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Madhya Pradesh Welfare Boards Spent 2 Years Without Work But Got Perks
A major political controversy has erupted in Madhya Pradesh after documents tabled in the Assembly revealed that nine social welfare boards formed just months before the 2023 assembly elections spent two years without conducting meaningful work.
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Delhi Chief Minister Flags Irregularities In Widow Pension And Disability Aid
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday ordered a full review of the city's welfare schemes, citing "serious irregularities" in widow pensions and disability support handed out under the previous Aam Aadmi Party administration.
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Delhi Minister Orders Officials To Clear Old Age Pension Cases In 15 Days
Delhi minister Ravinder Indraj Singh on Wednesday directed district social welfare officials to clear all pending cases under the Old Age Pension scheme within 15 days, an official statement said.
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Exclusive: PM Modi Reveals "Surprise" Element In Election-Year Interim Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview to NDTV explained his model of social welfare schemes, which, while keeping a check on fiscal deficit, can also empower the poor to climb out of poverty.
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BJP Bats For Sandeshkhali Candidate In War Of Words With Trinamool
The TMC on Thursday said that BJP candidate Rekha Patra availed of the state's 'Swasthya Sathi' health insurance scheme, prompting the saffron party to assert that the ruling party should not claim proprietorship of any social welfare projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest Did Not Affect Public Services: Delhi Government
Delhi government's Secretary of Planning Department Niharika Rai said on Tuesday public services, social welfare schemes, and subsidies are "not affected" following reports that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal such services will be "stopped."
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Inside UP Government's Plan To Stop Fraud In Mass Marriage Scheme
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to link the details of the newly-wed couples with DBT and Aadhaar to prevent any repeat of the fraud committed in Ballia in the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme.
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Mamata Banerjee Spends Night On Dharna Over Bengal's Dues From Centre
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna, demanding West Bengal's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes, continued overnight amid the cold, following which she went for a walk on Saturday morning.
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Telangana Votes, BJP And Congress Aim To Stop KCR Hat-Trick: 10 Facts
Voting for Telangana's 119 seats began this morning. The ruling BRS faces challenges from the Congress and the BJP - amid anti-incumbency buzz. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is banking on social welfare schemes to win a third consecutive term.
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Should Disability Assistance Be Higher Than Other Schemes? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea which sought that quantum of assistance to persons with disabilities should be 25 per cent higher than those given to others under similar social welfare schemes.
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Madhya Pradesh Welfare Boards Spent 2 Years Without Work But Got Perks
A major political controversy has erupted in Madhya Pradesh after documents tabled in the Assembly revealed that nine social welfare boards formed just months before the 2023 assembly elections spent two years without conducting meaningful work.
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Delhi Chief Minister Flags Irregularities In Widow Pension And Disability Aid
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday ordered a full review of the city's welfare schemes, citing "serious irregularities" in widow pensions and disability support handed out under the previous Aam Aadmi Party administration.
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Delhi Minister Orders Officials To Clear Old Age Pension Cases In 15 Days
Delhi minister Ravinder Indraj Singh on Wednesday directed district social welfare officials to clear all pending cases under the Old Age Pension scheme within 15 days, an official statement said.
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Exclusive: PM Modi Reveals "Surprise" Element In Election-Year Interim Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview to NDTV explained his model of social welfare schemes, which, while keeping a check on fiscal deficit, can also empower the poor to climb out of poverty.
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BJP Bats For Sandeshkhali Candidate In War Of Words With Trinamool
The TMC on Thursday said that BJP candidate Rekha Patra availed of the state's 'Swasthya Sathi' health insurance scheme, prompting the saffron party to assert that the ruling party should not claim proprietorship of any social welfare projects.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest Did Not Affect Public Services: Delhi Government
Delhi government's Secretary of Planning Department Niharika Rai said on Tuesday public services, social welfare schemes, and subsidies are "not affected" following reports that after the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal such services will be "stopped."
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Inside UP Government's Plan To Stop Fraud In Mass Marriage Scheme
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to link the details of the newly-wed couples with DBT and Aadhaar to prevent any repeat of the fraud committed in Ballia in the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme.
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Mamata Banerjee Spends Night On Dharna Over Bengal's Dues From Centre
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dharna, demanding West Bengal's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes, continued overnight amid the cold, following which she went for a walk on Saturday morning.
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Telangana Votes, BJP And Congress Aim To Stop KCR Hat-Trick: 10 Facts
Voting for Telangana's 119 seats began this morning. The ruling BRS faces challenges from the Congress and the BJP - amid anti-incumbency buzz. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is banking on social welfare schemes to win a third consecutive term.
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Should Disability Assistance Be Higher Than Other Schemes? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea which sought that quantum of assistance to persons with disabilities should be 25 per cent higher than those given to others under similar social welfare schemes.
