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Telangana Joins Free Rice Scheme

The Telangana government has recently made the decision to join the free rice scheme of the Central government...

📅 January 5, 2023

RBI surplus transfer to government – Update (May, 2022)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board recently approved the transfer of ₹30,307 crores to the central government...

📅 May 24, 2022

New Zealand set to consolidate healthcare into National service

On April 21, 2021 the New Zealand government announced that it is to consolidate the fragmented health system...

📅 April 21, 2021

Operation Green: 50% Freight Subsidy for agricultural perishables

The Ministry of Food Processing and the ministry of Railways have jointly provided subsidised rate of 50% for...

📅 October 15, 2020

Union Cabinet approves Nutrient Based Subsidy

On April 22, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved to fix Nutrient Based Subsidies for Phosphatic Potassic fertilizers. Highlights...

📅 April 23, 2020

IISD: India’s Renewable Subsidies decline by 35%

The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CCEW) and International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) recently released a...

📅 April 19, 2020

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Rs 5,000 crores transferred for free delivery of LPG

The GoI has so far transferred Rs 5,000 crores to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). This has been...

📅 April 13, 2020

India appeals against WTO panel’s ruling on export promotion schemes

On 18 Nov, India appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel’s ruling that had recommended...

📅 November 20, 2019

Agri Reform: Replacing Subsidies with Direct Benefit Transfer

As part of rationalising the subsidies time and again it has been suggested that replacing subsidies with the...

📅 July 23, 2019

New index to Assess Quality of Central and State Budgets

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come out with a Fiscal Performance Index to assess the quality...

📅 June 7, 2019

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