Govt relief package may include wage subsidyA final decision on the stimulus and its financing is yet to be taken. The wage subsidy benefit is expected to be made available to firms t...
12 Nov, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support endsThe call for increased support came as U.S. airlines begin furloughs of more than 32,000 workers amid fading hopes for a new federal bailou...
06 Oct, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
View: Don’t deride PM-KISAN yet, data shows it will help rural India’s poorestFor poorest beneficiaries, the transfers under PM-KISAN make a significant contribution to their purchasing power.
28 Feb, 2019, 06.29 AM IST
India should take steps to ensure privacy in biometric identification programmes: IMFIMF said India should take necessary measures to ensure privacy and security controls while implementing large identification programmes li...
12 Apr, 2018, 09.52 PM IST
Five policy experiments in the works across the world to tackle new workspaceHere’s a sample of a few ongoing policy experiments that are in the works to tackle the new workspace. This can be great learning for India.
07 Jan, 2018, 08.55 AM IST
Three ideas for how jobs can be created for India's surplus of 50 million workersWhile job crisis remains severe could be potentially explosive, three possible ways of relieving it have not received adequate attention.
30 Oct, 2017, 08.02 PM IST
Government fixes year-end target of 100 per cent Aadhaar-linked DBT"An ambitious target of ensuring all centrally sponsored welfare and subsidy schemes are brought on DBT by March 2017, has been set," a sen...
24 Jul, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
Widen scope of DBT scheme: Centre tells secretaries, statesWhile Department of Food incurs internal expenditure for providing subsidised foodgrains, biometric authentication ensures targeted disburs...
08 May, 2016, 12.14 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
Budget 2014: 5 point plan for developing skills across sectorsThe Skill Ministry should constitute a wage board which will quarterly publish the Minimum Wages based on scientific studies.
05 Jul, 2014, 04.38 PM IST
Over 20 lakh jobs created under PMEGP: MSME MinistryKhadi Village Industries Commission is the nodal agency at national level to implement the scheme across the country.
02 Feb, 2014, 05.09 PM IST
Cash transfer scheme a 'revolutionary' measure of UPA: Sonia GandhiGandhi, who is also UPA Chairperson, also announced her intent to bring the much-talked out Food Security Bill in Parliament soon.
15 Dec, 2012, 03.37 PM IST
Right to food gives chance to focus on farm reformIt's easy to see why the right to food makes better political sense than allowing foreign direct investment in retail.
20 Dec, 2011, 10.00 AM IST
- India's welfare programmes are not very good at reaching the poorest of the poor: World Bank
How effective are India's innumerable social security programmes at reaching out to the poorest of the poor? If a recent World Bank report ...
08 Jun, 2011, 03.08 PM IST
- NREGA: Cynics versus doers
Social accountability movement has the potential to make the beneficiaries of all anti-poverty programmes more aware and assertive of their...
20 Nov, 2008, 02.55 AM IST
- ADB grants USD 150 million aid to khadi industry
The Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a grant of USD 150 million to finance reforms in the khadi industry.
15 Oct, 2008, 10.33 PM IST
- Coffee growers to get Rs 410 cr aid
A major Rs 410-crore programme for providing development support to the coffee-plantation sector during the Eleventh Plan was cleared some ...
01 Nov, 2007, 02.28 AM IST