Infected blood scandal: ‘My husband died five weeks ago – compensation scheme is too late’
The government is due to announce what it says will be a “comprehensive” compensation scheme. Source link
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Ministers accept three-month deadline for infected blood scheme
A final compensation scheme could be running by the year’s end after ministers agree to a Labour-led demand. Source link
Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more
Youtube tutorials and a government scheme changes a brick kiln worker to a successful entrepreneur
A. Ayyanar and his wife Baby packing coloured sambrani cups at the couple’s manufacturing unit in Avadaiyarpattu near Vikravandi in Villupuram district | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar In a quaint village nestling amidst lush green fields, A. Ayyanar, 36, his wife Baby, 33, and other family members sit under an asbestos roofed-shed, packing incense sticks … Read more
A health scheme in Kerala that is bleeding hospitals dry
The outpatient ward at the Municipal Corporation Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public hospitals in Kerala are paying a heavy price for the State government’s administrative inefficiency in running Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), the health insurance scheme covering nearly 42 lakh families. The scheme that wins Kerala laurels from … Read more
Govt. gets ready to include ASHA and anganwadi workers/helpers in its Ayushman Bharat scheme
The decision to include healthcare workers in the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the presentation of the interim Union Budget. File After the Central government announced its decision to include Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi workers and helpers into the free cover for health … Read more
Shivamogga DCC Bank chairman appeals to farmers make use of interest-waiver scheme
Shivamogga District Cooperative Central Bank president R.M. Manjunath Gowda has appealed to the farmers to make use of the State government’s scheme to waive interest on medium- and long-term agriculture loans if the principal amount was paid before February 29. In a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Manjunath Gowda said the government took … Read more
Belagavi district administration to issue notice to service centres under Maharashtra scheme
The district administration has decided to issue notice to the common service centres functioning under the Maharashtra government’s Jyotiba Phule Health Insurance Scheme and also hospitals empanelled by the Maharashtra government in Belagavi district. Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil told journalists in Belagavi on Friday that he has already consulted senior officers in the State government … Read more
Zerodha Fund House launches India’s first growth liquid ETF. Here are the details
Zerodha Fund House on Wednesday announced a new scheme and India’s first growth liquid exchange-traded fund (ETF)—Zerodha Nifty 1D Rate Liquid ETF. The fund is expected to be listed on the NSE and BSE exchanges by January 24. The Zerodha Nifty 1D Rate Liquid ETF replicates the Nifty 1D Rate Index, which measures the returns … Read more
I’m 37 and am investing Rs 17K monthly in LIC Jeevan Umang. I am thinking of starting an SIP in a small-cap fund. Is this the right time to invest in mutual funds?
I am a 37-year-old professional. I started my MF investments 4 years ago. Currently, my portfolio has Rs 3,000 in the UTI Nifty 50 Index fund and 2K in the Mirae Asset emerging blue chip fund. The goal is wealth creation in another 7 years. Other than this I have been investing Rs 17,000 per … Read more