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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicWelfare schemes

Topic: welfare schemes

What welfare scheme ghosts, fakes and deads teach us about EC voter list row

To restore public trust, the EC can use the next few weeks, in coordination with Bihar’s social audit cell and local NGOs, to undertake social audits.

TN files plea in SC restraining Madras HC from using name & picture of CMs in welfare schemes

The ruling DMK government has filed a plea against the state barring it from using names and photographs of present and former chief ministers in welfare schemes.

Naidu govt moves to deliver two more ‘Super Six’ promises in budget. What about rest, asks YSRCP

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav in his budget speech Friday allocated Rs 9,407 crore for ‘Talliki Vandanam’ and Rs 6,300 crore for ‘Annadata Sukhibhava’ scheme.

Karnataka looks to float power corporation bonds to raise funds amid revenue shortfall

This is part of a proposal to offset the burden of bankrolling the 5 guarantee schemes of the Siddaramaiah govt. Pilot project will be through Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation.

Traders’ Welfare Board meets in Delhi, discussions on welfare schemes & retail trade issues

It discussed the opening of an open VC link on the website of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

‘Welfarism not a substitute for job creation’ — TeamLease vice-chairman on India’s fiscal planning

TeamLease’s Manish Sabharwal spoke to ThePrint about how political leaders, for the sake of winning elections, make big welfare-related promises without a proper plan to fund them.

Indian welfare schemes only a ‘band-aid’ solution & AI players eye India’s linguistic palette

Global media also explores possibility of tax cut on wheat imports and the adverse impact of India’s ‘leapfrogging’ economic strategy.

India’s voters have chosen PM Modi’s welfare schemes over Congress’ cash promises in 2024

The new government will have to work on reducing the disparity between the rich and poor in India. The country needs to become self-reliant.

SubscriberWrites: How the government’s welfare schemes turn into a fad?

Rather than making it a public cause, if these had been made private causes involving every citizen of the country, some positive results would have been there.

India doesn’t need new taxes to uplift its poor. Existing welfare schemes are doing well

The social safety net for the Indian population is adequate, though improvements in health and education infrastructure are necessary and can be achieved through reallocating capital expenditure.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.