Cash Transfer

Rahul consulted Raghuram Rajan for Nyay scheme, ex-RBI chief confirms, calls Congress's minimum income scheme 'doable'

Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday admitted that he has offered his views to the Congress leadership on the Nyay scheme,

Raghuram Rajan says he was consulted, offered views on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme

Raghuram Rajan said it is a "misreading" of the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) scheme by critics, who claim this will incentivise people to not work at all

Evaluating direct cash transfers Part-I: Problems are for real but most beneficiaries prefer new system to old PDS

As per the evaluation done by JPAL, nearly 20 percent beneficiaries did not get any cash. When people do not get either subsidised food grains or cash to buy it with, even if it is just 1 percent failure, it is cruel

Cash transfers: Govt's banking push is a long, patient game

Banks are currently losing money in most of their rural operations, hit by highs costs, poor connectivity and low savings in areas where average per capita income is around Rs 16,000, compared with Rs 44,000 in urban areas.

How the Congress is using cash transfer in UP

Party targets 17 percent of Muslim votes in 2014 across country.<br /><br />

Union Budget 2013: Will the reformist Chidambaram stand up?

In 2008, Chidambaram set the stage for messing up India's finances with his loan waivers and freebies after four good budgets. He cannot afford another mess-up in pre-election budget 2013.

Cash transfer may just be transferring leakage, not plugging it

The government seems to be approaching its game-changer scheme cautiously, as Montek Singh Ahluwalia defended the watering down of the initiative saying the phased roll-out was aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of the technology.

Cash transfer scheme in six Maharashtra districts today

Six districts in Maharashtra are among the 20 districts across the country where ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme will be rolled out today.

Indian Oil doesn't want any role in cash transfer

State-run Indian Oil Corporation, which posted a record Rs 12,840 crore loss in the first six months of the current financial year, is heaving a sigh of relief.

Food Bill will result in higher leakages, says Ashok Gulati

The National Food Security Bill (NFSB), introduced in the Lok Sabha, will grossly interfere with the functioning of grain markets, resulting in higher leakages, chief of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) Ashok Gulati said.