-The Times of India NEW DELHI: There will be no subsidy for Cooking Gas cylinders if either the registered consumer, or his/her spouse have an annual taxable income of more than Rs 10 lakh, the oil ministry announced on Monday. The cap will come into effect from next month. To begin with, the new criteria will be applied on the basis of self-declaration at the time of booking a refill in keeping...
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Aadhaar comes to the rescue during Tamil Nadu floods -Saurabh Kumar
-Livemint.com With banks and ATMs under water, people were able to draw cash from Aadhaar-enabled micro-ATMs New Delhi: When heavy rains marooned large parts of Tamil Nadu, banking correspondents (BC) armed with Aadhaar-enabled micro-ATMs fanned out to help people retrieve cash from their bank accounts. The flood swept away many belongings including the bank pass book, debit card and other identification documents of S. Sangeetha, 28, who lives in Anumandai village in...
More »Direct cash transfers in agriculture gain ground -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard In November, the government decides to transfer Rs 4.5 a quintal production incentive to bank accounts of sugarcane farmers Two months ago, the Centre after much deliberation decided to transfer Rs 4.50 a quintal directly into the bank accounts of sugarcane growers. The government called this a production incentive, but it is seen by many as an attempt to kill several birds with one stone. An incentive directly transferred into the...
More »UIDAI plans to formalize child enrolments for Aadhaar -Saurabh Kumar
-Livemint.com Once the entire population is covered, it will be the newborns who will get added and allocated Aadhaar numbers—a continuous process New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) plans to formalize the enrolment process of children under the Aadhaar programme. “We plan to identify clusters of 5-7 schools or anganwadis (day care centres) and set up permanent Aadhaar enrolment centres,” an UIDAI official said, requesting anonymity. With enrolment of adults...
More »Government looking at stripping the rich of LPG subsidy -Surojit Gupta & Sanjay Dutta
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government is looking at taking rich households out of LPG subsidy scheme with the aim of freeing up resources to provide clean kitchen fuel to more poor families and ensure socially responsible use of public money. While no final decision has been taken yet, the issue has certainly emerged as a discussion point within the top levels of the government. "I humbly submit that the time...
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