India’s 2024 Lok Sabha elections have already kicked off.  Needless to say, Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) play the primary role in India’s electoral system. Here is an explainer on what is an EVM and how does it work

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The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday accorded consent to disburse pending arrears of government employees and pensioners worth Rs 14,000 crore.
A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, said an official release.
A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said the Cabinet gave the approval to release arrears of revised pay and pensions and leave encashment from the period of January 1, 2016, to June 30, 202,2 and that dearness allowance from July 1, 2021, to March 31, 2024, for pensioners and employees.
This sum worth Rs 14,000 crore will be released in stages and will give much-needed relief to the employees and pensioners.
There are three lakh government employees and three lakh pensioners who will directly benefit from this move, said the release.
To provide houses to the economically weaker section, the Cabinet gave a nod to a policy for 'Optimum utilisation of land reserved for 

Cabinet gave the approval to release arrears of revised pay and pensions and leave encashment from the period of January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2022

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Emphasising the importance of increasing green cover, the West Bengal budget for 2025-26 allocated Rs 1,091.11 crore for the forest department and Sunderbans Affairs.
A senior forest official explained that this allocation would fund projects like the Green India Mission, Integrated Watershed Management, Eco-tourism, afforestation efforts, the state's 100-day work schemes (in the absence of central allocations), School Nursery programmes, and the Sabujshree initiative, among others.
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"A total of 3,584.40 hectares have been afforested under the state development scheme, with 113.34 lakh saplings distributed to the public. Under the Sabujshree initiative, 64 lakh seedlings have been distributed to mothers of newborns until November 2024," she stated in the budget.
Additionally, 131.48 hectares of plantations a

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How do EVMs and VVPAT work? General Elections

India’s 2024 Lok Sabha elections have already kicked off. Needless to say, Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) play the primary role in India’s electoral system. Here is an explainer on what is an EVM and how does it work

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