Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday assured Parliament of an inquiry into the alleged rebranding of Union government schemes like MGNREGA and misuse of funds of Central schemes for political gains by ruling parties in states like Punjab. Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Lok … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Taking a swipe at the Rajiv Gandhi government for its failure to check the pilferage of Central welfare funds, Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday highlighted the gains from the Narendra Modi government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT), especially, under the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu school education minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, has strongly criticised the National Education Policy (NEP), calling it an “RSS-driven agenda” of the Union government rather than a genuine education policy. His remarks came in response to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s speech in Parliament on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) As the pressure to fulfil election promises continued to build on the Congress government in Telenagana, its tussle with the Centre over fund allocations and disbursal has also increased. A political slugfest between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the projects pending with … Read more
Bhopal, March 8 (IANS) In celebration of International Women’s Day, the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have distributed instalments of financial assistance to eligible women members. Madhya Pradesh offers Rs 1250 per month to each eligible woman under the Ladli Behna Yojana, while Chhattisgarh provides Rs 1000 under the Mahatari Vandana Yojana. During a … Read more
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Sukhwinder Sukhu government’s plan to acquire funds from noted Temple trusts in the state has sparked a political uproar and also inviting fierce backlash from the BJP as well as religious leaders. The cash-strapped government is battling financial strain and has been finding it difficult to fulfil the … Read more
Shimla, March 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Himachal Pradesh chief Rajeev Bindal has said there are about 40 big pilgrimage places and temples which have been acquired by the state governments from time to time, but the trust funds were never used for budgetary schemes as is being done by the Congress government now. … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Friday, informed that a fresh disbursal of Rs 2.29 crore as refund to 3,652 deposits in the Ponzi scheme of West Bengal-based chit fund entity Rose Valley Group has been completed in the last and fifth phase by the asset disposal committee headed by the Justice Dilip … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jairam Thakur, has strongly criticised the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government, accusing it of seeking funds from temples to finance government schemes. He alleged that while the Congress leaders have been critical of Sanatan Dharma, they are now resorting to using temple trust funds to … Read more
