-The Hindu Switching to renewable energy sources in the country's midday meal programme will save millions of rupees. But only a few kitchens are doing anything about it, says the author. This is a story of facts and figures and sheer size. Of an auditorium-sized room dense with hot steam from cooking. Of seven tonnes of cooked rice and four tanker-loads of steaming sambar that needed 70 pairs of hands for cutting...
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LPG subsidy amount to be deposited 3-4 days after booking
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: The Centre has finally made clear how the direct cash transfer of LPG subsidy would take place in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Anantapur, Chittoor and East Godavari districts from June 1. Consumers, who have already linked their Aadhaar number to their bank account and LPG consumer number, will receive their LPG subsidy directly into their Aadhaar-linked bank account within 3-4 days of booking the cylinder. The consumer will then...
More »LPG Subsidy To Be in Bank A/cs From June 1 in 18 Districts
-Outlook Starting June 1 cooking gas (LPG) consumers in 18 districts will get Rs 435 in their bank accounts when they book an LPG cylinder as the government rolls out its ambitious direct benefit transfer programme to cut its fuel subsidy. The scheme was to be rolled out in 20 districts initially but the launch in Mysore in Karnataka and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh has been put off by a month due...
More »Floors Wet With Sweat -Pragya Singh
-Outlook Labour is bought cheap, treated cheap-in India's garment factories as at Bangladeshi ones Even as the world remains morbidly fixated on the tragedy in Rana Plaza on the outskirts of Dhaka-the collapse of the textiles sweatshop three weeks ago buried 1,127 workers and sparked off a global outrage-it is business as usual at India's textile hubs. And you don't have to travel far from the city centre to...
More »DBT scheme to be launched in 20 districts-Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu It is likely to be extended to entire country from October The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry on Wednesday announced that the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for the LPG consumers, putting subsidy cash directly into the account of beneficiaries, would be launched in 20 districts with high Aadhaar card penetration from June 1. The scheme is likely to be extended to the entire country from October this year. However, the...
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