New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced the launch of the ‘Delhi LakhpatiBitiya Yojana’, upgrading and restructuring the Ladli Scheme of 2008 after over a decade and a half, to ensure financial security and educational continuity for girls from economically weaker families. The Chief Minister said that the initiative aims to ensure that no girl child in Delhi is forced to discontinue her education due to financial constraints, while creating a long-term…
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New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) In a significant achievement under its ongoing mission-mode drive, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has crossed the milestone of completing over one crore Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBUs) for schoolchildren studying in 83,000 schools across the country, according to a statement issued by IT Ministry on Sunday.UIDAI had initiated this special MBU drive for schoolchildren in September 2025 after a successful technological integration with the Unified D…
Bhopal, Feb 7 (IANS) Registration for procurement of wheat at the minimum support price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27 began on Saturday across Madhya Pradesh, with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav assuring farmers that they will receive fair value for their hard work.The Chief Minister said that 3,186 registration centres have been set up across the state to facilitate the process, which will continue till March 7.”Registration for wheat procurement has begun today, February 7, and will co…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 2.5 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons have been deactivated to prevent identity fraud, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada told the Parliament on Wednesday.Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric identity system with approximately 134 crores live Aadhaar holders. “As part of a nationwide clean-up effort to maintain the continued accuracy and integrity of the Aadhaar database, Unique Identification Authority of I…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Ahead of the Supreme Court’s hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved a fresh application urging the Apex Court to restrain the Election Commission of India (ECI) from deleting the name of any voter during the ongoing SIR exercise in the state.Alleging a grave risk of large-scale disenfranchisement in West Bengal, CM Mamata contended that the Election Commis…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a Cabinet meeting which approved a scheme under which all ration card–holding families in Delhi will be provided financial assistance equivalent to the cost of two LPG cylinders per year on Holi and Diwali.The people-centric decision aims to provide relief from inflation to economically weaker families, said the Chief Minister.The Chief Minister said that this scheme is part of the Delhi government’s policy of targeted, transpa…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) An amount of Rs 8,429.42 crore has been disbursed to 39,46,550 depositors of the Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies as on January 20, 2026, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Cooperation on Tuesday.The largest amount of Rs 2,228.27 crore has been refunded to depositors in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Rs 1,892.89 crore in Bihar, and Rs 847.67 crore to depositors in Jharkhand.The Supreme Court has ordered that an additional amount of Rs 5,000 crore be trans…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has cautioned that clearing and uploading unlisted identity documents as listed ones during hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal will be treated as “grave and deliberate” lapses by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs).Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the micro-observers appointed by the …
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) In a major reform aimed at removing long-standing administrative bottlenecks in agricultural lending, the Haryana government is set to launch a transparent and technology-driven rural credit system that will free farmers from the routine of running between banks and revenue offices for loan-related documentation, said state Financial Commissioner (Revenue) Sumita Misra on Friday. The government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with the Reserve Bank of India …
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several states and Union Territories (UTs). A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi concluded hearings on the matter, while issuing further directions to ensure transparency in the ongoing SIR exercise in Tamil Nadu.The clutc…