New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A sharp exchange unfolded in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned the Centre’s urgency in introducing the Women’s Reservation Bill, raising concerns over the absence of a recent Census and alleging that the government is avoiding a caste-based enumeration.This came as the Centre introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, marking a significant legislative move during the ongoing special session of Parliament.Pa…
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Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, has strongly criticised the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise, terming it not a genuine reform but an attempt to consolidate political power. He also criticised the Centre for linking women’s reservation with the delimitation process.In a post on X, CM Stalin said the proposal to increase the number of parliamentary constituencies under the guise of delimitation runs contrary to the BJP’s own slogan of “minimum governm…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) has disbursed over Rs 40 lakh crore through 57.79 crore loans, marking 11 years of its implementation, the government said on Wednesday.The Ministry of Finance stated that the scheme which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, aimed at “funding the unfunded”, provides collateral-free loans of up to Rs 20 lakh to micro and small non-corporate, non-farm enterprises.Highlighting the progress, Finance Minister Nirmala S…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has achieved its highest-ever expenditure of Rs 11,810.82 crore during the financial year 2025-26.This represents a nearly 14 per cent increase over the expenditure of Rs 10,409.00 crore incurred in FY 2024-25, reflecting the Department’s strong focus on timely utilisation of funds for welfare-oriented schemes, according to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.“During FY 2025-26, the Department has also reco…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The National Agriculture Higher Education Project (NAHEP) launched by ICAR and the World Bank has raised graduate placement rates and expanded practical training and industry links, a new report has said.The report from the World Bank said graduate placement rates for agricultural degree courses in India rose from 41 per cent to 67 per cent between 2018 and 2023, supported by over 800 formal agreements with companies for internships and placements.About 27 per cent of a…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Indian Overseas Congress chief, Satyanarayan Pitroda, popularly known as ‘Sam’, on Thursday commented on the electoral process in India, saying he is “not convinced that elections in the country are conducted in a free and fair manner.””There is something not right with the whole process. Whether it is Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), electronic tampering, software modifications, voter lists, video recording, when you put th…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emphasised on the importance of Census 2027 which began on Wednesday, calling it necessary for government planning and policy implementation. The Congress, on its part, urged for the inclusion of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the census.Earlier, Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said that Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases — House Listing (HLO) and Popula…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has sanctioned more than 52.37 crore loans disbursing a total of Rs. 33.65 lakh crore since its launch in April 2015, according to an official fact-sheet.Around 70 per cent of loans went to women entrepreneurs and about 50 per cent to borrowers from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes, the fact-sheet said.A category‑wise breakdown of loan sanctions showed that Shishu loans account for 78 per cent of the number…
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday announced the constitution of five new cultural & development boards for Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities in the state.The CM Banerjee-led Trinamool government has set up cultural & development boards for one SC, two ST, and two OBC communities in Bengal.While the two ST communities for which the proposed cultural & development boards will be formed …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking implementation of the “creamy layer” principle within reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).A Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant, and comprising Justices R. Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the Union government as well as state governments and Union Territory (UT) administrations in the matter, and tagged…