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The ‘human face’ of Budget 2016-17 -CP Chandrasekhar

-The Hindu   With an eye on the upcoming elections in different States, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has declared that he is presenting a Budget that provides “additional resources for vulnerable sections, rural areas and social and physical infrastructure”. But since aggregate expenditure in nominal terms is slated to rise by just 10.8 per cent between this financial year and the next, that seems difficult to believe. Consider, for example, the...

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No kid in school, no ration -ASRP Mukesh

-The Telegraph Ranchi: If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to send her to school. A newly elected mukhiya of a panchayat in Bokaro district, has come up with a unique method to force villagers to send children to school regularly by withholding ration supplies and other welfare benefits from the family if the student doesn't clock 80 per cent attendance. Mukhiya Ajay Kumar Singh (40)...

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Bai on call: How home service apps are changing domestic help market -Pankti Mehta Kadakia

-Hindustan Times New Delhi: She greets you with a ‘Good morning’, then puts on her gloves, apron and a mask, and immediately gets down to mixing chemicals and cleansers in exact proportions. She is no paramedic. Meet the new-age Indian bai, who now accepts all sorts of assignments, right from cleaning and cooking to babysitting and eldercare, via an app on her smartphone. This professionalisation of your regular bai is a result of...

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PDS all set to reap digital dividend -Sandip Das

-The Financial Express With almost all ration cards in the country digitised and 40% seeded with Aadhaar, several states have now installed electronic point of sale (ePOS) devices at their fair price shops (FPSs). With almost all ration cards in the country digitised and 40% seeded with Aadhaar, several states have now installed electronic point of sale (ePOS) devices at their fair price shops (FPSs). The ePOS devices that track the...

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Numero Unnao: From DM to SP, top posts here are held by women -Eram Agha

-The Times of India Unnao, a district in Uttar Pradesh, rarely hits headlines except when its rabble-rousing MP Sakshi Maharaj says something. Now, though, it is making news for all the right reasons, and aren't the women in the region tickled pink about it. From the district magistrate to the superintendent of police, the chief development officer to the chief medical officer, from the zila panchayat president to the sub-divisional magistrate,...

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