Social Security Net
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Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation rejected one in three settlement claims in 2022-’23: Report
The rejection rate of final settlement claims has risen from 13% in 2017-’18 to 34% in 2022-’23, according to a report by ‘The Indian Express’.
Scroll Staff
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Free ration scheme for 80 crore poor people to be extended for five more years
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana provides five kilograms of free foodgrains per month.
Scroll Staff
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Centre asks states to get MGNREGS workers to switch to Aadhaar-based payment method
Activists have been resisting the move, saying that several of the workers under the employment scheme are not eligible for the payment method.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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Trinamool to send one crore letters to Narendra Modi seeking release of MGNREGA funds
The Centre has not been allotting the employment scheme funds to West Bengal since December 2021, citing irregularities by the state government.
Scroll Staff
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Deadline to enroll for Aadhaar-based MGNREGS payment ends today, no extension from Centre yet
Activist groups have expressed concerns that the new rule will exclude several workers from the rural employment scheme.
Scroll Staff
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Parliamentary panel expresses concern on slashing MNREGA budget
Allocation to the rural employment guarantee scheme has been reduced to Rs 60,000 crore in this year’s budget, the lowest in the last four years.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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MGNREGS workers deprived of wages due to Aadhaar-based payment system, says Jean Drèze
Only 43% of those employed under the social security scheme are elgible for the paymment system, civil society groups said citing government data.
Scroll Staff
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What free food rations hide: A rollback of social security in India
The sugar-coated termination of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana calls for an urgent expansion of alternative social security measures.
Jean Drèze
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EPFO extends deadline to submit life certificate by pensioners till Feb 28 amid Covid-19
EPFO has extended the deadline for submission of life certificates or Jeevan Pramaan Patra (JPP) by pensioners till February 28
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Islamic State’s Twitter network has been decimated, but what about accounts of other extremists?
Twitter is now severely disrupting pro-IS accounts on its platform, but a study found that other jihadists were not subject to the same levels of take down.
Suraj Lakhani, The Conversation & Maura Conway, The Conversation
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Two years on, Centre's pension plan for the unorganised sector has drawn just 1% of its workforce
Close to half of the subscribers to the Atal Pension Yojana have opted for the lowest category of Rs 1,000 per month.
Anumeha Yadav
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Government is criticised for decision to double provident fund investments in stock market
Trade union members say the government's decision is unilateral.
Anumeha Yadav
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go