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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US charges Indian man for alleged plot to murder Sikh separatist in New York
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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J&K: NIT Srinagar student booked for alleged derogatory post about Prophet Muhammad
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis