Under Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, 1.15 crore women heads of families receive monthly cash assistance of Rs 1,000. Report says 43% spend it on rice, vegetables & other essentials.
State Planning Commission's report on ‘Start-up Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu' calls for regulatory reforms, while referring to well received schemes in states like Gujarat, Odisha, Kerala, etc.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.
A free-market system based on consumer sovereignty, with the state confined to essential public functions would generate much faster growth, Shenoy wrote in 1963.
Planning Commission couldn't tackle unemployment because new job opportunities in large-scale industries producing consumer goods were not created, wrote GN Lawande in 1963.
In a conversation with ThePrint, Tamil Nadu Planning Commission Executive Vice-Chairperson says it's impossible for Apple to shift manufacturing units from Tamil Nadu to US, given the cost.
Among migrant workers in and around Chennai region, those from Scheduled Tribes community work longer hours, says report compiled by Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission.
TN State Planning Commission survey of nearly 5,300 students from govt-run primary schools credited breakfast scheme for increase in percentage of them completing written work assignments.
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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