Page 13 - Welfare Schemes

Students should be involved in surveys for welfare schemes: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said students must be involved in surveys for welfare schemes run by the state government. When students become participants in welfare schemes, they will develop a sense of service, he said during an interaction with a delegation of the Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh. He urged the body's office bearers to inculcate a sense of service among students by connecting them directly with society. Students must be involved in verification, survey or other such activities under the welfare schemes being run by the state government, he said according to an official statement. The chief minister also directed officials of the Higher Education Department to conduct a survey regarding the preparations for a new transfer policy of teachers. Khattar said 1,535 teachers will be recruited soon in the state. A letter has been written to the Haryana Public Service Commission on behalf of the Higher Education Department. Apart from

Centre provides 1.5 mn tonnes of chana at discount for states' programmes

Procurement limit for tur, urad and masur raised

Rajasthan okays formation of audit authority to assess performance of depts

The Rajasthan Cabinet on Saturday cleared a proposal to form an audit authority that will assess the performance of government departments and agencies implementing welfare schemes. The Cabinet also gave approval to the Rajasthan Handicrafts Policy-2022 besides the new rules for appointment of dependents of martyrs. According to a release, the Cabinet approved the formation of the Rajasthan Social and Performance Audit Authority to ensure transparency, public participation and quality services. "The performance of government departments and agencies implementing schemes/programmes will be assessed. Benefits of schemes will reach beneficiaries more easily, conveniently and in a time-bound manner," the release said. Doctors, engineers, architects, economists, professors, information technology specialists and other experts will be part of the authority. The new handicrafts policy will help uplift the condition of artisans, the release said. "By empowering them, participation in the

AAP is to economic sense what BJP is to social harmony. Disastrous

Both have defied common sense and pursued political power ruthlessly, without regard to long-term consequences

The real cost of freebies

The actual cost of such expenditure can be gauged from the state of India's infrastructure, government-run schools and hospitals

Welfare schemes help uplift weaker sections, can't be termed freebies: DMK

Welfare schemes provide uplift of weaker sections and cannot be described as "freebies", the DMK has told the Supreme Court. Opposing the plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay seeking action against political parties for promising freebies during elections, the DMK said the petition is "politically motivated" as the petitioner belongs to a political party which was locked in a political battle during Punjab elections at the time of filing this PIL. It alleged the present petition lacks merit and is filed to settle political scores with another rival political party in Punjab. "The yardstick to be applied for classifying a welfare scheme to be a 'freebie' cannot be so rigid that every service provided by the government to its citizens be termed as a freebie. "If such a meaning is applied, it would render all government facilities such as education, healthcare to be freebies, which is unconscionable," submissions filed by senior advocate P Wilson on behalf of DMK, said. The DMK said

Writing off loans, corporate tax cuts: Cong questions 'muft ki gajak'

Congress asserts that welfare schemes designed to uplift people from poverty are not freebies and alleges that writing off loans is the real freebie

Freebies, welfare schemes must be differentiated, says Supreme Court

The court said that the term freebies should not be confused with welfare measures

Welfare schemes secure economic justice: DMK to SC on 'freebies' remark

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has moved Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded as a respondent in an ongoing case in connection with "freebies"

TMS Ep239: PSU hiring, freebies, Jhunjhunwala-owned stocks, ADR vs GDR

Why are top public sector units not hiring? Should India regulate freebies? Should you buy, sell or hold Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-owned stocks? What is the difference between ADR and GDR? Answers here

Govt spending on health, education can't be freebies: M K Stalin

He also took an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for opposing freebies but said he did not want to talk much about it as "it will become politics."

Freebies vs welfare debate and the much-ignored advice of Lee Kuan Yew

The issue is not the freebies, but the constraint of limited means. If a government has the money, it can dish out whatever freebies it likes, but not if it is highly indebted, writes T N Ninan

Over Rs 1-trillion freebies announced by state govts, shows data

The recurring theme of power as a key component of subsidies also shows up in the overall numbers

Post-pandemic labour markets in West now have backward bending supply curve

The financial aid provided by governments to help people during the pandemic is dis-incentivising people from re-joining the labour force to the full extent that they can

PM introduced work culture where public welfare schemes reach all: Minister

Jitendra Singh said that PM Modi has introduced a new work culture wherein each of the pro-poor and public welfare schemes was designed in such a manner so as to reach the last man in the last queue

Welfare schemes will go if my govt falls in 2024 elections: Andhra CM Jagan

"Chandrababu will come to you with all sorts of false promises. The evil quartet wants the welfare schemes, being implemented by our government, stalled," Reddy alleged.

India's Aadhaar ID system delivers benefits but at risk of widespread fraud

Modi's new welfarism rests on Aadhaar. But if there are cracks in the edifice, they need to be acknowledged - not to frighten users away, but to make them more aware

Govt to use ration card database for other welfare programmes: Food Secy

India's wheat exports reach nearly 3 million tonnes and it is considering some nations' requests for supplies: Sudhanshu Pandey

Aadhaar a 'bedrock' for govt welfare schemes, saved over Rs 2 trn: NITI

Aadhaar has become the "bedrock" for the government's welfare schemes and has saved over Rs 2 trillion to the government by "eliminating fake and duplicate identities", says NITI Aayog CEO

Welfare schemes galore in Rajasthan's budget, but are they sustainable?

Like most other state budgets, Rajasthan's appears to have been crafted with one eye on the polls, while side-stepping on the issue of resources available to finance its programmes