Revamp of health insurance plan for poor on the cardsMeasures involve enhancing the transport allowance, introducing wellness checks and extending the validity of smart cards issued under RSBY...
Old age pension may be linked with inflation index: GovernmentOld age pension is likely to be linked with inflation on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with APL and BPL ...
- Maharashtra government to incur Rs 2,400 crore burden on subsidised cylinders
Maharashtra Government will incur a burden of Rs 2,400 crore to provide three subsidised LPG cylinders to consumers in the state, officials...
Kerala Government to offer 3 more subsidised LPG cylindersThe Congress-led UDF Government in Kerala today raised the number of subsidised LPG cylinders from the proposed six to nine for each BPL ho...
Government mulls tweaking LPG cylinder cap from 6 to 9Food Minister K V Thomas had yesterday written a letter to the PM saying that the move to cap the number of subsidised LPG cylinders "will ...
- PM, Sonia should show how to live on Rs 32 per day: Nitin Gadkari
He accused the UPA Government of not focusing on issues related to 44 crore poor people in the country, especially labourers who have no sh...
- Montek makes U-turn, abandons Rs 32 per day poverty line
Plan panel had put in an affidavit before the SC stating that it took Rs 32/day per capita expenditure in cities and Rs 25 in rural India f...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no idea of real poverty: Yashwant SinhaBJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the “laughable” affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on revised Below Poverty Line benchmarks.
- Revolt in Planning Commission panel over BPL cap
Two Planning Commission member came out in revolt against the panel's affidavit to the Supreme Court that those spending Rs 32 a day in urb...
- Government to clarify soon on criteria to identify BPL families
Government is expected to clarify soon to the SC on the criteria used by the Planning Commission to identify below poverty line population.
Soon, LPG refills may cost you Rs 800The ministry proposes to limit the number of subsidized cylinders for even BPL (below poverty line) at four cylinders a year.
Will Direct cash transfer be a better reform than fuel and fertiliser subsidy?Nandan Nilekani will finalise a report to govt which could prove turning point in India's largely-failed attempt to reform its bloated subs...
- Welfare schemes: Cabinet seeks clear norms to spot poor
The cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for a head count to identify the poor — including their caste and religion — for better targe...
- The hunters & the hunted in the Indian telecom space
India is the second biggest telecom market in the world, but it's not big enough for 14 operators. Investment bankers expect a flurry of ac...
- Stakeholders divided on FDI regime for mobile TV service
Operators having stakes in the upcoming mobile TV service are divided on how much FDI should be allowed in the sector, with telcos demandin...
- 'BIMARU states lag behind in Human Development Index'
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has said that it was "perturbed" to note the under utilisation of funds in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajast...
- FIIs can't control firms via pref shares
The government is set to place restrictions on foreign investors seeking voting rights on preference share holdings in lieu of dividend in ...