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Shocking! 70-year-old woman crawls 2 km to collect pension

A 70-year-old woman in Odisha's Keonjhar district was forced to crawl nearly two kilometres from her home to the panchayat office to collect her old-age pension. IMAGE: The elderly woman said a......

What's unique about the 'Samajwadi Pension' scheme?

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a unique pension scheme for the poor called the ‘Samajwadi Pension’ that aims to cover as many as 40 lakh people not......

Now, midday meal till class 8, pension for the old

The government on Thursday announced many decisions to help the common man. One of them was to expand the ambit of payment of old age pension to all citizens above 65 years and are living below the......

FM seeks additional Rs 2.35 lakh crore to meet expenses

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday sought the Parliament nod for additional spending of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, which include cash outgo of Rs 1.66 lakh crore, primarily to meet......

MNREGA world's largest public works programme: World Bank

India's rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net......

Govt to evaluate old age pension scheme

The Centre has decided to evaluate a major old age pension scheme involving Rs 5,200 crore (Rs 52 billion) for undertaking mid-course corrections. The evaluation of the Indira Gandhi National Old......

Many social schemes for the poor

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has launched many new schemes to provide steady monetary assistance to weak and downtrodden people in the society. Giving the details of the......

Bureaucrat stops pension proposal for BPL widows

In an unusual occurrence, a bureaucrat turned down a minister's proposal and forced the entire Cabinet on Thursday to accept her recommendations. A proposal to provide pension to widows and......

Budget brings good news for anganwadis

Budget 2011-12 has increased the allocation to the social sector by 17 per cent to Rs. 1,60,887 crore (Rs. 1608.87 billion). It has brought good news for the anganwadi workers and helpers under the......

Budget provides health cover to unorganised sector

In a bid to bring workers in the unorganised sector under the social security net, the government on Friday proposed to a slew of schemes, including Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna, that will provide......

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Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme

News for Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme

Shocking! 70-year-old woman crawls 2 km to collect pension

What's unique about the 'Samajwadi Pension' scheme?

Now, midday meal till class 8, pension for the old

FM seeks additional Rs 2.35 lakh crore to meet expenses

MNREGA world's largest public works programme: World Bank

Govt to evaluate old age pension scheme

Many social schemes for the poor

Bureaucrat stops pension proposal for BPL widows

Budget brings good news for anganwadis

Budget provides health cover to unorganised sector

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