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Welfare Schemes
Can the Ladki Bahin scheme prove to be a gamechanger in Maharashtra elections?
Smitha Nair
· Nov 12, 2024 · 06:30 am
Maharashtra will pay gaushalas same amount per cow as women get under Ladki Bahin scheme – Rs 1,500
Scroll Staff
· Oct 01, 2024 · 03:25 pm
Interview: Amid poor nutrition, community kitchens made a difference but PDS needs revamp
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· May 13, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Election Commission directs political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-poll welfare schemes
Scroll Staff
· May 03, 2024 · 01:20 pm
What explains the persistent weak demand in the Indian economy?
Puja Guha Amalendu Jyotishi Neeraj Hatekar
· Feb 23, 2024 · 09:00 am
Residents who don’t have Aadhaar card cannot be denied benefits of welfare schemes, says Orissa HC
Scroll Staff
· May 27, 2023 · 08:59 pm
What matters more to Indian voters – welfare schemes or efficient delivery? Here’s what a study says
Shikhar Singh
· Feb 27, 2023 · 06:30 am
How the row over ‘freebies’ hides India’s failure to meet the basic needs of its citizens
Anirban Bhattacharya
· Aug 27, 2022 · 09:00 am
State’s duty to equalise wealth among citizens, says DMK defending welfare schemes in Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Aug 21, 2022 · 07:42 pm
Can promises of free education, drinking water be described as freebies? asks Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Aug 17, 2022 · 02:48 pm
Welfare schemes cannot be called freebies, DMK tells Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Aug 16, 2022 · 11:07 pm
India’s welfare programmes are suffering because of the delay in census by Modi government
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· Jun 07, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Fact check: Has extreme poverty in India really dropped below 1%, as a new IMF paper claims?
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
· Apr 22, 2022 · 07:30 pm
Do cash transfers really empower women? Tamil Nadu election promises spark debate
Aarefa Johari Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Mar 12, 2021 · 10:07 am
In a UP district, an NGO is helping aged villagers fill up documents to avail pension benefits
Abhijeet Jadhav
· Jan 04, 2020 · 09:30 pm
In Rajasthan, audit reveals welfare fraud in construction worker benefits
Rosamma Thomas
· Oct 25, 2019 · 09:00 am
Social audits are improving the reach of welfare schemes in six of Odisha’s poorest districts
Alfie Habershon and Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
· Sep 02, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Union minister Maneka Gandhi says 14 lakh fake names were found registered in Assam anganwadis list
Scroll Staff
· Aug 23, 2018 · 10:38 pm
Centre extends deadline for citizens to link Aadhaar number with welfare schemes to June 30
Scroll Staff
· Mar 28, 2018 · 07:34 pm
Indira canteens are strikingly similar to Amma canteens, but will they work equally well?
Vinita Govindarajan
· Aug 24, 2017 · 06:30 am
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