-The Hindu Nearly three years after the government began experimenting with aadhaar-based payments in Jharkhand, it has not been able to start disbursing payments to beneficiaries at their doorstep Jharkhand was one of five pilot States chosen for an aadhaar-enabled payment system (AEPS). Beginning with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) payments in select blocks in four districts in 2012, AEPS added pension and scholarship schemes and the Janani Suraksha...
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Delhi: Move to Make aadhaar Mandatory Challenged in HC
-Outlook New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today referred to its larger bench a plea challenging Delhi government's guidelines making aadhaar mandatory for getting a National Food Security card. The petitioner pleaded that the apex court had, in its interim order of September 23 last year, said no person should suffer for not having an aadhaar card and it is not mandatory for getting social welfare benefits. Justice Manmohan observed that the matter...
More »Consumers can get LPG cylinders without aadhaar account: Govt
-PTI New Delhi: Subsidised LPG cylinders can be purchased without having an aadhaar account, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. A clarification on delinking aadhaar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders would be issued within a week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily said during Question Hour. 'A clarification will be issued within a week,' he said. As far as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is concerned, Cabinet has decided to...
More »Spending on subsidies surged, education and health lagged during 10 years of UPA -Sidhartha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: When finance minister P Chidambaram presents his first interim budget on Monday, he is expected to devote a significant chunk of his speech - which may be between 12 and 18 pages - to UPA government's spending on social sector schemes, especially health, education and rural development. But what is probably going to slip through is the fact that these sectors actually witnessed a comparatively...
More »Interim Budget 2014-15: Highlights
-Outlook Following are the highlights of interim budget 2014-15: Income tax rates kept unchanged 10 pc surcharge on 'super-rich' having annual income above Rs 1 crore to continue 10 pc surcharge on domestic corporates with income of Rs 10 crore Foodgrain production estimated at 263 million tonnes in 2013-14 Fiscal deficit at 4.6 pc in 2013-14...
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