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States’ record uneven in ensuring food during lockdown
Only a handful of states ensured complete and consistent distribution of additional foodgrains under the lockdown food security scheme in April and May
3 min read10 Jun 2020Panel to examine DoT’s bid to raise NFS budget by Rs11,000 crore
The department of telecom wants to increase the budget for setting up the network for spectrum (NFS) project by about Rs11,300 crore in addition to around Rs13,334 crore approved earlier
1 min read2 Oct 2017Lawyer Zoheb Hossain to assist Delhi HC on issues of ration benefits under Aadhaar
Delhi HC directs advocate Zoheb Hossain to meet people who were being excluded from ration benefits due to the mandatory nature of Aadhaar
1 min read25 May 2017Aadhaar made mandatory to ensure poor get food: Centre tells Delhi HC
The central government tells the Delhi high court that the Aadhaar card was made mandatory for getting subsidised food grain through the Public Distribution System
1 min read24 Apr 2017Govt allocates Rs13,000 crore to DoT for BharatNet, NFS
Govt has set a target to provide high speed broadband connectivity across one lakh gram panchayats by March 2017 and in rest of the 1.5 lakh panchayats by 2018
1 min read13 Feb 2017Why Kerala may find implementation of food security Act a Herculean task
Over 700,000 people have already complained about being left out of the list of beneficiaries eligible for subsidized food, says Kerala's food minister P. Thilothaman
3 min read4 Nov 2016Tamil Nadu govt to implement National Food Security Act from 1 November
Tamil Nadu will have to bear an additional expenditure of Rs1,193.30 crore per year for implementing the Food Security Act
1 min read28 Oct 2016PDS in Bihar: The road ahead
It is important to move beyond leakage rates to discuss other issues in the public distribution system
4 min read3 Nov 2015Game review: Need for Speed: No Limits
This is the first Need for Speed game built specifically for mobile platforms, and is now available on iOS and Android
3 min read5 Oct 2015Rethinking conditional maternal entitlements
There is a need to evaluate whether implementing a cash transfer programme has become the end
3 min read25 Sep 2015Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared