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Erika Kirk targeted again as bizarre $350K ‘money transfer’ theory emerges

Erika Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA.
Updated on Nov 04, 2025 12:00 am IST

Need to shun the politics of patronage and clientelism

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**EDS: THIRD PARTY** New Delhi: In this image via @BJP4Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed on his arrival at the BJP HQ to celebrate the party's win in the Delhi Assembly election, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (@BJP4Delhi via PTI Photo)(PTI02_08_2025_000487B) (@BJP4Delhi)
Published on Feb 24, 2025 10:17 pm IST

Jobs, welfare, equity in Cong’s 2024 manifesto

Congress President Mallikarkun Kharge with senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and P Chidambaram in New Delhi on Friday. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 10:31 am IST

Universal basic income can be a game changer

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UBI can enhance women’s dignity and reduce their domestic work burden as they then have the ability to buy time and labour-saving gadgets such as fridges, mixers and washing machines.
Updated on Jul 09, 2023 10:09 am IST

Anna Bhagya Scheme: BPL families to get money from July 10, says Siddaramaiah

This announcement comes after the government decided on June 28to provide cash instead of additional kilograms of rice to BPL families due to challenges in rice procurement. (PTI)
Updated on Jul 02, 2023 12:39 am IST

Modi releases fresh instalment of PM-KISAN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the 10th instalment under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
Published on Sept 21, 2022 01:36 pm IST

Creating an inclusive welfare architecture

The MGNREGS and PDS proved to be lifelines as central and state governments were able to mobilise the administrative machinery and expand the welfare net, at relative speed
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 08:26 pm IST

Jagan Reddy’s scheme for women allows cash transfer, promotes self-reliance

The government would also facilitate securing loans from banks for business activities of women. (Photo @AndhraPradeshCM)
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 09:34 pm IST

Cash transfers: There is a way out

Limited bureaucratic imagination has legitimised the State’s refusal to find solutions to help the vulnerable
Updated on May 25, 2020 06:10 pm IST

India likely to cap stimulus package at $60 billion to protect credit rating: Report

The stimulus plans yet to be outlined are likely to be aimed at helping people who have lost their jobs, as well as both small and large companies, via tax holidays and other measures, said both officials.
Published on May 02, 2020 01:04 am IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A view of a vegetable market at Delhi’s CR Park Market No 2 on the second day of national lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to curb the spread of coronavirus,
Updated on Mar 27, 2020 07:22 am IST

India needs a major stimulus | HT editorial

The finance minister sidestepped questions on a package for industry, including specific questions on sectors such as tourism and aviation that are hurting badly due to the coronavirus pandemic
Updated on Mar 27, 2020 11:25 am IST

‘Don’t want anyone to remain hungry’: Sitharaman announces Covid-19 relief package

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a comprehensive relief package for the vulnerable section of the country affected by Covid-19 lockdown.
Updated on Mar 26, 2020 05:52 pm IST

Andhra govt launches another populist scheme, to pay students for hostel charges

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched the Jagananna Vasathi Deevena, aimed at extending financial assistance to students belonging to downtrodden sections.
Updated on Feb 24, 2020 10:29 pm IST

Rain deficit bleeds Bundelkhand dry

People carry water from the Ken river on bullock carts to their homes in Backcha Gadar village.
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 07:28 am IST

NYAY is an important first step toward social justice

A major plank of Congress manifesto for the 2019 general elections is the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY), which promises 6,000 per month to the poorest 20% of the households, a scheme that has evoked mixed reactions.
Published on May 10, 2019 07:39 am IST

Cash transfer promises: Recipe for a fiscal disaster

The notion of rich is relative. 99.7% of households in India earn less than Rs 1 lakh per month
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 10:31 am IST

The Congress’s NYAY plan is just a palliative

The rational response to a cash transfer scheme for families below 72,000 will be for all families near that level or somewhat above it to report that their incomes are lower than they actually are
Updated on Apr 06, 2019 11:03 am IST

Cash transfers are here to stay; it is time to focus on their design

Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. The scheme, backed by hefty budgetary allocation, envisages an annual transfer of 6000 to all the small farmers with land holding less than two hectares
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 10:16 am IST

Madhya Pradesh to skip launch of PM-Kisan

Madhya Pradesh will be able to complete only one-third of the total farmers’ data by the first week of March, says a state government official.
Published on Feb 23, 2019 11:31 pm IST

PM Narendra Modi to launch PM-KISAN in Gorakhpur on February 24

PM Narendra Modi to launch PM-KISAN in Gorakhpur on February 24.
Published on Feb 22, 2019 02:19 pm IST

States face deadline hurdle on farmer income scheme implementation

States are grappling with hurdles in meeting deadlines and norms set for PM-KISAN, the Narendra Modi government’s cash-transfer scheme scheduled to be implemented by April.
Updated on Feb 19, 2019 08:30 am IST

An income redistribution plan will not end poverty

Under the BJP’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, farmers (who have below two hectares of land) will receive 6,000 per year. But this amount is insufficient even to buy basic farm inputs. In fact, the Telangana and Odisha governments have initiated far more comprehensive income support plans for farmers.
Updated on Feb 12, 2019 11:15 am IST

Cash scheme for farmers with land as on Feb 1: Govt

A works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati on February 1.
Updated on Feb 04, 2019 11:51 pm IST

Opinion | Interim budget gets farm tilt right

The two main announcements which will have a good effect on farmers are: interest rate subvention for farmers, which have been increased from 2% to 5% provided loans are serviced on time; and the cash transfer of Rs 6,000 per annum for marginal farmers.
Updated on Feb 02, 2019 09:46 am IST

Rising uncertainties ahead of Lok Sabha polls keep investors wary of buying bonds

The BJP’s defeat in state polls last month, and recent opinion polls that show it could be forced to form a coalition with partners who could make it harder to press forward with economic reforms and revert to fiscal prudence
Updated on Jan 30, 2019 05:29 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi’s income plan falls short

The Congress has promised a minimum income guarantee (MIG) – direct cash transfers to the poor – if it comes to power after the 2019 elections
Published on Jan 30, 2019 09:09 am IST

Govt decision to introduce conditional cash transfers in place of ration hits roadblock

Jharkhand had started cash transfers in place of subsidised grains on a pilot basis in October.
Updated on Jul 09, 2018 12:00 am IST

Ending preventable maternal deaths requires a collective effort

Maternal mortality rate in India is consistently going down. At this rate, India will achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target by 2022, eight years ahead of the deadline
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 05:40 pm IST