Gehlot's Dilemma: 1,813,302 Jobless Workers

The state's joblessness is three times higher than the national average of 7.8 per cent. IMAGE: Ashok Gehlot being felicitated during the Congress Guarantee Yatra in Kotputli. Photograph: ANI......

UPA announces schemes worth 9500 crores

With a clear eye on the coming Lok Sabha elections, the United Progressive Alliance government on Thursday showered a bonanza of projects and schemes that are impossible to be completed during its......

Gujarat polls: Congress promises farm loan waiver, Indira canteens, special quota

A ‘special category’ quota for weaker communities with similar rights enjoyed by Other Backward Classes, farm loan waiver, setting up of ‘Indira canteens’ to......

Better to sell pakodas than to beg: Amit Shah counters Congress

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Monday tore into the Congress over its “failure” to tackle unemployment and other problems and its criticism of the GST, saying it was not a......

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......

Budget to list funds spent on minorities

In a first such exercise, the government has decided that the Budget will have a record of the funds spent under its 15-point programme for minority welfare - an important signal it is gearing up......

Budget stresses focus on aam aadmi: Govt

The Interim Budget highlights the focus on aam aadmi in the development process. The year 2008-09 has seen substantial increase in outlays spanning across sectors. Continuing the trend, the budget......

Highlights of the Interim Budget 2009-10

Presenting the interim Budget for 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee claimed in Parliament on Monday that every effort has been made to fulfil promises made to the......