-The Indian Express "Delhi government has decided to stop aadhaar being mandatory for the distribution of ration, this was decided at the cabinet which couldn't take place at the Secretariat today due to protests," said Manish Sisodia. New Delhi: Amid a high voltage drama over an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided against making Aadhaar mandatory for the distribution of ration in...
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Sustaining the Amma Unavagams (The Hindu)
-The Hindu Five years after the first canteen came up, the future of the pet project of the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa hangs in balance due to reports of fall in patronage and mounting losses borne by civic bodies. Budgetary support and operational reforms may be necessary for a course correction Sekar. D was observing this newspaper’s team of Reporters as he sat cross-legged on the tiled floor. Then, he abandoned his...
More »Finances will never be a problem for the National Health Protection Scheme: Health minister JP Nadda
-PTI NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay concerns about the funding of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) announced in the Budget, Union health minister JP Nadda on Friday assured that finances will never be a problem for the scheme. The Union minister said the Centre was working out the minute details of the programme. Touted to be the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme, the scheme is aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor...
More »Minister for stiff law on population -JP Yadav
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A minister in the Narendra Modi government on Thursday said he would launch a movement for a stringent law to check the country's population. Giriraj Singh said the campaign would be launched under the banner " Sanatan Dharm Bachao, Jansankhya Kanun Lao". He added that his "apolitical campaign" would be launched in his personal capacity and it was "not against Muslims". "Without controlling the population, the country is doomed," the...
More »Pranab Bardhan, professor of graduate school in the department of economics at the University of California (Berkeley), interviewed by Devadeep Purohit (The Telegraph)
-The Telegraph The Left in Bengal had often criticised him whenever he red-flagged excessive local tyranny, and spoke about the industrial decline in Bengal. The incumbent ruling party may make tall claims about changes in Bengal since the Trinamul government came to power but he has been candid enough to suggest that he hasn't seen much change either in industrial expansion or in investment in infrastructure. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
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