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Government Marginally Expands Budget For Social Justice, Disability Welfare
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has received Rs 13,611 crore in the Union Budget announced on Saturday, while the allocation for disability welfare now stands at Rs 1,275 crore.
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Government To Spend Rs 15.27 Lakh Crore For Major Sectors: Union Budget
The government has allocated Rs 15.27 lakh crore for 10 major sectors, ranging from defence and rural development to social welfare and commerce, Finance Ministry data said Tuesday afternoon.
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Exclusive: PM Modi Reveals "Surprise" Element In Election-Year Interim Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview to NDTV explained his model of social welfare schemes, which, while keeping a check on fiscal deficit, can also empower the poor to climb out of poverty.
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Tamil Nadu Government Presents Budget With Focus On "7 Grand Tamil Dream"
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday presented its budget for the year 2024-25, premising the exercise on the "7 grand Tamil dream," that included social justice and women's welfare at the core.
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Cuts In Social Welfare Schemes, Nothing For Job Creation: Shashi Tharoor On Budget
Attacking the Centre over Budget 2022-23, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said there were significant cuts in allocation of social welfare schemes, no measures to address rising inflation and nil targeted effort for job creation.
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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Proposes Creating A "Social Stock Exchange"
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the setting up of a social stock exchange under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for listing of organisations which work for social welfare, as she presented her first union budget.
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Differently Abled Parents In Delhi To Get Money For Daughter's Marriage
The Delhi government on Tuesday announced financial help to differently abled parents for their daughter's marriage and a fixed deposit scheme for physically challenged students, among other initiatives for the social security and welfare sector.
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BJP Government Implementing Social Justice: PM Modi On Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described "social justice" as his government's key motto, saying initiatives announced in the Union Budget showed it did not merely talk about welfare of the weaker sections but also worked to implement it.
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43 Of 107 Budget Proposals Were Implemented Last Year: Finance Ministry
Of the 107 social schemes and welfare programmes announced in the Union Budget for 2016-17, 43 were implemented and 4 partially implemented by the ministries concerned, work on 59 was in progress while one was dropped, said the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.
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FY17 Plan Spending Up 15%, FY16 Expenditure Hiked 2.6%
Plan expenditure entails government spending on social welfare schemes.
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Government Proposes Budget Hike for Social Sectors
PM Modi has now proposed to hike social budgets twice since imposing cuts in February.
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In Note of Dissent, Minister Maneka Gandhi Warns Against Cuts on Welfare Spend
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, some cuts in welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people are coming in for criticism, including from Maneka Gandhi, a minister in his cabinet.
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Budget 2014: Arun Jaitley Seeks to Revamp UPA's Rural Employment Scheme
Sticking to his pre-budget resolve, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed a drastic restructuring of social welfare schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act.
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Government Marginally Expands Budget For Social Justice, Disability Welfare
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has received Rs 13,611 crore in the Union Budget announced on Saturday, while the allocation for disability welfare now stands at Rs 1,275 crore.
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Government To Spend Rs 15.27 Lakh Crore For Major Sectors: Union Budget
The government has allocated Rs 15.27 lakh crore for 10 major sectors, ranging from defence and rural development to social welfare and commerce, Finance Ministry data said Tuesday afternoon.
-
Exclusive: PM Modi Reveals "Surprise" Element In Election-Year Interim Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview to NDTV explained his model of social welfare schemes, which, while keeping a check on fiscal deficit, can also empower the poor to climb out of poverty.
-
Tamil Nadu Government Presents Budget With Focus On "7 Grand Tamil Dream"
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday presented its budget for the year 2024-25, premising the exercise on the "7 grand Tamil dream," that included social justice and women's welfare at the core.
-
Cuts In Social Welfare Schemes, Nothing For Job Creation: Shashi Tharoor On Budget
Attacking the Centre over Budget 2022-23, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said there were significant cuts in allocation of social welfare schemes, no measures to address rising inflation and nil targeted effort for job creation.
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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Proposes Creating A "Social Stock Exchange"
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the setting up of a social stock exchange under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for listing of organisations which work for social welfare, as she presented her first union budget.
-
Differently Abled Parents In Delhi To Get Money For Daughter's Marriage
The Delhi government on Tuesday announced financial help to differently abled parents for their daughter's marriage and a fixed deposit scheme for physically challenged students, among other initiatives for the social security and welfare sector.
-
BJP Government Implementing Social Justice: PM Modi On Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described "social justice" as his government's key motto, saying initiatives announced in the Union Budget showed it did not merely talk about welfare of the weaker sections but also worked to implement it.
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43 Of 107 Budget Proposals Were Implemented Last Year: Finance Ministry
Of the 107 social schemes and welfare programmes announced in the Union Budget for 2016-17, 43 were implemented and 4 partially implemented by the ministries concerned, work on 59 was in progress while one was dropped, said the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.
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FY17 Plan Spending Up 15%, FY16 Expenditure Hiked 2.6%
Plan expenditure entails government spending on social welfare schemes.
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Government Proposes Budget Hike for Social Sectors
PM Modi has now proposed to hike social budgets twice since imposing cuts in February.
-
In Note of Dissent, Minister Maneka Gandhi Warns Against Cuts on Welfare Spend
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, some cuts in welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people are coming in for criticism, including from Maneka Gandhi, a minister in his cabinet.
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Budget 2014: Arun Jaitley Seeks to Revamp UPA's Rural Employment Scheme
Sticking to his pre-budget resolve, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed a drastic restructuring of social welfare schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act.
