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Complete breakdown of welfare schemes like PDS, MNREGA in Jharkhand's Latehar district: Villagers blame loopholes, lackadaisical officials

While issues in the PDS scheme have affected people across Jharkhand, activists pointed to another factor that has contributed to the spate of starvation deaths - loopholes in implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA or NREGA), and the lack of accountability for its failure in the state.

Economic Survey 2019 presents good overview, but should not be read as precursor to Sitharaman's maiden Budget

The Economic Survey also takes a view that the NPA issue is behind us and hence banks can now lend.

Implementation of minimum income scheme proposed by Congress not an easy task, say experts

Financing Congress President Rahul Gandhi's minimum income scheme, aiming to lift five crore families or 25 crore people out of poverty, may be an uphill task, said several leading economists and social scientists.

Prakash Javadekar’s claim and defence on India’s unemployment problem rings hollow from the word go

By playing down the unemployment problem, Javadekar hasn’t done nothing but what is expected of him

Maharashta aims to boost farmers income, considers giving livestock, ponds for fish farming on demand

The scheme to provide livestock on demand to farmers would be implemented at the village level, an official said. Similarly, ponds for fish farming on demand ('Magel Tyala Matysa Tale') scheme will be taken up under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) in Maharashtra

Tripura Dy CM Jishnu Debbarma slams CPM leader for 'migration' remark, calls allegations baseless

There was no food scarcity, no one from Tripura crossed over to Bangladesh, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarma said, refuting claims of CPI(M) MP

Linking Aadhaar, PAN cards mandatory for opening of bank accounts under new KYC guidelines: RBI

In the amended Customer Due Diligence (CDD) procedure, RBI said, "The Aadhaar number, the PAN or Form No. 60" need to be obtained from an individual who is eligible for applying for the biometric ID.

Sonia Gandhi overcame her caste and religion deficits as a politician, but chose Congress' interests over governance

As the president of Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi constructed a political personality for herself that transcended caste and religion, and precisely what the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution had hoped for

Digital transaction helped NREGA workers receive wages on time, claims government

Almost twice the number of MGNREGA workers have received their wages on time so far this year on account of use of digital technology and other measures, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) said on Friday.

130 mn Aadhaar numbers were not leaked, they were treated as publicly shareable data: CIS

Since the discovery of the leaks, some of the content in the databases have been partially masked.