2023-24: Govt
In the financial year 2021-22, 29,331 children were covered by non-institutional care. This number …
PTI
Disability affairs department receives hike of 0.02%, allocated Rs 1,225 crore in budget
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has been allocated a total of Rs 1,225.2…
PTI
Budget 2024: Can Lakhpati Didi Yojana’s reality inspire better focus on women?
A Lakhpati Didi is a rural woman whose annual household income exceeds Rs. 1 lakh.
DMK vows to repeal CAA if INDIA bloc is voted to power
Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, a key constituent of the INDIA bloc, in its manifesto released on Wednesda…
PTI
Don't fall prey to rumours about discontinuation of schemes: Delhi govt to citizens
The Delhi government on Tuesday appealed to citizens to not fall prey to misinformation being sprea…
PTI
States will now be able to get discounted chana dal for their welfare schemes
This provision would be done through the stock of pulses procured under Price Support Scheme (PS…
Migrant workers face exploitation due to UK's employer sponsorship scheme: Report
"Divided between numerous agencies with unclear remits, poorly resourced, and reliant on bus…
Ladli Behna scheme a game-changer, credit to Shivraj Chouhan: Jyotiraditya Scindia as BJP sweeps MP
Scindia, a former Congress leader who switched over the party to come with the BJP in 2020, also to…
ANI
'Go to the lower strata and check if they are getting benefits of govt schemes': Modi
A meeting of the Council of Ministers was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister N…
‘United Health Interface will do to service delivery what UPI did to payments’
Just like UPI revolutionized payment transactions in India, Unified Health Interface or UHI will re…
In Australia, ending welfare schemes could cost 145,000 jobs and A$31.1 billion
Ending pandemic-boosted welfare schemes in Australia could see the economy lose A$31.3 billion ($22…
UP hospitals to now have dedicated wards for transgenders
Government hospitals in all districts of Uttar Pradesh will now have dedicated wards reserved for m…
'Higher offtake by FCI due to COVID-19 welfare schemes can boost procurement agencies' liquidity'
Under the PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, free distribution of 5 kg of foodgrains and 1 kg of pulses p…
PTI
Brett Favre enlists former Trump White House lawyer and January 6 committee witness amid Mississippi welfare scandal
The NFL legend has hired Eric Herschmann, a top Trump White House lawyer who has become a star Janu…
Brent D. Griffiths
Increase in social pension, GST exemption for medicines, wheelchairs among major demands by welfare organisations
There are an estimated 140 million elderly people in India. The demands touch the sectors of …
The leaders of extremist Jewish group Lev Tahor were sentenced to 12 years in prison for kidnapping a 14-year-old girl for an illegal marriage
Nachman Helbrans had plotted to kidnap the girl again while he was still in jail ahead of his kidna…