Beneficiaries welcome Telangana pension scheme for ‘helpless single women’

The state expects the scheme to cost it Rs 150 crores a year.

GS Radhakrishna

· Feb 01, 2017 · 06:30 am

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

· Jul 16, 2015 · 09:00 am

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

· Sep 08, 2014 · 07:19 am