Given that the target was to reach 80.34 million families under PMUY - within three months starting April 1 - the government should have distributed at least 241.02 million cylinders by the end of June. It actually ended up distributing only 119.7 million cylinders.
The relaxation would be available only to those beneficiaries who have been credited with the advance for buying the cylinder but have not been able to purchase the refill.
Policymakers should consider the challenges of beneficiary identification, distributor opposition and beneficiary financial inclusion.
The states will be asked to tap the Centre's JAM trinity.
The staggered increase in kerosene rate may not have the same impact of freeing up the fuel price as for diesel.
The government is working to provide healthcare schemes to poor people under the Jan Dhan initiative.
The biggest problem is that those with Aadhaar numbers aren't coming forward for seeding these with bank accounts.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that the plea of the Centre would be taken up for hearing on October 8.
The outgo for major subsides, is the highest in the first quarter.
A look at the key decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government in its six months.
Fifty-six months on, the government's record in implementing these schemes and projects has been mixed, report Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana.
In line with the industry expectations, the government has indicated that it is actively considering extension of the NBS regime to cover urea.
A swift recovery in oil demand in India is not only helping the stability of the global market, it is giving huge fiscal headroom to the government in terms of additional excise duty.
Three oil PSUs have moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its earlier order that Aadhaar card is not mandatory and no person should suffer for want of it in getting benefits of government schemes.
The government is determined to stop generation of black money, he said.
In a presentation prepared for the incoming Narendra Modi-government, the ministry listed national oil companies losing focus on domestic exploration as well as legal disputes around signed contracts with private explorers among the five things that went wrong during the United Progressive Alliance regime.
One out of every two Indians would have Aadhaar number by the middle of 2014, UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani has said as he underlined the unique attributes of the identification system that will lead to public sector reform and governance transformation.
Says GDP growth rate from 2014-15 to 2015-16 will be greater than that of 2014-15 from 2013-14
The bench referred to the June 9 judgement passed by the apex court in which it had upheld the validity of an Income Tax Act provision making Aadhaar mandatory for allotment of PAN cards
Department of Financial Services is regularly emphasising the early issuance of RuPay Debit Cards, e-KYC based account opening, Aadhaar seeding, financial literacy and the progress in survey made.
The government does not seem inclined, at least in the petroleum sector, to effect sudden and steep upward price revisions to tame its huge subsidy burden and rein in fiscal deficit.
The Indian basket represents the price of Oman and Dubai sour grade crude.
A new formula for pricing natural gas in the domestic market was determined; the decontrol of diesel prices was announced; and the scheme that directly transferred subsidies to bank accounts of users of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders was modified and relaunched.
Venkaiah Naidu said Aadhaar will not be made mandatory till the entire population gets such cards or UID numbers.
Can welfare schemes truly transform from being flagship to flag-bearers for a government that is looking to get a second term in 2019?
The Centre will soon write to the states to bring uniformity in the Value Added Tax on oil products so that benefits of price cuts filter down to the masses.
Inclusive of the July hike of 25 paise, a monthly increase of similar amount would result in a saving of Rs 2.25 a litre for the current financial year alone.
Indian basket at 6-month low of $49.11 a bbl
Attractive pricing coupled with improving prospects make the offer lucrative
Declining crude price translates into lower under-recoveries for OMCs
Business subsidies may attract tax
The court was hearing petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
'Gruha Lakshmi Yojana' is an attempt of the Congress party to share the 'burden of the exorbitant' LPG prices and the 'costly daily expenses' that a woman has to bear, the party said.
Analysts are enthused by BPCL's upstream foray and have re-rated the stock in the past couple of years.
Three recent initiatives kicked off with renewed vigour to improve governance were actually started, perhaps in a different format by the UPA government.
These are initiatives not commonly seen in economic administration.
The growth, however, may not indicate a major revival of economic activity.
Free provision of food, cash transfers, and jobs in villages see enhanced flow of funds despite a precipitous fall in revenue. Till May, defence spend was nearly 30 per cent less than the previous year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the financial inclusion scheme in his first Independence Day speech last year.
The fuel reforms are a very important signal of the government's commitment to tough economic reforms.
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