-TheWire.in While the pre-matric and post-matric scholarships recorded staggeringly low numbers of beneficiaries, the merit-cum-means scholarship, which is given to students enrolled in professional courses, was less affected. New delhi: Recently, at a conference on ‘Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding and Moderation’ in New delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech, “The Government of India is leaving no stone unturned in empowering the Muslim youth. We want them to have the...

-PTI delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he has approved the doorstep delivery of rations, overruling "all objections" to the proposal, two days after the Supreme Court verdict that clipped the powers of the lieutenant governor. The chief minister also directed the food department to immediately implement the plan. Lt Governor Anil Baijal had objected to the delhi government's ambitious proposal of doorstep delivery of rations and asked the AAP dispensation to...

-The Hindu Constitutions are needed not only to limit wielders of existing power but to empower those traditionally deprived of it The recent judgment by the Supreme Court clarifying the respective jurisdictions of delhi’s Lieutenant Governor and its elected representatives and specifying the limits of their powers once again underlies how fortunate we are to have the Constitution. Why should gratitude be expressed for living under a constitutional democracy? Why do we...

-TheWire.in While the government has claimed that it has fulfilled its promise of MSP at cost plus 50%, the claim is misleading. The MSPs fall short of offering returns at 50% over comprehensive cost of production, as the BJP had promised prior to 2014. New delhi: On July 4, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the 2018-19 kharif season. In a tweet, Narendra Modi...

-The Indian Express EPFO manages social security funds of workers in the organised/semi-organised sector in the country. EPF is applicable to establishments with more than 20 workers. New delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO’s) enrolment numbers, which formed the basis for an ‘independent’ study released earlier this year that the government cited as an indicator of buoyancy in formal job creation in the economy, has now been sharply whittled down for...