-Down to Earth Gas cylinder subsidy will be transferred only to those consumers who get their Aadhar number linked to LPG consumer number, insists petroleum ministry in spite of Supreme Court order to the contrary In blatant violation of Supreme Court orders, the Union petroleum ministry continues with its stand on linking Aadhar numbers with LPG cylinder subsidy. The ministry and the three oil companies that supply gas cylinders to consumers have...
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'Rs 2,000 Cr Given As LPG Subsidy Under DBT Till Dec'
-Outlook The government has transferred Rs 2,000 crore into 6.6 crore accounts as LPG subsidy till December 2013 under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. "The Direct benefit transfers under LPG have crossed a sum of Rs 2,000 crore till December 2013. More than six crore consumers are now availing DBT for LPG in 184 districts across the country," said a UPA government report card released today by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The...
More »Centre may pick up half the cost of transportation of targeted PDS grain-Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu In the case of north-eastern and hilly States, Centre should bear 90% of the cost, says panel The Centre may share with the States 50 per cent of the costs for distribution of the foodgrains meant for the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) under the recently passed National Food Security Act (NFSA). An inter-State committee of secretaries chaired by Union Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar has recommended that the Central government pick...
More »Why food prices stay up-Mayank Mishra & Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-The Business Standard The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee law allows mandis to remain in the grip of a middlemen cartel, with clear links to politicians who run the governments Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has, in effect, told chief ministers of party-ruled states that if food inflation is to be controlled, as many items as possible must be got out of the purview of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act. For the time...
More »Women paying price for slow implementation of SC ban on acid sale
-The Hindustan Times When 22-year-old bride Harpreet Kaur entered a salon in Ludhiana on December 2 to get her bridal make-up, little did her family expect that she would fall prey to a feud in the groom's family and that they would lose her in a few weeks' time. According to reports, two men barged into the salon and threw acid on Harpreet. She was later taken to Mumbai and...
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