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As the Narendra Modi government enters the fourth year of its mandate, the opposition has accused it of usurping as many as 23 legacy schemes of the UPA and rebranding them as its own. However, there is more to government schemes than names. It is probably simplistic to say that some of ...

The upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised to 65 years from the current 60, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced on Monday. PFRDA Chairman Hemant Contractor made the announcement at a conference here on “Transferring Superannuation Funds to National Pension ...

High Court Judge and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority chairman Jayanth Patel will inaugurate the Senior Citizens Empowerment Scheme here on August 20. The launch will be held at zilla panchyat premises. Kolar has been selected as pilot district in Karnataka for implementation of the scheme, conceived by the National ...

Delhi government on Tuesday launched ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme in the national capital, with an aim to benefit the students from poor and moderate means of income group. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, while making the announcement in New Delhi, said the scholarship scheme would be a fee waiver ...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will on July 24 flag off the first set of 100 Uber bike taxis, under a new scheme aimed at generating jobs for the state’s unemployed youth. Uber’s South Asia Public Policy Director Shweta Rajpal Kohli called on the chief minister here today to ...

As many as 2.5 crore poor women have so far been given LPG connections without upfront charges under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched about 14 months ago, the oil ministry said on Saturday. President Pranab Mukherjee gave out the latest batch of LPG connections at a function in Jangipur, ...

After banks, the government is considering allowing non-banking financial companies and (NBFCs) some other financial institutions to take gold deposits to boost the performance of the gold monetisation scheme, a senior finance ministry official told FE. Any such move could facilitate the participation of players like Muthoot Finance and Manappuram ...

Manufacturers of ice-cream, tobacco products and service providers, except restaurateurs, cannot avail of the Composition Scheme under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said on Wednesday. “Suppliers of services, except restaurants, and any person who makes inter-state supplies or is engaged in manufacturing of certain goods, ...

The DDA or Delhi Development Authority has opened its housing scheme once again. Called ‘DDA Aawasiya Yojana 2017’, the Delhi Development Authority’s housing scheme is aimed at providing affordable housing to general public by disposing of about 12,000 flats of different categories and in different locations. Out of the 12,000 ...

1. The Govt of India has selected the Andhra Pradesh State as one among the three States for providing 24 x 7 power supply to domestic consumers. 2. In AP State, around 300 sunny days in a year with Solar Insolation of 5.5 to 6.0 KWh/m2 is available, which is ...