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How Jharkhand’s pension scheme is transforming rural lives

The number of pension beneficiaries in the state is currently 40 lakh. It was just six lakh five years ago.

Apurva Gupta
&
Sameet Panda
· Oct 21, 2024 · 09:00 am
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
· Feb 25, 2024 · 03:46 pm
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
· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:56 pm

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Oct 21, 2024 · 05:30 pm
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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
· Jun 04, 2023 · 12:59 pm
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
· Apr 09, 2023 · 01:58 pm
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
· Mar 31, 2023 · 01:25 pm

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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
· Mar 16, 2023 · 09:44 am
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
· Mar 15, 2023 · 07:16 pm
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.

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· Jan 02, 2023 · 10:50 am

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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

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· Nov 28, 2020 · 08:24 pm
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· Aug 25, 2017 · 09:30 pm
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.

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· Feb 23, 2017 · 12:30 pm

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Social Security Net

How Jharkhand’s pension scheme is transforming rural lives

The number of pension beneficiaries in the state is currently 40 lakh. It was just six lakh five years ago.

Apurva Gupta & Sameet Panda · Oct 21, 2024 · 09:00 am

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 · Feb 25, 2024 · 03:46 pm

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 · Nov 04, 2023 · 08:56 pm

Trending

How Sally Rooney became the ‘voice of a generation’

Oct 21, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A teacher from Kerala takes a job in Dubai in the 1990s, but being an immigrant isn’t easy

Oct 22, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Indian writer Shahnaz Habib wins the 2024 New American Voices Award for her book ‘Airplane Mode’

18 hours ago

Does Supreme Court’s Section 6A order alter citizenship test for Bengali Hindus in Assam?

A day ago

Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces its children’s books awards shortlists for 2024

13 hours ago

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 · Jun 04, 2023 · 12:59 pm

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 · Apr 09, 2023 · 01:58 pm

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 · Mar 31, 2023 · 01:25 pm

Video

Eco India: Can river clean-ups restore India’s dying rivers to their natural glory?

Oct 20, 2024 · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 272: How can we make our urban oases fit for the future?

Oct 19, 2024 · 03:25 pm

Watch: Massive traffic congestion cripples major roads in Bengaluru after torrential rain

Oct 15, 2024 · 06:05 pm

Video: The dangers of sarkaari Hindutva

Oct 08, 2024 · 03:30 pm

Durga Puja 2024: Fifteen community festivals in and around Kolkata with unique, poignant themes

Oct 08, 2024 · 01:12 pm

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 · Mar 16, 2023 · 09:44 am

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 · Mar 15, 2023 · 07:16 pm

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 · Jan 02, 2023 · 10:50 am

The Reel

‘Dealing with life lessons with a smile’: Shoojit Sircar on his new movie ‘I Want to Talk’

19 hours ago

‘Amaran’ trailer: Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi star in tale of a heroic Army soldier

20 hours ago

‘Mithya – The Darker Chapter’ trailer: Naveen Kasturia joins Huma Qureshi and Avantika Dassani

Oct 22, 2024 · 11:27 pm

‘Marching in the Dark’ review: A moving account of a woman farmer coping with suicide and neglect

Oct 22, 2024 · 08:45 am

Start the week with a film: ‘Loins of Punjab Presents’ hilariously spoofs Indian Americans

Oct 21, 2024 · 07:30 am

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 · Nov 28, 2020 · 08:24 pm

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 · Aug 25, 2017 · 09:30 pm

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 · Feb 23, 2017 · 12:30 pm

The Field

New Zealand Tour of India: Debutants Saima, Tejal shine as hosts beat White Ferns in first ODI

7 hours ago

New Zealand tour of India: Washington’s career-best figures help hosts dominate on Day 1

9 hours ago

Hockey: India concede series to Germany after shootout loss in second match

9 hours ago

Hockey: Former India captain Rani Rampal announces retirement

10 hours ago

Pro Kabaddi: Thalaivas snap Paltan’s winning run; U Mumba beat Giants for first win of season

Apurva Gupta
&
Sameet Panda
· Oct 21, 2024 · 09:00 am

Scroll Staff
· Feb 25, 2024 · 03:46 pm

Scroll Staff
· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:56 pm

Scroll Staff
· Jun 04, 2023 · 12:59 pm

Scroll Staff
· Apr 09, 2023 · 01:58 pm

Scroll Staff
· Mar 31, 2023 · 01:25 pm

Scroll Staff
· Mar 16, 2023 · 09:44 am

Scroll Staff
· Mar 15, 2023 · 07:16 pm

Jean Drèze
· Jan 02, 2023 · 10:50 am

Scroll Staff
· Nov 28, 2020 · 08:24 pm

Suraj Lakhani, The Conversation
&
Maura Conway, The Conversation
· Aug 25, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Anumeha Yadav
· Feb 23, 2017 · 12:30 pm