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Agriculture Ministry's FY27 budget at Rs 1.4 lakh crore a five-fold jump from 2013-14 levelThe Modi government has five-folded the agriculture ministry budget to Rs 1.4 lakh crore for 2026-27. Over 3,000 climate-resistant crop var...
Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath launches 'Project GANGA', pitches self-reliance over 'revdi' cultureUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched Project GANGA in Lucknow. This initiative will bring high-speed fibre broadband t...
Ahead of Assembly polls, Punjab rolls out pilot of women cash support scheme in select constituencies; eligible women to receive Rs 1,000 monthly under AAP promisePunjab's Bhagwant Mann government has started a pilot of its Mukhymantri Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana. This scheme offers monthly cash suppo...
West Bengal election manifesto: Rs 1,500 vs Rs 3,000 jobless benefit, 7th Pay Commission, how BJP plans to unseat TMC, DidiThe BJP has released its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly polls, targeting women and youth voters with key promises. The Trinamool Co...
PMMY drives micro enterprise growth, boosts women-led businesses in IndiaIndia's Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana has empowered countless micro-enterprises. This scheme provides collateral-free credit, fostering growt...
West Bengal polls 2026: Amid welfare push, bidi work sustains women in Malda villagesIn Malda's remote villages, women are actively engaged in bidi-making, a traditional livelihood. This self-employment provides income indep...
Delhi Budget 2026 Highlights: CM Rekha Gupta presents Rs 1,03,700 cr budget; two free LPG cylinders & more, check key announcementsDelhi's State Budget 2026, totaling Rs 1,03,700 crore, has been unveiled as a 'green budget' by CM Rekha Gupta. A significant 21% is dedica...
Parliamentary panel flags surrender of ₹2,345 crore SC welfare funds, questions Social Justice ministry’s spendingA parliamentary panel has flagged the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for surrendering nearly a quarter of funds sanctioned for ...
Money unspent is welfare deniedA significant portion, nearly 25%, of welfare funds earmarked for Scheduled Castes by central ministries remains unutilised in 2024-25, hig...
About one fourth of welfare funds for scheduled castes unutilised in 2024-25, lowest in a decadeIn the 2024-25 financial year, about one-fourth of the funds allocated for the welfare of Scheduled Castes went unutilised, marking the low...
Mamata Banerjee condemns BJP disruption during Bengal's budget tablingWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee criticizes BJP MLAs' disruption during state budget tabling, warns against turning assembly into party offic...
Centre set to launch flagship scheme aimed at scheduled castes and tribesReviews conducted by NITI Aayog have revealed that the ministries are unable to find targeted schemes to utilise the earmarked amount and s...
Budget set to boost schemes linked to SCs, STs, senior citizensThe thrust is likely to be on infrastructure creation in SC and ST-dominated districts, they said, with enhanced allocation for constructio...
Ahead of assembly polls, unspent Rs 950 cr alocated for SC welfare schemesThis is the first time that the finance ministry has allowed unspent SC welfare funds to be transferred to another ministry. The unpreceden...
28% increase in outlay for SC, OBC welfare plansThe overall budget for ministry of social justice and empowerment has gone up from ₹8,207.56 crore to ₹10,517.62 crore – a 28% increase. Th...
Govt moots monetary allowance to poor SC, ST householdsStruggling with poor utilisation of funds earmarked for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe welfare schemes, the Centre has proposed a mone...
No ministry scores 100% on fund utilisation for Scheduled CastesEven as most ministries show 50-60% utilisation with less than a month for the current fiscal to end, the review has found that funds spent...
63% rise likely in allocation under Tribal and Scheduled Castes sub-plansEach year, 26 ministries earmark 2-32% of budget allocation under Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and 32 ministries 2-20% of allocation und...
Dalit Venture Capital fund hails FM Arun Jaitley’s maiden BudgetFM has announced Rs 200 crore to SC enterprises through IFCI and an additional Rs 100 cr to be launched through Vanbandhu scheme.
- FM ups allocation for SC/ST schemes
Aiming to give a fillip to backward classes, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday announced a slew of schemes including those specif...