The financial and operation performance of the distribution companies ( discoms which have joined the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme have improved on an average during the last fiscal, said India Ratings (Ind-Ra). However, it said the aggregate performance of the scheme masks wide inter-state variations. “Our initial assessment of ...

RAMESWARAM (TN): Acceding to a long-pending demand of the Tamil Nadu government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a deep-sea fishing scheme for fishermen of this region, saying it would help them overcome problems of fishing in Palk Strait. Under the initiative taken up under the “Blue Revolution” scheme, the ...

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) will provide a “respectable” rate of return to senior citizens at a time when interest rates are falling globally. PMVVY is a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens (aged 60 years and above) which is ...