Tag Archives: Central government schemes

Centre on Friday cut interest rates on small saving schemes, including, NSCs, Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Kisan Vikas Patra by 10 basis points. The revised PPF and NSCs are set at 7.8%, while KVPs will earn only 7.5%. The new rates for Senior Citizen’s Savings Scheme (SCSS) and Sukanya ...

In a bid to bring together the Indian scientists abroad and India-based researchers for conducting joint researches in India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Thursday launched a scheme named ‘Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty’ (VAJRA). Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Vardhanlaunched the Web portal of VAJRA in ...

NEW DELHI: The government is working on a scheme to promote energy efficient homes by offering cheaper loans and lower registration fee for green residential units as it ramps up efforts to mitigate climate change by moving towards a net zero-energy building regime. Government sources said the proposal is part ...

The chief minister’s ‘Anila Bhagya’ scheme of providing free LPG connections to BPL families will be in place by July 10, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said on Friday. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Khader said BPL card holders who have not been selected for the ...

To expand the outreach of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), people can now enrol and subscribe digitally to the scheme. “The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has now introduced “[email protected]” which involves a complete digital enrolment process,” the Finance Ministry said on Friday, adding that it will give additional ...

The role of a Chartered Accountant (CA) is evolving continually to assume newer responsibilities in a dynamic environment. In the given scenario, the potentiality of the Chartered Accountancy education system to meet the diverse range of expectations of various stakeholders from the profession becomes the focal point. The Revised Scheme ...

Kishori Shakti Yojana is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for adolescent girls. This scheme is operational in 46 ICDS Projects of 8 Districts viz. Shimla, Sirmour, Kinnaur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Lahaul-Spiti of the State. Objectives To improve the nutritional and health status of adolescent girls in the age groups ...

It’s that time of the year when everybody wants to invest their hard earned money to avail tax benefits. But not everything is so simple. Isn’t it? Do you think you can open some scheme and invest when you have just a week left for the fiscal year end? But this ...

Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGMSE) CGMSE was launched by the Indian government to provide collateral/security free loans to micro and small enterprise sector. A Trust was established by Ministry of MSMEs and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to implement this scheme. 80% of ...