-The Hindu Business Line It is in customers’ interest to link the mobile number with the UID: DoT Secretary New Delhi: The government has said that by December 1, people will be clear on what options they have for linking their Aadhaar with mobile numbers, and even for senior citizens, there would be options to do re-verification at home. “What we have told the TSPs (telecom service providers) is that within the next...
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Note Ban anniversary: RBI says still verifying returned notes
-PTI NEW DELHI: Nearly a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bills returned to Banks are still being "processed in all earnest" through a sophisticated currency verification system, the RBI has said. In reply to an RTI query, the central Bank said it has processed about 1,134 crore pieces of Rs 500 notes and 524.90 crore pieces of Rs 1,000 junked notes, having face...
More »Jharkhand 'starvation' death: How Santoshi's village makes it to two meals a day -Prashant Pandey
-The Indian Express Rice is not enough under PDS, but the only thing they can afford; potatoes are cheapest, but still costly; pulses, vegetables are out of the question; biscuits are a luxury; and Aadhaar is well-entrenched. Her hair brushed back, a comb tucked in her bun, Gudiya (26) is at ease this Tuesday afternoon. People from the administration are hovering around her, while six policemen keep a vigil on visitors. Officials...
More »World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades -Subhojit Goswami
-Down to Earth Successive droughts lead to a substantial and unsustainable expansion of cropland at the expense of forested lands “Droughts are misery in slow motion” with impacts even deeper than previously believed. Although floods pose major economic threats, water scarcity and drought may be causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately documented, claims Uncharted waters: the new economics of water scarcity and variability, a report by...
More »85% MNREGS wages paid in time this fiscal: Ministry
-PTI According to rural development ministry, there are no preconditions for getting employment under the scheme. New Delhi: The Centre is taking steps to ensure timely payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), out of which 85 per cent of wages have already been paid this fiscal, an official statement said. According to the statement released by the rural development ministry yesterday, there are no preconditions, including...
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