Delhi's Ladli Scheme under fire: CAG flags 69% enrollment drop, Rs 618 cr unspentDelhi's Ladli Scheme for girls' education is under scrutiny following a 2022 CAG audit revealing significant mismanagement. Key issues incl...
28 Feb, 2025, 02.57 PM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks about freebies/revdi issueWith the upcoming high-stakes elections in Delhi, political parties like AAP and BJP focus heavily on offering freebies. However, there's a...
04 Feb, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Congress accuses Delhi govt of withholding Rs 618 crores under Ladli Yojana, AAP refutes allegationsCongress accused the Delhi government of not distributing Rs 618 crore to 3.20 lakh beneficiaries under the "Ladli Yojana." Launched in 200...
28 Jan, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
States have money to give freebies but not to retired judges: SCThe Supreme Court flagged financial constraints cited by states regarding pay and pensions for district judiciary judges, noting that funds...
07 Jan, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
2024 in review: The year that saw India's women voters emerging as a force to be reckoned withThe 2024 Indian elections saw women voters heavily influencing outcomes with significant financial aid policies. Both NDA and the INDIA blo...
29 Dec, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
Ladli Scheme's unclaimed benefits: How to plug the loopholesDelhi's Ladli Scheme has Rs 449.9 crore in unclaimed benefits. The scheme supports girls' education and empowerment. Enrollment has dropped...
12 Dec, 2024, 05.39 PM IST
Delhi's sex ratio at birth drops for 3rd year, health experts warn of rising pre-natal sex testsDetails of the decline were disclosed in the recently released 'Annual Report on Registration of Births and Deaths in Delhi-2023' by the Di...
27 Aug, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
Delhi's per capita income rises over 14% to Rs 4,44,768Delhi's per capita income in the current financial year is 158 per cent higher than the national average and has increased from Rs 3,89,529...
06 Jan, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Polls: PM Modi focuses on temple, women quotaReferring to the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said, "Wherever I go nowadays, there is talk of Lord Ram'...
09 Nov, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
BJP eyes women voters in Madhya Pradesh who benefited from welfare schemesApproximately 47.8% of the 5.05 crore voters in Madhya Pradesh are women, and the BJP believes that their welfare schemes have attracted a ...
08 Oct, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
JEE cracked, why these students from poor homes have PSU executives to thankThe companies fund the coaching programmes, which include free boarding and lodging as well as other consumables.
06 May, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
MLAs may continue to get Rs 4 crore yearly under MLALADs schemeThe AAP government's urban development minister, Manish Sisodia, had from the very beginning pressed for scrapping MLALADs and decentralizi...
21 Feb, 2014, 10.39 AM IST
BJP's Vijay Goel says Congress manifesto is full of liesHe also slammed AAP for trying to misguide people by making promises on issues falling outside the purview of the Delhi govt.
22 Nov, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
Congress poll manifesto 'full of lies': Delhi BJPTerming the Congress manifesto as a document "full of lies", Delhi BJP today said the ruling party has repeated the same old promises which...
21 Nov, 2013, 08.26 PM IST
CAG pulls up WCD ministry for diversion of ICDS fundsState governments have irregularly diverted funds aggregating to Rs 57.82 crore from the central government's flagship ICDS Scheme.
05 Mar, 2013, 04.43 PM IST
- Saffron party goes populist for polls
The BJP is going all out on populist announcements in its manifesto.
26 Mar, 2009, 05.54 AM IST
- Thousand FDs opened since the launch of 'Ladli' scheme
Delhi govt has opened 6,000 fixed deposit accounts in the name of the girl child making them eligible for availing Rs one lakh when they tu...
13 Jul, 2008, 08.44 PM IST