Friday, August 6, 2021
Women agricultural jornaleras migrate from their places of origin in search of work opportunities. But the work is often informal, leaving them without employment contracts, fair wages, health services, childcare services, pensions, maternity leave, paid...
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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Getting older is a natural process, and one that I would like to go through. However, in the community where...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Access to legal entitlements and participation in social protection schemes has become a focus area in the context of the widespread distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Union Government and many state governments prioritised such access as a...
Friday, December 13, 2019
BLOG: Spending on social protection interventions, such as the Senior Citizens Grant, is not a welfare cost, but is in fact an investment to the economy that demonstrates remarkable macro-economic impacts comparable to investment in other interventions...
Monday, August 19, 2019
Rural economic indicators, such as inflation and wage growth, remain subdued despite steps taken by the government to help stabilise an economy hit by falling food prices and weak income growth, shows data analysed by BloombergQuint. Concerns around...
Saturday, August 10, 2019
The Union Ministry of Agriculture has started taking registrations for the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Scheme from Friday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said his ministry is working closely with the state governments to double the...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Delivering services at beneficiaries’ doorstep earned the PM goodwill in rural areas
After reaping rich dividends from its ‘Digital Village’ initiative in the Lok Sabha polls, the Narendra Modi government, in its second term, is set to scale up the...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
The state government has also enhanced the amount for various pensioners under the Aasara scheme. It is becoming difficult for the state government to come up with money to distribute to farmers under its Rythu Bandhu scheme for the Kharif season which...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
The BJP has worked for providing social security to the people of the country during the last five years. Vipin Parmar, minister for health, Himachal, and in charge of Kangra parliamentary constituency for the BJP, said this while talking to The Tribune...
Thursday, December 27, 2018
About 20 lakh new eligible persons are expected to benefit under the Aasara pension scheme following the State government’s decision to reduce the minimum age limit from 60 years to 57 years, commencing from April next. This would be in addition to the...