Women's security, jobs among govt's concerns: Pranab

President Pranab Mukherjee, making his first address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, expressed his concerns about economic slowdown, job insecurity and......

SC refuses interim order against Centre's Aadhaar notification

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass any interim order against the Centre's notification making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes. A vacation bench......

Three oil PSUs move SC for modification of Aadhaar order

Three oil PSUs have moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its earlier order that Aadhaar card is not mandatory and no person should suffer for want of it in getting benefits of government......

Cong promises Rs 2,000 monthly to women family heads in Karnataka

The Congress in Karnataka on Monday promised Rs 2,000 a month to every woman head of households if the party is voted to power in the State. IMAGE: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi......

Benefits transfer scheme minus LPG dole a flop-show

The Cabinet’s decision to suspend cash transfer of cooking gas subsidy directly into bank accounts of consumers will deal a major blow to the government’s “game-changer”......

'Subsidised LPG sales under direct benefit scheme down by 25%'

  Sales of subsidised LPG cylinders under the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme have come down by about 25 per cent as most ‘ghost beneficiaries’ have been eliminated, Chief Economic......

Direct cash transfer of LPG kicks off in 18 districts

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily today formally launched the direct benefit transfer scheme for liquefied petroleum gas at Tumkur in Karnataka. It was launched simultaneously in......

Rs 7,024 cr transferred under LPG cash subsidy scheme

Government on Friday said that it has transferred Rs 7,024 crore (Rs 70.24 billion) as cash subsidies to LPG consumers since mid-November 2014 under the PAHAL scheme. "As of March 4, 2015, 81.5 per......