India has building blocks for successful rollout of digital government transfers: ReportAs governments across the world are financially helping their citizens to ward off the economic distress due to the coronavirus pandemic, I...
01 Apr, 2020, 02.38 PM IST
Plans afoot to shift files to E-office system in J&KWorks on for the post-October 30 scenario when the UT status of J&K and Ladakh comes into effect.
19 Sep, 2019, 07.37 AM IST
Ajay Bhushan Pandey named new revenue secretaryAdhia, 1981-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, moved to Delhi in November 2014 as the secretary in the Department of Financial Services after...
18 Nov, 2018, 09.27 AM IST
Government study to evaluate success of pension programme rolloutThe reference period for the evaluation study will be from 2015-16 till 2017-18 and 600 beneficiaries will be contacted from each of the 10...
18 Oct, 2018, 07.13 AM IST
UP campaign to ensure children from 'model villages' attend schoolThe UP govt has taken an unprecedented step of allotting a district each to a secretary or principal secretary-level officer in the state a...
14 Sep, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Top economists write to FM on delay in roll-out of maternity benefit programmeThe letter also demands that the Centre's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme should be raised from ...
22 Dec, 2017, 06.01 PM IST
Bharti Infratel Q4 net profit slips 17% to Rs 597 croreNet profit stood at Rs 718.4 crore in the January-March quarter of 2015-16, according to a company statement.
09 May, 2017, 12.37 AM IST
Budget 2016: The poor in India will no longer be unfortunate, says Jayant SinhaJayant Sinha said that Budget 2016 is a Vikas ka Budget, a Budget for Development, a Budget to accelerate the transformation of India.
01 Mar, 2016, 04.57 AM IST
Pension regulator seeks government support to widen subscriber baseSubscribers also in parallel will be empowered and educated through various financial literacy programmes and also through information webs...
18 Oct, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
Centre to extend Direct Benefit Transfer scheme to MGNREGAJaitley has approved the proposal to extend wages under the flagship rural jobs programme through the DBT platform and a final notification...
01 Dec, 2014, 04.51 AM IST
SC's interim ruling may boost UPA's welfare plans minus AadhaarIf Aadhaar is to become mandatory, UPA will have to either get an Ordinance or UIDAI Bill passed. However, Standing Committee criticised th...
25 Sep, 2013, 11.20 AM IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Madhya Pradesh steals Congress’s direct benefit transfer thunderThe DBT scheme has been touted as a game-changer for the ruling Congress party in the lead-up to the general elections in 2014.
26 Jul, 2013, 10.20 AM IST
Direct Benefits Transfer to be expanded to 78 more districts, LPG to be coveredManmohan Singh today acknowledged that it has "run into difficulties" and that efforts must be made to ensure the programme does not fail.
05 Apr, 2013, 09.59 PM IST
- The new biometrics-enabled e-payment channel is not cheaper to the State Government: Ashok Khemka
What does Haryana's experience have to tell us about e-payments? ET finds it out in an interview with Ashok Khemka.
29 Mar, 2012, 01.04 PM IST
- Pension fund bill not on government's priority chart: Source
A senior minister confirmed that pension bill was not on the government’s priority chart. “It will not come up in this session,”
16 Dec, 2011, 02.56 AM IST
- IBA proposes NPS for fresh recruits
Move Has Irked Bank Unions Who Want Wage Settlement Before New Pension
09 Jun, 2009, 11.40 AM IST
- Fresh bank recruits may fall under NPS
The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has proposed the adoption of the New Pension Scheme (NPS) for fresh recruits into the banking industry.
09 Jun, 2009, 02.29 AM IST