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Give India’s poor cash. But don’t stop there

September 28, 2026 8:53 pm

The state needs to take a closer look at designing cash transfer programmes so they function both as a safety net as well as a springboard for long-term productivity and dignified lives

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during a government meeting as the Opposition questions the removal of over 92 lakh beneficiaries from the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. (ANI Photo)

Ladki Bahin row: MVA asks why 92 lakh deleted after election, Mahayuti counters

July 14, 2026 11:54 am

After The Indian Express reported that over 92 lakh beneficiaries had been removed, Opposition leaders questioned why verification began only after the Assembly election and why an estimated Rs 14,000 crore was paid to ineligible beneficiaries.

TN education minister releases new textbooks for students from grades one to three Chennai

Tamil Nadu Education Minister releases new school textbooks for Classes 1 to 3

May 20, 2026 12:01 pm

The minister also said that the textbooks were dispatched to all the districts and the distribution will begin on the day of school reopening.

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Painting a bleak picture of state economy will affect investments, Ajit Pawar tells Opposition

March 17, 2025 8:10 pm

In his reply to a debate on the state’s annual budget for 2025-26, Ajit Pawar said the estimated revenue deficit of Rs 45,891 crore, fiscal deficit of Rs 1.36 lakh crore and Rs 9.32 lakh crore are well within the stipulated limits of the gross state domestic product which is expected to be Rs 49.39 lakh crore.

Most Delhi voters see welfare schemes as a right, but looked for more

February 10, 2025 8:31 pm

30% respondents feel freebies do not bring substantial change in lives of individual households, but 60% argue that welfarism is a civic right

Initiative launched to provide info in rural areas on legal aid, welfare schemes

September 27, 2024 7:49 pm

To tackle similar severe cases from rural areas, the Pune District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) launched the Nyay Sanhita Project on September 21 at the Pune District Court.

As welfare schemes rain down in poll season, a look at the cost, and benefits

September 01, 2023 10:55 am

While PM Modi might have taken on the “revdi culture”, expenditure on welfare schemes, including what RBI defines as freebies, is up across states, as well as at the Centre. How justified are concerns about the fiscal cost?

Sri Lanka launches welfare scheme for poor families

August 28, 2023 2:30 pm

The Aswasuma scheme, which replaces the Samurdhi benefits programme, has faced opposition from lawmakers.

Welfare state to philanthropic society

October 07, 2020 11:04 pm

The emphasis of NEP 2020 on philanthropic education will reboot the idea of education as human resource development.

Haryana: Khattar government to bring Bill to regularise services of 4,654 employees

Haryana to open centres for services to poor

March 23, 2018 1:58 am

Announcing the scheme in Chandigarh on Thursday, Khattar said that six such centres would be started on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti next month on April 14, so that poor people could get maximum benefits of all such schemes without facing any hardship.