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Jin will make his solo comeback in November with new album, BTS fans react

Jin was discharged from the South Korean military in June this year.
Updated on Oct 14, 2024 08:47 am IST

HP cabinet meet: Panel to prepare white paper on financial health

The Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday decided to constitute a subcommittee to formulate a white paper on the financial health of the state. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 03, 2023 11:26 pm IST

50 pc of fuel used in crematoriums should comprise cow dung cakes: U.P. CM

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. (HT file)
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 10:35 pm IST

Cong will want credit for Covid jab: Minister on Chidambaram's DBT claim

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said it's ironic that Congress now wants to claim credit for Aadhaar and DBT. 
Updated on Oct 15, 2022 07:39 am IST

India to launch first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer on Sept 1

India accounts for about a fifth of the global burden for cervical cancer. The country witnesses about 1.23 lakh cases and around 67,000 deaths every year. (Representative Image/Shutterstock)
Updated on Aug 31, 2022 08:06 pm IST

Monsoon session: Govt supporting 8 Covid-19 vaccine candidates, minister tells LS

Parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha after it adjourned sine die at Parliament House on Wednesday.
Updated on Sept 24, 2020 10:16 am IST

How to secure India against Covid-19

A research scientist works inside a laboratory of India's Serum Institute, the world's largest maker of vaccines, which is working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease, Pune, May 18, 2020
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 11:58 pm IST

The NDA’s false parenthood claim, writes Abhishek Manu Singhvi

The UPA government conceptualised MGNREGS, Aadhaar, and DBT
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 10:39 pm IST

Centre transfers 36,659 crore to 16 crore needy during Covid-19 lockdown

During the Covid-19 outbreak, several state governments such as Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Tripura, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Andhra Pradesh (AP) used DBT to transfer cash in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
Updated on Apr 19, 2020 06:05 pm IST

How DBT helps the poor during emergencies

More than 121 crore people have Aadhaar card and over 33 crore have Jan Dhan, the basic savings accounts in banks. Under PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hastantarit Labh), the world’s largest DBT scheme, about 25 crore LPG customers receive subsidy in their bank accounts.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 04:54 pm IST

Dearness allowance increased in early Diwali gift for government employees

The increase will benefit 4.993 million central government employees and 6.526 million pensioners, Javadekar said.
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 12:51 am IST

Bihar announces 360 crore relief for 6 lakh families

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar assessing an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in north Bihar on Tuesday.
Published on Jul 16, 2019 11:57 pm IST

Digital infra, Aadhaar, cellphones can expand outreach of schemes

The Survey added: “Second, verifying the identity of genuine beneficiaries and transferring wages directly into their bank accounts posed problems.”
Updated on May 28, 2020 11:08 am IST

Babarpur’s first tryst with mechanical waste cleaning, L-G assures citizens of lasting solution

The project was launched on Sunday morning in the presence of Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal.
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 05:13 am IST

Modi deserves a second term based on his economic record

Narendra Modi’s demonetisation ranks among the most polarising policy decisions made by any government anywhere in the world
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Go for an“inclusive growth dividend” in India

A PDS ration shop in Ranchi. Several leading economists have suggested that India should adopt a Universal Basic Income as its main anti-poverty strategy, replacing existing welfare schemes with direct income transfers into bank accounts of beneficiaries
Updated on Nov 06, 2018 06:00 pm IST

We need a choice-based approach in the Public Distribution System

The availability of DBT may even help improve the existing PDS, as it will have to deliver value for people to continue to choose it over DBT. The economic viability of PDS dealers can be improved by allowing them to stock other products too, so that PDS is not their only source of revenue.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 07:24 pm IST

Activists slam move to transfer money instead of grains to poor

Activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have criticised the state’s decision to replace distribution of food grains to the underprivileged through public distribution system (PDS) with direct benefit transfer (DBT) of subsidy (in cash) into their accounts.
Updated on Aug 28, 2018 07:06 am IST

Jharkhand government not happy with direct transfer of food subsidy

Chief minister Raghubar Das giving a cheque to a beneficiary during the inaugural function of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme under food security at Nagri in Ranchi on October 4,2017.
Updated on May 21, 2018 11:04 pm IST

High court pulls up state government over scholarship money in Sinhgad Institutes case

The Bombay high court criticised the state government’s social welfare department for jeopardising the careers of young students on Monday. Photo used for representational purpose only.
Updated on Apr 19, 2018 06:06 pm IST