-Outlook As subsidies for the poor continue to be under attack, a ground-up report from 10-states shows how well welfare schemes have worked over the last 10 years. Ahead of Elections 2014, rights-based welfare schemes are under attack. To those who argue ‘Dolenomics' doesn't work, a survey of five schemes in 10 states shows that the Rs 1,68,478 crore annually the nation spends is making a real and tangible difference on...
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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 »Unkept promise -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline The tussle within some Central government Ministries over proposed cuts in the budget for rural development schemes has affected a promise made to senior citizens. THEIR wizened faces said it all. Though there was disappointment, there was also a glimmer of hope that their trek to the national capital would not go in vain. For almost a month, senior citizens, most of them poor, had been pouring into New Delhi from...
More »Uttarakhand disaster survivors left to fend for themselves -Seema Sharma
-The Times of India DEHRADUN: Residents of flood-hit villages near Uttarakhand's Guptkashi have been left with no option but to live in their damaged houses or temporary one room huts in the biting cold. Erratic power supply has made matters worse with cuts lasting five-six hours. "The state government gave me meager financial assistance of Rs 15,000 for the house repair. Hence, I could not fully repair my house," said Nathe Singh,...
More »CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps another promise, cuts power bills 50% by raising subsidy -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Moving at a feverish pitch to fulfill the second most important of his poll promises, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal gave 80% of the capital's electricity consumers cause to ring in the new year with much cheer. They will be paying half of what they had to pay so far with the tariff for consumption up to 400 units a month slashed by 50%, thanks to...
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