-The Hindu The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the promulgation of an Ordinance to allow voluntary submission of Aadhaar as identity proof for use by private entities such as banks, telcos and fintech firms. The Ordinance also gives a child an option to exit from the Aadhaar on attaining 18 years of age. “The amendments proposed are the same as those contained in the Bill passed by...
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Cane dues in Uttar Pradesh may cross Rs 10,000 crore -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express The only way to prevent a further piling-up of cane arrears would be via improved sugar realisations, according to a miller. Arrears in payments to cane farmers by sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh (UP) have almost touched Rs 8,500 crore and could cross the Rs 10,000-crore mark by March-end, just ahead of voting for the coming Lok Sabha elections. According to data compiled by the Cane Commissioner’s Office in...
More »Modi Pays Tribute to Sanitation Workers After Five Years of Ignoring Them -Rejimon K
-TheWire.in Government documents and budget data reveal that the prime minister's feet-washing act is just optics. On Sunday, a video uploaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his personal Twitter account showed him washing the feet of four safai karamacharis in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Within two hours, 19,000 Twitter users had liked it, 7,200 had retweeted it and 1,700 had commented on the link. Uploading the video, Modi had tweeted that washing the...
More »PM-Kisan sop amid election won't breach code, feels govt -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After rolling out the Centre’s flagship ‘assured income support’ scheme for farmers on Sunday, the Modi government is now looking at the prospect of disbursing the second instalment of Rs 2,000 each to eligible small and marginal farmers in April-May even as the election is on. If the government goes ahead, many of the beneficiaries may get total Rs 4,000 in next two months - first...
More »Why the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme will be hard to implement -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu * What does the scheme offer? The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, announced in the Budget earlier this month, aims to give ?6,000 a year to 12 crore farmer families who own up to two hectares of cultivable land. * What are the challenges? The number of beneficiaries comes from the number of land holdings of two hectares or less, according to the last agricultural land census. However, the guidelines say...
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