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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
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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.

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· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:56 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.

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· 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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· 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.

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· Mar 15, 2023 · 07:16 pm
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Two years on, Centre's pension plan for the unorganised sector has drawn just 1% of its workforce

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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

Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app

Yesterday · 09:00 am

Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur

Yesterday · 09:43 pm

Pakistan launched attacks along ‘entire western border’, was effectively repulsed: Indian Army

An hour ago

X blocking 8,000 accounts in India after Centre’s orders

An hour ago

‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

An hour 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

Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’

2 hours ago

Video: Why activists unable to blink an eye went to court against E-KYC

May 04, 2025 · 10:30 am

Video: How will the amended Waqf Act impact India’s constitutional values?

Apr 28, 2025 · 03:30 pm

Want more video stories from Scroll? Help us build a studio

Apr 24, 2025 · 05:15 pm

Eco India: Are Water ATMs a solution to Delhi's water problems?

Apr 20, 2025 · 08:55 am

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

‘Maria’ review: Angelina Jolie finds the right pitch in an off-key biopic

An hour ago

‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

An hour ago

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May 07, 2025 · 11:30 am

WAVES 2025 highlights: An institute for animation, film hubs in Navi Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh

May 05, 2025 · 08:15 am

Start the week with a film: ‘Groundhog Day’ is about a time loop we don’t want to escape

May 05, 2025 · 08:00 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

Magazine

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My endless quest to understand Bhagwan Singh and Bhogwan Singh

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Precious histories of South Asian dance have remained hidden and ignored – until now

Apr 30, 2025 · 11:30 am

How India got entangled in the geopolitical games in 1950s Ceylon

Apr 26, 2025 · 11:30 am

‘A graceful, magnetic speaker’: How Susie Sorabji captivated US audiences in early 20th century

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