-Press Information Bureau In order to make the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused and targeted at the poorest of the poor, Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched in December, 2000 in all States/UTs for one crore families to be identified from the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. Coverage under this scheme has been expanded thrice since then i.e. during 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 covering additional 50 lakh households each...
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Mamata proposes govt-sponsored deposit-taking scheme-Probal Basak
-The Business Standard The scheme can be named as 'Social Security Scheme' or 'We The People Scheme'; would not offer high returns like chit funds Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today proposed to launch a government-sponsored deposit-taking scheme to provide a secured saving option to the rural people of the state as an alternative. "To provide proper facility in the wake of growing financial insecurity, we are thinking of a social...
More »Coalgate: SC's caged parrot remark is correct, says CBI chief
-IANS CBI chief Ranjit Sinha Thursday accepted the Supreme Court's observation that the country's premier investigating agency was a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice". Asked by reporters about his views on the apex court's caged parrot remark, Sinha said: "Whatever Supreme Court said is correct." However, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the court had just made a comment and it was not an order. Moreover, the government had...
More »In recent times, every scam’s trail has led to dubious deals in real estate -Ravi Teja Sharma & Viney Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI and CHANDIGARH: It is not without reason that the quintessential real estate firm has become the epicentre in all scams in India in recent times. From Satyam to 2G, Vadra to Saradha and now Railgate - every scam's trail leads to fraudulent investments and dubious deals in the real estate sector. Not only does the barely regulated sector allows rampant transactions in black money allowing scamsters...
More »Heart of coal report changed, says Supreme Court -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was perturbed by the CBI changing the "heart" of the coal blocks allotment probe status report at the instance of its "masters" and ordered the agency's director to ensure that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and other ministers do not have access to such reports in the future. The keenly-watched hearing lasted three hours and witnessed the CBI incurring the wrath of the court...
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