Social Welfare Schemes

The government is deliberating on making a special identity card for transgender community members that will help in liking them with various social welfare schemes, a member of the recently-constituted National Council for Transgender Persons said

India needs a pilot evaluation to test the impact of a universal basic income before such a scheme makes it to parliamentary debates and legislation

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce today its judgement on the vexatious issue whether the right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right under the Constitution

That EPFO has added 10.13 million new subscribers in the first six months of this year because of an amnesty is further proof that India's employment data is a mess

Latest official numbers reveal that the EPFO subscriber base rose 26% in the last six months from 38 million to 48.1 million

Supreme Court said it would take action if there was a specific instance where such benefits had been denied in the absence of Aadhaar

Governments that are interested in scaling up social security schemes prefer universal coverage

Govt plans to extend the use of Aadhaar number to various social welfare schemes

The Union minister's letter to the commission is an apparent bid to woo electorate ahead of 2014 general election

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