-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The central government will soon set up a real-time online database of ration cards and the beneficiaries under the national food security scheme to end any possibility of anyone procuring a fake or more than one ration card from any part of the country. The system will also enable lakhs of migrant workers to get subsidised foodgrains irrespective of the place from where the cards...
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Delhi tests ground to cut student subsidy -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre has floated a proposal to scale down an interest waiver scheme meant to help poor students enrol themselves for professional courses. The human resource development ministry has sought the opinion of other ministries on lowering to Rs 7.5 lakh from Rs 10 lakh the loan amount eligible for interest waiver under the central sector interest subsidy scheme (SCISS) launched in 2009. The proposal to lower the ceiling...
More »After 2 months of arguments against Aadhaar, govt to defend its validity -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday will start countering a mountain of legal issues heaped against Aadhaar in the Supreme Court by numerous petitioners in the last two months, primarily focussing on violation of individual’s right to privacy through collection and storage of biometric data. During 19 days of arguments spanning two months since it began on January 17, senior advocates Shyam Divan, Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram, Gopal...
More »Can't charge over Rs 50 for giving info under RTI: SC -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed a ceiling of Rs 50 for public bodies, including legislative assemblies and high courts, for providing information under the Right to Information Act. A bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit also ruled that the government bodies could not charge more than Rs 5 per page for giving photocopies of documents sought under the Act. It...
More »Govt hasn't set any target for job creation, Labour minister Santosh Gangwar says -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar told the Lok Sabha on Monday that the government had not set a target for job creation. In a written response to INLD MP Dushyant Chautala’s question on employment over the past three years, Gangwar said, “No target has been set by the government. However, the employment generation ... is the priority concern of the Government (sic).” The minister said the government...
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