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The EPS, 1995 is one of the three schemes meant for old-age social security of employees run by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The other two schemes are Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 and Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976. Earlier, the labour ministry had conducted actuarial valuation of ...

The Prime Minister inaugurated the first health centre under the Scheme at the naxal affected district in Bastar region. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh chaired the programme while Health Minister J P Nadda was the chief guest on the occasion. The Prime Minister also visited the Health and Wellness center. ...

Uttar Pradesh has constructed 7,71,073 housing units till March 31 under the Centre’s rural housing project, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), and secured the first position in the country, a minister said today. The housing units meant for the rural poor have been completed in a record span of nine ...

The Tamil Nadu government’s two-wheeler subsidy for working women is sending many women to the driving schools in the State. Driving schools say the enrolment has indeed increased in the last one month. 400 applications/day The State government announced the two-wheeler subsidy scheme for working women last month. Through the ...

The GST Council’s move to cut rates of tax in 80-odd goods and services, which range from packaged drinking water in 20-litre bottles, second-hand vehicles, diamonds, low-cost housing and construction services and legal services to the government, along with the plan to reintroduce the reverse-charge mechanism to track transactions is ...

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal cleared the scheme for doorstep delivery of services on Monday. The scheme, that will be rolled out in about two months, will allow you to get important works done involving government departments by a third party without you having to step out of your home. Here are the ...

Uttar Pradesh has launched a free household power connection scheme for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. “To begin with Lohban and Gausana, the two villages of Mathura district have been covered for 100 per cent electrification on the birth anniversary ...

The Nitish Kumar government today approved a “Safe City Surveillance” scheme aimed at putting a check on eve-teasing and other crimes against women at public places across the state. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Principal ...

Sukanya Samriddhi scheme fetches a higher interest rate compared with other small savings schemes. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a small savings scheme exclusively for the girl child. Under the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme, a parent or legal guardian can open an account in the name of the girl child until she attains ...

Hoping to encourage inter-caste marriages, the Narendra Modi government will give a Rs. 2.5 lakh incentive to couples where either the bride or groom is a Dalit irrespective of their income. But they will get the money in two instalments to minimize possibility of fraud. “The condition that the total ...