Lack of awareness about the scheme, especially in villages, has created a situation where expectations are turning into disappointment.
The applicant must have an operational savings bank account.
He advised banks to facilitate appropriate credit expansion.
55 million people already in the social security net
The Budget will 'further reignite our growth engine, signalling the dawn of a prosperous future.'
The NDA government has asked states to enrol all MNREGA workers under the three newly-launched social security schemes.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced several reforms.
Instructions were issued on holding loan camps in the last week of September.
The states will be asked to tap the Centre's JAM trinity.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "great economist", who she said has given a positive direction to the nation's economy.
The mega campaign, to start on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, will be conducted just before the elections in three major Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and also before the 2019 general elections.
Recently, the government announced yet another ambitious scheme aimed at providing health insurance to 50 crore individuals.
According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government's re-election campaign.
Social integration with inclusion is is most necessary.
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
Four recent instances help us understand why Prime Minister Narendra Modi could truly be called the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of the country.
The best investment schemes fail if they don't offer incentives to intermediaries to push investors.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has few feathers in his cap for taking serious eff
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley more than halved the central government's financial support.
Prime Minister Modi has said it is their small units that drive the Indian economy.
Bureaucrats heading disinvestment and financial services usually don't get appointed as finance secretary.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his third Independence Day speech on August 15, he is inviting ideas from citizens on issues he should speak on
NDA government has shunned populism.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Indian economy about to take-off
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