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Railway Subsidy For The Elderly Still On Halt, While MPs Enjoy Concessions
Railway fare concessions to senior citizens, which were stopped during Covid, have not yet been reinstated despite MPs from both the ruling BJP and main opposition Congress batting for it, and a Parliament committee recommending it.
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Centre Seeks Parliament Approval For Net Additional Spending Of Rs 3.25 Lakh Crore This Fiscal
Approval has also been sought for the expenditure of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas towards payments of LPG subsidies to oil marketing companies and LPG connections, among others totalling to Rs 29,944 crore.
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No Train Subsidy For Elderly, Crores For MPs, Show Centre's Records
While MPs enjoyed crores in free and discounted train tickets, the Indian Railways has been refusing concessions to senior citizens citing the need to cut its subsidy bills, documents accessed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act show.
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Centre Seeks Parliament Nod For Rs 1.07 Lakh Crore Extra Spending In 2021-22
The Indian government sought parliamentary approval on Monday for net extra spending of Rs 1.07 lakh crore ($13.96 billion) in the current financial year ending in March 2022, that would include spending of Rs 14,900 crore on fertilisers subsidies.
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Government To Support About 15.62 Lakh Electric Vehicles Through Subsidies: Report
To boost electric mobility in the country the Government of India has announced its plan to supports 15.62 lakh electric vehicle through subsidies. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari has announced at the Parliament that the phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India ...
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Roti At Rs 3, Non-Veg Buffet At Rs 700: Parliament Canteen Sheds Subsidy
After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.
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Subsidy To MPs For Food Served In Parliament Canteens Ends: Lok Sabha Speaker
Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.
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MPs Agree To End Parliament Canteen Subsidy (For Second Time Since 2016)
Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.
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Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Rajya Sabha Passes Jallianwalla Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill
As the winter session of parliament enters second day today, air pollution is being discussed in the Lok Sabha. This comes as the air quality in Delhi remains in "very unhealthy" category. On Day 1 of the parliament winter session, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar reached parliament on an electric car, urging people to use electric vehi...
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Government's Subsidy Bill 13.32% Up At Rs 3,01,694 Cr For 2019-20
The union budget 2019-20 was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This is the first budget of the Modi 2.0 government.
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Parliament Gets Rs 16.4 Crore Bill For Canteens Run By Railways
Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.
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Karnataka Cabinet Approves Bill Mandating Aadhaar For Subsidies
The Karnataka state cabinet has approved a central legislation to provide statutory backing to Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme, for use for transferring government subsidies and benefits.
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Government Cheating The Poor With Cooking Gas Price Hike, Says Opposition
The government's move to raise the price of cooking gas by Rs 4 every month till next March triggered a huge row in parliament's upper house today. The rich, the opposition contended, had voluntarily given up subsidy on cooking gas so the poor could have the benefit. Now the government was eliminating subsidy even for the poor, that too at a time w...
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Food Prices In Parliament Canteen May Be Hiked Again
The prices of eatables in Parliament canteen may again go up, as revision of rates of food items and subsidy given to catering units are again on the table of a House panel.
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Food Rates in Parliament Canteen Raised in View of Subsidy Row
Tea/coffee vending machine will also be placed so that there is little burden on the manpower.
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Railway Subsidy For The Elderly Still On Halt, While MPs Enjoy Concessions
Railway fare concessions to senior citizens, which were stopped during Covid, have not yet been reinstated despite MPs from both the ruling BJP and main opposition Congress batting for it, and a Parliament committee recommending it.
-
Centre Seeks Parliament Approval For Net Additional Spending Of Rs 3.25 Lakh Crore This Fiscal
Approval has also been sought for the expenditure of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas towards payments of LPG subsidies to oil marketing companies and LPG connections, among others totalling to Rs 29,944 crore.
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No Train Subsidy For Elderly, Crores For MPs, Show Centre's Records
While MPs enjoyed crores in free and discounted train tickets, the Indian Railways has been refusing concessions to senior citizens citing the need to cut its subsidy bills, documents accessed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act show.
-
Centre Seeks Parliament Nod For Rs 1.07 Lakh Crore Extra Spending In 2021-22
The Indian government sought parliamentary approval on Monday for net extra spending of Rs 1.07 lakh crore ($13.96 billion) in the current financial year ending in March 2022, that would include spending of Rs 14,900 crore on fertilisers subsidies.
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Government To Support About 15.62 Lakh Electric Vehicles Through Subsidies: Report
To boost electric mobility in the country the Government of India has announced its plan to supports 15.62 lakh electric vehicle through subsidies. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Nitin Gadkari has announced at the Parliament that the phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India ...
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Roti At Rs 3, Non-Veg Buffet At Rs 700: Parliament Canteen Sheds Subsidy
After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.
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Subsidy To MPs For Food Served In Parliament Canteens Ends: Lok Sabha Speaker
Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.
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MPs Agree To End Parliament Canteen Subsidy (For Second Time Since 2016)
Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.
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Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Rajya Sabha Passes Jallianwalla Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill
As the winter session of parliament enters second day today, air pollution is being discussed in the Lok Sabha. This comes as the air quality in Delhi remains in "very unhealthy" category. On Day 1 of the parliament winter session, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar reached parliament on an electric car, urging people to use electric vehi...
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Government's Subsidy Bill 13.32% Up At Rs 3,01,694 Cr For 2019-20
The union budget 2019-20 was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This is the first budget of the Modi 2.0 government.
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Parliament Gets Rs 16.4 Crore Bill For Canteens Run By Railways
Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.
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Karnataka Cabinet Approves Bill Mandating Aadhaar For Subsidies
The Karnataka state cabinet has approved a central legislation to provide statutory backing to Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme, for use for transferring government subsidies and benefits.
-
Government Cheating The Poor With Cooking Gas Price Hike, Says Opposition
The government's move to raise the price of cooking gas by Rs 4 every month till next March triggered a huge row in parliament's upper house today. The rich, the opposition contended, had voluntarily given up subsidy on cooking gas so the poor could have the benefit. Now the government was eliminating subsidy even for the poor, that too at a time w...
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Food Prices In Parliament Canteen May Be Hiked Again
The prices of eatables in Parliament canteen may again go up, as revision of rates of food items and subsidy given to catering units are again on the table of a House panel.
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Food Rates in Parliament Canteen Raised in View of Subsidy Row
Tea/coffee vending machine will also be placed so that there is little burden on the manpower.
