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Opinion | Women-Focused Cash Schemes Are Here To Stay
The Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections have seen the incumbent alliances retain power, defying anti-incumbency. Their wins are being attributed to the direct cash transfer schemes they launched just months before the elections.
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Cash Transfers In Andhra Pradesh Stopped By High Court Until Voting On Monday
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has stopped the ruling YSR Congress from making direct cash transfers to beneficiaries of government schemes till May 13, when the state will complete a single-phase election for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats.
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"Logistical Marvel": IMF Lauds India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme
India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a "logistical marvel", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
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"God Bless Goa!": Congress' P Chidambaram On Trinamool's Pre-Poll Promise
A day after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) promised a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a dig at the Mamata Banerjee-led party, saying "God bless Goa!"
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Ahead Of Goa Polls, Trinamool Promises Rs 5,000 Per Month To Women
The Trinamool Congress on Saturday promised to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power in the state after the Assembly polls due in February next year.
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In Run-Up To Goa Polls, Trinamool Promises Rs 5,000 A Month To Women
The Trinamool Congress today announced plans to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power in the state after the Assembly polls due in February next year.
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Under Attack Over Farmers' Protest, Amit Shah Cites Cash Benefit Scheme
Under opposition attack over the farm law issue, Union Home Minister Amit Shah retaliated in Bengal today, targetting the Mamata Banerjee government over its refusal of Central funds under the PM-Kisan Scheme. Ms Banerjee's government had refused to implement the scheme of direct cash transfer to farmers.
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PM Modi Rolls Out Rs 75,000 Crore Farmer Scheme From Gorakhpur: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Rs 75,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers. Another one crore farmers are expected to be covered in the next two to three days. "This is just the beginning. Every year,...
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Odisha wants LPG subsidy deadline put off
Odisha has sought an extension of the deadline for implementing the direct transfer of cash subsidy scheme for Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in the state as many people do not have Aadhaar cards, a top officer said on Sunday.
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Direct benefit transfer for LPG scheme launched
The ambitious direct transfer of cash subsidy on cooking gas was today kick-started in 18 districts with consumers being paid Rs 435 directly in their bank accounts.
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Don't operationalise Direct Benefits Transfer scheme in Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa tells PM
Ahead of the national elections in 2014, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has taken on the Centre over its highly-ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme that the latter is counting on a potential vote-getter. The populist programme aims at directly transferring money, meant for social welfare schemes, directly into the accounts of ...
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MGNREGA bank accounts will help cash transfer scheme: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA - UPA's flagship scheme - has accelerated the pace of financial inclusion in villages, and accounts opened under the programme would help in the direct cash benefit transfer scheme of the government.
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Jairam Ramesh launches cash transfer scheme; says it's no 'magic wand'
Describing the direct cash transfer scheme as the "largest experiment" to reform a "broken down delivery system", Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today cautioned that it was no magic wand and more work was needed to make it successful on ground.
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Jairam Ramesh to launch direct cash transfer scheme in Andhra Pradesh district
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will formally launch the ambitious direct cash transfer scheme in East Godavari district on Sunday.
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Cash transfer of government subsidies starts; targets 20 districts across country
The government's ambitious direct cash transfer of subsidies scheme is operational today. But, the first phase of the roll-out - which was meant to cover 51 districts and 34 welfare schemes - is being scaled down to cover just 20 districts and seven schemes.
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Opinion | Women-Focused Cash Schemes Are Here To Stay
The Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections have seen the incumbent alliances retain power, defying anti-incumbency. Their wins are being attributed to the direct cash transfer schemes they launched just months before the elections.
-
Cash Transfers In Andhra Pradesh Stopped By High Court Until Voting On Monday
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has stopped the ruling YSR Congress from making direct cash transfers to beneficiaries of government schemes till May 13, when the state will complete a single-phase election for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats.
-
"Logistical Marvel": IMF Lauds India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme
India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a "logistical marvel", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
-
"God Bless Goa!": Congress' P Chidambaram On Trinamool's Pre-Poll Promise
A day after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) promised a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a dig at the Mamata Banerjee-led party, saying "God bless Goa!"
-
Ahead Of Goa Polls, Trinamool Promises Rs 5,000 Per Month To Women
The Trinamool Congress on Saturday promised to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power in the state after the Assembly polls due in February next year.
-
In Run-Up To Goa Polls, Trinamool Promises Rs 5,000 A Month To Women
The Trinamool Congress today announced plans to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power in the state after the Assembly polls due in February next year.
-
Under Attack Over Farmers' Protest, Amit Shah Cites Cash Benefit Scheme
Under opposition attack over the farm law issue, Union Home Minister Amit Shah retaliated in Bengal today, targetting the Mamata Banerjee government over its refusal of Central funds under the PM-Kisan Scheme. Ms Banerjee's government had refused to implement the scheme of direct cash transfer to farmers.
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PM Modi Rolls Out Rs 75,000 Crore Farmer Scheme From Gorakhpur: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the Rs 75,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers. Another one crore farmers are expected to be covered in the next two to three days. "This is just the beginning. Every year,...
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Odisha wants LPG subsidy deadline put off
Odisha has sought an extension of the deadline for implementing the direct transfer of cash subsidy scheme for Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in the state as many people do not have Aadhaar cards, a top officer said on Sunday.
-
Direct benefit transfer for LPG scheme launched
The ambitious direct transfer of cash subsidy on cooking gas was today kick-started in 18 districts with consumers being paid Rs 435 directly in their bank accounts.
-
Don't operationalise Direct Benefits Transfer scheme in Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa tells PM
Ahead of the national elections in 2014, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has taken on the Centre over its highly-ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme that the latter is counting on a potential vote-getter. The populist programme aims at directly transferring money, meant for social welfare schemes, directly into the accounts of ...
-
MGNREGA bank accounts will help cash transfer scheme: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA - UPA's flagship scheme - has accelerated the pace of financial inclusion in villages, and accounts opened under the programme would help in the direct cash benefit transfer scheme of the government.
-
Jairam Ramesh launches cash transfer scheme; says it's no 'magic wand'
Describing the direct cash transfer scheme as the "largest experiment" to reform a "broken down delivery system", Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today cautioned that it was no magic wand and more work was needed to make it successful on ground.
-
Jairam Ramesh to launch direct cash transfer scheme in Andhra Pradesh district
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will formally launch the ambitious direct cash transfer scheme in East Godavari district on Sunday.
-
Cash transfer of government subsidies starts; targets 20 districts across country
The government's ambitious direct cash transfer of subsidies scheme is operational today. But, the first phase of the roll-out - which was meant to cover 51 districts and 34 welfare schemes - is being scaled down to cover just 20 districts and seven schemes.
