Welfare Net
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Beneficiaries welcome Telangana pension scheme for ‘helpless single women’
The state expects the scheme to cost it Rs 150 crores a year.
GS Radhakrishna
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India’s socio-economic census threatens to exclude crores of poor from social schemes
The census says 7 of 17 crore rural households face no 'deprivation' despite living in extreme poverty. If the government follows this definition, all these people will be left out of country’s social safety net.
Anumeha Yadav
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Modi's financial inclusion scheme gathers steam – but ignores lingering questions
The Centre is likely to pay life insurance premiums for the account holders, which will cost the exchequer up to Rs 1,125 crore.
Shibaji Roychoudhury
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book