Budget allocation for maternity programme increased two fold

Photograph: Jayanta Dey/Reuters Rs 29,000 crore has been set aside for the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry for the next fiscal, a 20 per cent increase over the 2018-2019 financial year......

Govt won't make RBI's inflation report public

The government on Monday ruled out making public the RBI report detailing the reasons why the central bank could not keep inflation within the targeted 6 per cent upper limit for the three......

Post office staff swindles Rs 96 cr of public money in saving schemes: CAG

The staff at post offices misappropriated Rs 95.62 crore of public money between November 2002 and September 2021, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said. The money may seem small but it is......

Interest rates on PPF, NSC remain unchanged for Q2

In a relief to savers, the government on Wednesday kept interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, unchanged for the second quarter of 2021-22 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.......

Citing 'oversight', Sitharaman rolls back cut in interest rates

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government will roll back a steep interest rate cut on small saving schemes such as PPF and NSC -- saying it was an oversight, a move being......