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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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BJP Bats For Sandeshkhali Candidate In War Of Words With Trinamool
The TMC on Thursday said that BJP candidate Rekha Patra availed of the state's 'Swasthya Sathi' health insurance scheme, prompting the saffron party to assert that the ruling party should not claim proprietorship of any social welfare projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest Did Not Affect Public Services: Delhi Government
Delhi government's Secretary of Planning Department Niharika Rai said on Tuesday public services, social welfare schemes, and subsidies are "not affected" following reports that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal such services will be "stopped."
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Inside UP Government's Plan To Stop Fraud In Mass Marriage Scheme
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to link the details of the newly-wed couples with DBT and Aadhaar to prevent any repeat of the fraud committed in Ballia in the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme.
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Mamata Banerjee Spends Night On Dharna Over Bengal's Dues From Centre
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna, demanding West Bengal's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes, continued overnight amid the cold, following which she went for a walk on Saturday morning.
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Telangana Votes, BJP And Congress Aim To Stop KCR Hat-Trick: 10 Facts
Voting for Telangana's 119 seats began this morning. The ruling BRS faces challenges from the Congress and the BJP - amid anti-incumbency buzz. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is banking on social welfare schemes to win a third consecutive term.
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Should Disability Assistance Be Higher Than Other Schemes? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea which sought that quantum of assistance to persons with disabilities should be 25 per cent higher than those given to others under similar social welfare schemes.
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Ashok Gehlot's Big Social Welfare Push Ahead Of Rajasthan Election
On the occasion of Rajasthan Day, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched an outreach to a specific group of over two lakh beneficiaries of government schemes in 33 districts, spread over 355 blocks.
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"Logistical Marvel": IMF Lauds India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme
India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a "logistical marvel", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
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"Freebies, Social Welfare Scheme Different": Supreme Court
Observing that freebies and social welfare schemes are two different things, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a balance has to be struck between the economy losing money and welfare measures.
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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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No MLA Mother, No MP Father, Still I'm Minister: Nitin Gadkari
It was for the first time during the Atal Vajpayee tenure that the government began proactively thinking and implementing basic social welfare schemes like those of potable water, health, education and roads, Nitin Gadkari said.
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Centre Didn't Give "Any Financial Help" Amid Pandemic: Mamata Banerjee
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has not stopped its social welfare schemes and has paid salaries and pension regularly despite tight fiscal condition due to very little financial help from the Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Odisha Government To Give Monthly Pension To Transgenders: Minister
The Odisha government has decided to include members of the transgender community in a social welfare scheme which provides a monthly pension to the needy, a minister said.
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Delhi Government To Extend Free Coaching Scheme To OBC, General Category Students
Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam told PTI that the government was considering extending the scheme to needy students belonging to OBC and general category.
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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.
-
BJP Bats For Sandeshkhali Candidate In War Of Words With Trinamool
The TMC on Thursday said that BJP candidate Rekha Patra availed of the state's 'Swasthya Sathi' health insurance scheme, prompting the saffron party to assert that the ruling party should not claim proprietorship of any social welfare projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest Did Not Affect Public Services: Delhi Government
Delhi government's Secretary of Planning Department Niharika Rai said on Tuesday public services, social welfare schemes, and subsidies are "not affected" following reports that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal such services will be "stopped."
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Inside UP Government's Plan To Stop Fraud In Mass Marriage Scheme
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to link the details of the newly-wed couples with DBT and Aadhaar to prevent any repeat of the fraud committed in Ballia in the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme.
-
Mamata Banerjee Spends Night On Dharna Over Bengal's Dues From Centre
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna, demanding West Bengal's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes, continued overnight amid the cold, following which she went for a walk on Saturday morning.
-
Telangana Votes, BJP And Congress Aim To Stop KCR Hat-Trick: 10 Facts
Voting for Telangana's 119 seats began this morning. The ruling BRS faces challenges from the Congress and the BJP - amid anti-incumbency buzz. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is banking on social welfare schemes to win a third consecutive term.
-
Should Disability Assistance Be Higher Than Other Schemes? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea which sought that quantum of assistance to persons with disabilities should be 25 per cent higher than those given to others under similar social welfare schemes.
-
Ashok Gehlot's Big Social Welfare Push Ahead Of Rajasthan Election
On the occasion of Rajasthan Day, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched an outreach to a specific group of over two lakh beneficiaries of government schemes in 33 districts, spread over 355 blocks.
-
"Logistical Marvel": IMF Lauds India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme
India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a "logistical marvel", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
-
"Freebies, Social Welfare Scheme Different": Supreme Court
Observing that freebies and social welfare schemes are two different things, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a balance has to be struck between the economy losing money and welfare measures.
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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.
-
No MLA Mother, No MP Father, Still I'm Minister: Nitin Gadkari
It was for the first time during the Atal Vajpayee tenure that the government began proactively thinking and implementing basic social welfare schemes like those of potable water, health, education and roads, Nitin Gadkari said.
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Centre Didn't Give "Any Financial Help" Amid Pandemic: Mamata Banerjee
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has not stopped its social welfare schemes and has paid salaries and pension regularly despite tight fiscal condition due to very little financial help from the Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Odisha Government To Give Monthly Pension To Transgenders: Minister
The Odisha government has decided to include members of the transgender community in a social welfare scheme which provides a monthly pension to the needy, a minister said.
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Delhi Government To Extend Free Coaching Scheme To OBC, General Category Students
Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam told PTI that the government was considering extending the scheme to needy students belonging to OBC and general category.
