Post Office Monthly Income Scheme higher investment limit from April 1, 2023: How to open POMIS account, interest rateThe current interest rate is 7.1% for the January-March 2023 quarter. The minimum investment is Rs 1000, and multiples of Rs 1000 are permi...
22 Mar, 2023, 06.37 PM IST
How to foot Covid-19's hefty billThere are no good estimates, but millions have been affected, the majority of whom live a daily wager’s existence, and cannot afford remote...
22 Apr, 2020, 12.25 AM IST
A village in Ladakh in search of identity since 1971 warIn the 1971 war, when villagers were displaced and many areas came under Indian control, revenue records of Tyakshi, Turtuk, Chulunka and T...
23 Jan, 2018, 04.06 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee will write to centre asking not to make Aadhar mandatory for MNREGASources said the state government was opposed to making Aadhar must for labourers as it was estimated that only about 70 per cent of them p...
01 Jun, 2016, 07.17 PM IST
Aadhaar now most widely held ID with 92 crore holdersIn comparison, 5.7 crore people have passports, 17 crore people PAN cards, 60 crore voter ID cards, 15 crore ration cards and 17.3 crore dr...
02 Oct, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking changes in order on Aadhaar on October 6The RBI sought clarification as to whether an account can be opened in a bank on the basis of the Aadhar card for providing the benefit of ...
29 Sep, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
PFRDA mulls non-Aadhar KYC tools for online NPS schemePFRDA is working on an alternative to know KYC details of customers after the Supreme Court imposed restrictions on use of Aadhar card for ...
27 Aug, 2015, 08.38 PM IST
Sardar Patel Urban Housing Mission likely to get new nameAccording to highly-placed sources, the government is mulling over renaming the mission to commemorate 75th anniversary of Indian Independe...
23 Mar, 2015, 05.00 AM IST
Kashmiri migrants can use competent authority certificate to vote: ECBut those who are unable to produce EPIC will have to produce one of the 12 alternative photo identity documents for establishing their ide...
19 Nov, 2014, 09.11 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: P Chidambaram attacks BJP manifestoReferring to the promise that India would be made a global hub for arbitration, he said arbitration centres already existed in Delhi and Mu...
08 Apr, 2014, 10.04 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi rolls out food security scheme in Delhi, Congress blames Modi for delaying billCongress president Sonia Gandhi today rolled out the ambitious and "game-changer" food security scheme in Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand.
20 Aug, 2013, 10.00 PM IST
Amethi will be made model of development: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi today promised to change the face of his parliamentary constituency Amethi and said it would be a model of development in the ...
13 Jun, 2013, 06.33 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi assures to tackle water crisis in drought-hit AurangabadRahul Gandhi today visited the drought-hit Aurangabad district and assured villagers of taking prompt measures to tackle water and fodder s...
28 May, 2013, 04.46 PM IST
MNREGA is in fragile state: Jean DrezeLeading economist-activist Jean Dreze has asked the government to bring "some accountability" in the "very fragile" programme.
10 Mar, 2013, 12.27 PM IST
- Cash transfer during high inflation not okay: CPM
CPM has opposed the Congress-led UPA government's direct cash transfer scheme and has said it would increase malnutrition and hunger in the...
29 Nov, 2012, 04.19 AM IST
Government's direct cash transfer scheme anti-poor: CPI-MGovernment's direct cash transfer scheme is "anti-poor" as it would actually cut subsidies due to the high inflation rate, the CPI(M) today...
28 Nov, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
- 'Aadhar' should not be basis for discrimination, says Nilekani
With activists saying that UID should not be linked to govt's rural employment scheme, Nilekani believes 'Aadhar' should not be basis for d...
03 Dec, 2010, 04.03 PM IST