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

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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

Government is criticised for decision to double provident fund investments in stock market

Trade union members say the government's decision is unilateral.

Anumeha Yadav

· Sep 30, 2016 · 05:30 am

NREGA under the microscope: Why progressive laws produce bizarre results

It is a demonstration of the unintended consequences of good intentions.

Nayanika Mathur

· Sep 07, 2016 · 06:30 pm

The fruits of India's National Food Security law are finally showing on the ground

Like Chhattisgarh earlier, now West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh are covering over 80% rural poor under the ration system, and have reduced grain pilferage.

Anumeha Yadav

· Jun 23, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Rural elderly send Modi Rs 7 – a day's pension – to protest stagnant social benefits

Central government's contribution to social pensions has remained at Rs 200 a month for ten years.

Scroll Staff

· May 07, 2016 · 06:30 am

Primed for change, but only 3.2% Assamese have Aadhaar

Only 1.04 million of the state's 32 million people had Aadhaar identities as of March 2016.

Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 22, 2016 · 10:30 pm

Budget outlays too small to effectively run welfare schemes, say social activists

Activists also challenge the government's proposal to make Aadhaar mandatory for social schemes.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 15, 2016 · 10:30 am

Odisha works to bring the ‘poorest of the poor’ back under the food security net

Around 4.1 lakh households were excluded from the Antyodaya Anna Yojana last year. The state is slowly fixing this.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 09, 2016 · 12:30 pm

How 52 million people may depend on rural jobs plan for 20 years

MNREGA continues to be India’s top poverty alleviation programme, with a 14% rise in funding in budget 2016-'17.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 03, 2016 · 09:30 pm

By taxing EPF, government is pushing people towards risky market-linked savings plans: Trade unions

Unions leaders will raise the issue in an all-India protest on March 10.

Anumeha Yadav

· Mar 03, 2016 · 04:35 pm