New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday has given the go ahead for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and caste census. The aim of the BPL census is to divide the population economically into above and below poverty line groups while the caste census will give a correct idea about various castes in India. The census will begin in June and cost the exchequer Rs 3,500 crore. The last caste...
01:50 PM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the country under supervision of a committee appointed by it. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the government to distribute the additional food grains during the summer to the poor and vulnerable sections of the society under the guidance of Justice...
01:17 PM, May 14, 2011
Citizen Journalists this week fight the fear of mugging, corruption and the AIEEE exam leak. ...
05:09 PM, May 07, 2011
Citizen Journalist Pushpa fights against BPL cash transfers and the threats caused to her life by the MLA supporters. ...
05:04 PM, May 07, 2011
Citizen Journalist Pushpa brings to light the state government's pilot process of giving Rs 1000 to every BPL card holder. ...
11:47 AM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Planning Commission, asking its Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to explain how was the percentage of people living below poverty line (BPL) fixed at 36 per cent and how has their purchasing power remained unchanged since 1991. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma asked Ahluwalia to file within a week an affidavit explaining the Planning...
12:51 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Citizen journalist, Ram Ashrey fights for the renewal of his BPL ration card. ...
09:09 AM, Apr 11, 2011
Kolkata: Housemaids in West Bengal seldom miss a chance to vote -- be it Lok Sabha, assembly or grass-root level elections -- fearing that they might lose benefits of government schemes like BPL cards, MGNREGA or Indira Awas Yojana if they abstained. "I always vote, but I don't have a preference for any political party. If I fail to vote, my family and I could be in deep trouble," Sushama...
01:52 PM, Apr 04, 2011
A day after a CNN-IBN-Cobrapost investigation revealed how private hospitals in New Delhi flout government guidelines when it comes to the treatment of poor patients, the Delhi government seems to have woken up. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday that he government was open to an investigation into the matter. Sheila has hinted the government will take action if private hospitals are not fulfilling their obligations and responsibilities ...
09:05 PM, Dec 10, 2010
The National Advisory Council has moved one step closer to fulfilling the Congress' promise to the 'aam aadmi'. ...
09:29 AM, Jul 15, 2010
The people who fall under the category, may benefit from the proposed food security bill. ...
10:40 AM, Apr 18, 2010
Kharge wants to bring BPL families under the scheme. ...
04:01 PM, May 29, 2009
Hello and welcome once again to DRS, my very own personal space where we talk matters cricketing. This week has been a bit of an emotional roller-coaster when it comes to the world of cricket. That moment in Chennai when Yuvraj Singh walked out to first field and bowl, and then to bat in that Twenty20 international, was one of those moments where the heart, at the end of the...
05:06 PM, Jun 26, 2008
The Centre has developed a portal to ensure transparency, accountability and wider dissemination of information. ...
11:42 PM, Feb 26, 2007
The Government is likely to substantially raise budgetary support for the health sector from about Rs 12,000 crore provided in 2006-07 Budget. ...
05:42 PM, Feb 13, 2007
