Social Welfare Payments

The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window".

On the Jan Dhan Yojana website, nearly 70 per cent of accounts opened under the scheme are shown as dormant.

The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window".

On the Jan Dhan Yojana website, nearly 70 per cent of accounts opened under the scheme are shown as dormant.