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More than Rs 40,700 crore sanctioned under Stand-Up India Scheme in 7 years

The scheme aims to promote entrepreneurship at the grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation and has been extended up to the year 2025

Delhi government presents outcome budget; here are some key takeaways

A majority of schemes under the Women and Child Development Department are on track, according to the Delhi government's Outcome Budget for 2022-23 presented in the Assembly on Monday. Out of 63 indicators for assessment, 71 per cent were on track, it said, adding that last year, out of 69 indicators for assessment, 80 per cent were on track. About 3.47 lakh women in distress was given monthly financial assistance in 2022-23 against 3.12 lakh women in distress in 2021-22, it said. About 2,060 poor widows were given financial assistance (Rs 30,000) for marriage of their daughters. As many as 31,743 girls were enrolled (at birth stage + school stage) under the Ladli scheme till December 2022. The report also said that 21,336 maturity cases have been paid till the third quarter of year 2022-23. About 6.38 lakh children and pregnant/nursing mothers are accessing services of nutrition, vaccination and health services, it said. Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot presented the Outc

No reason to interfere with Agnipath scheme, says Delhi HC quashing pleas

A Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad had on December 15 last year reserved its verdict on the matter.

With some help from the predecessor

In assessing Narendra Modi's success with many schemes, Manmohan Singh's fundamental work should not be ignored

All you need to know about Andhra Pradesh's Guaranteed Pension Scheme

GPS: The scheme, which was proposed for the first time in April 2022, offers a guaranteed pension of 33 per cent of the last drawn basic pay without any deduction to the state government employees

Union Budget 2023: Revamped MSME credit guarantee scheme to start on Apr 1

New scheme likely to lower cost of credit by 1%, allow MSMEs to avail addl collateral free credit guarantee of Rs 2 trn

Centre to launch Rs 12,000 crore PLI scheme for high-end components: Report

PLI Scheme: The move, which may attract global giants like Apple to enhance production in the country, is being discussed to develop a complete ecosystem for electronic manufacturing in India

Jammu & Kashmir tops scheme to assist microenterprises, shows govt data

Under the central sector scheme notified in 2008, 62,808 jobs were created by 7,851 assisted projects in Jammu & Kashmir till November 30 this year

Latest LIVE: PM release 12th installment worth Rs 16,000 cr under PM-KISAN

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Centre may have enough stocks to run free grain scheme this financial year

But financial considerations remain, especially if disinvestment receipts don't meet Budget target

Will exit reconstruction scheme after lock-in period ends: YES Bank

The RBI has set three parameters for YES Bank before it can leave the reconstruction scheme

14 of 25 HCs registered a decline in pending PILs in 2021, shows data

Overall, they cleared 83.7 per cent of instituted cases until August 2021- the highest in four years

PM SHRI: Here is what the scheme is about and how it will be implemented

The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 27,360 cr budget for the ambitious PM SHRI scheme to upgrade nearly 14,500 government schools across the country

ESIC-run social security scheme adds 1.5 mn new members in June: Data

Around 15.47 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in June 2022, according to official data released on Thursday. The latest data is part of a report -- Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective - June 2022 -- released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). It showed that the gross new enrolments with Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) rose to 1.49 crore in 2021-22, from 1.15 crore in 2020-21. It was 1.51 crore in 2019-20 and 1.49 crore in 2018-19. From September 2017 to March 2018, around 83.35 lakh new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme. The report said gross new enrolments with ESIC from September 2017 to June 2022 were 6.92 crore. The NSO report is based on the payroll data of new subscribers of various social security schemes run by ESIC, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). According to the report, net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO stoo

Will Centre extend free foodgrains scheme beyond Sept or let it fade away?

Drawdown in wheat stocks, fear of fall in rice production raise doubts on scheme's sustenance beyond Sept 30 deadline

Income taxpayers can't join Atal Pension Yojana from Oct 1: Govt

Social security scheme should reach the poor and underprivileged, says official

Agnipath scheme: Female recruitment for military police to begin on Nov 1

The online registration for female candidates to apply opened up on Wednesday, August 10 and shall remain open till September 7, 2022

PM KISAN: How to register under the scheme to receive the 12th installment

To use the scheme's benefits, a family must own cultivable land, the records of which must be available with the state authorities

Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi model beats BJP's Gujarat model on every parameter

A 17-member delegation from Gujarat would have found that the Delhi aces it on key welfare parameters

PM Kisan Yojana: How to apply for benefits under the farmer scheme

Under the PM Kisan Yojana, a family is defined as a husband, a wife and minor children. If any farmer's family has more members, they are declared ineligible for the installments