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11 months, 1 week ago

Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24

The government has pegged its food subsidy outgo for the 2024-25 financial year at ₹2.05 trillion, after it overshot its estimate for the ongoing fiscal year amid efforts to curb rising food prices and ensure domestic food security. The government’s food subsidy bill has already hit ₹2.12 trillion in FY24, higher than the budgeted estimate of ₹1.97 trillion for the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Congress accuses KCR of 'copying' manifesto for Telangana Assembly polls

India Today

Telangana Congress President Revanth Reddy on Sunday accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's party Bharat Rashtra Samithi of "copying" the Congress's manifesto for the upcoming state Assembly elections. Similarly, he said that the Congress promised Rs 2,500 for women and a subsidised rate of Rs 500 for gas cylinders, and KCR changed the amounts to Rs 3,000 and Rs 400 …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Subsidised housing schemes, right to shelter and vacant houses

India Today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 79,590 crore for the subsidised housing scheme in the new Budget. There has been an increase of 66 per cent for the affordable and subsidised housing scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna that was launched in 2015 to promote concrete housing for millions of poor families across states. PMAY is the …

India Housing Court Budget Urban Urban Areas Right

2 years, 2 months ago

How far have government schemes reached the people of Gujarat?

The Hindu

Over the past two decades, welfare schemes have come to constitute an important dimension of governance that affects voters’ choices and assessment. Close to two in every three households in Gujarat said they benefited from the free ration scheme: 68% from the poorer section and 72% from the lower class said they got free ration under the scheme. Data suggest …

Welfare Schemes Gujarat Pds Voters Free Scheme Schemes

2 years, 5 months ago

Making sense of the ‘freebies’ issue

The Hindu

August 03, 2022 12:16 am | Updated 12:12 pm IST Concern over ‘freebies’ in Indian politics has recently been expressed by those in the highest offices in the country. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Bundelkhand Expressway on July 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned youth not to get carried away by the ‘revari culture’, where votes are sought …

India Tax Coverage Freebies Pds Issue Free

3 years, 9 months ago

Food Ministry vetoes Delhi’s ration delivery scheme

The Hindu

The Centre has vetoed the Delhi government’s scheme for doorstep delivery of rations, titled Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana, which was set to include packaged rice, wheat flour and sugar. Centrally-funded rations given under the National Food Security Act cannot be clubbed with additional State rations under a scheme with a new name, the Food Ministry told the Delhi …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Not permissible: Centre stops Delhi govt's doorstep delivery of ration scheme

India Today

The Centre on Friday asked Delhi government not to implement the doorstep ration delivery scheme, saying it is "not permissible" to use subsidised foodgrain allotted under the National Food Security Act for the ambitious project. In a letter written to the Delhi government on Friday, Joint Secretary in the Union Food Ministry S Jagannathan said the subsidised foodgrains being allocated …

Delhi Centre Ration Nfsa Food Scheme

5 years, 8 months ago

Congress slams Ujjwala scheme on Twitter, users point out the irony

Op India

In an attempt to lure female voters away from the Modi government, the Congress party today posted a propaganda video on Twitter belittling the Ujjwala Yojana that seeks to empower poor women who had no access to LPG cylinders up until now. गुड्डी देवी और उनके जैसी हजारों महिलाएं आज अपने स्वास्थ्य से समझौता करने के लिए मजबूर हैं, क्योंकि …

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Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24

Congress accuses KCR of 'copying' manifesto for Telangana Assembly polls

Subsidised housing schemes, right to shelter and vacant houses

How far have government schemes reached the people of Gujarat?

Making sense of the ‘freebies’ issue

Food Ministry vetoes Delhi’s ration delivery scheme

Not permissible: Centre stops Delhi govt's doorstep delivery of ration scheme

Congress slams Ujjwala scheme on Twitter, users point out the irony