Tag: welfare schemes
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US Supreme Court supports Trump administration on immigrant welfare benefits
Under the changes, the 22 million non-citizen residents of the United States using food stamps, public healthcare, and other welfare will not be able to obtain green cards or US citizenship.
January 28, 2020 -
Find money without compromising fiscal deficit target: Economic Survey
A possible slowdown in economy and its resultant impact on revenue collection could put additional pressure on public finances.
July 4, 2019 -
HP to provide 666 bighas of land for AIIMS
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday asked the officers to ensure time bound and effective implementation of various centrally sponsored development and welfare schemes so that benefits could reach to the targeted and the down trodden sections of the society. Presiding over the meeting to review the centrally sponsored welfare schemes here, the CM …
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August 22, 2018 -
A painful signal
Social sector benefits, notably rice at Rs 2 a kg and 100 days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, have scarcely been able to address the grinding privation in the Junglemahal belt that straddles West Bengal’s Purulia, Bankura, West Midnapore and the newly-created Jhargram districts. Whether or not this failure on the food front …
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August 18, 2018 -
From birth to death, govt has schemes for all: Mamata
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that the common people in the state can avail of all kinds of welfare schemes, ‘from birth to death,’ and that there is no such government or schemes anywhere else in the world. Miss Banerjee was addressing a government assistance distribution programme at Changrabandha in Cooch Behar on …
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July 11, 2018 -
Punjab releases Rs 690.96 crore for welfare schemes
Acting on the directives of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the Punjab government on Saturday released funds amounting to Rs 690.96 crore under various welfare schemes, including pension payments, compensation to farmers against crop damage, retirement benefits and medical reimbursement. An official spokesperson said that the CM had categorically directed all the departments to create resources …
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March 17, 2018 -
Welfare schemes not effectively formulated despite spending thousands of crores: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government why it has formulated welfare schemes when these were not effectively implemented even after spending thousands of crores of rupees. A division bench of Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta expressed shock on the government spending huge amount of money on welfare schemes which it …
November 9, 2017 -
Will obey SC directive: Mamata Banerjee on Aadhaar
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she will “obey” the directive of the Supreme Court, which questioned the state government’s move to challenge a central law linking Aadhaar to social benefits and said she could file a plea in an individual capacity. “They (judges) have given their directive and we will obey that. …
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October 30, 2017 -
TRS seeks GST exemption for welfare schemes
Telangana Rashtra Samiti members created a ruckus in the Lok Sabha on Friday demanding Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption for some of its state sponsored welfare schemes. The schemes include Mission Kakatiya, Mission Bhagiratha and low cost housing projects for the poor. The Telangana members ended their protest after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assured …
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August 4, 2017 -
‘Operationalise all pension accounts within 15 days’
The Punjab government on Monday decided to operationalise all the accounts linked with the beneficiaries of the social security welfare schemes within 15 days with a view to provide timely financial assistance to the needy. Decision to this effect was taken on Monday in a high level meeting chaired by Razia Sultana, Minister for Social …
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April 18, 2017 -
Irani distributes welfare schemes to SCs
To mark the126th birth anniversary of the architect of the Indian constitution, Dr B R Ambedkar, Textiles Minister Smriti Irani Friday distributed benefits under welfare schemes of the Ministry, to beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Castes from various parts of the country. In a special programme held here, she interacted through video-conferencing with handloom weavers, handicraft …
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April 14, 2017