Judgment of the Calcutta High Court in the matter of Yeasin Molla & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/09/2023. The petitioners are the ration card holders and members of Priority Household under the National Food Security Act, 2015. In the instant writ petition the petitioners have challenged …
This report focuses on a detailed IT strategy for PDS including the institutional structures and processes required for effective use of IT in PDS as well as an implementable solution of direct transfer of subsidies on food and kerosene to intended beneficiaries. While this Report does not dwell into the …
Smart cards already in use for the insurance scheme for the poor can also be used to transfer food subsidy The government of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)… is now internationally recognised for its innovative approach to harnessing information technology to reach the poor, says the World Bank in …
KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: The state food and supplies department has decided to introduce digitised ration cards and computerise the entire public distribution system (PDS) to prevent forgery and duplication of ration cards. The computerisation of the entire PDS involves four stages ~ digitisation of ration cards, godown management, monitoring lifting …
Even as the common man feels the heat of the petrol price hike, the state finance department has a reason to smile. The income from the sales tax on the hiked petrol price to the state government is expected to Rs194 crore a year. The windfall in the rest of …
Oil companies blame it on rising under-recoveries and increase in international crude oil prices Faced with the rising under-recoveries and continuing increase in the international crude prices, the oil marketing companies announced an increase of Rs. 3.14 in petrol prices on Thursday. The cost of petrol will be Rs. 66.84 …
In an attempt to curtail the ballooning subsidy bill, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet on September 16 to take a decision on curtailing the supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to domestic households to between 4 and 6 per year. The government …
Students in some rural areas of Karnataka used to literally burn oil, with no electricity at home. No longer. They can carry a few watts from school. Selco Labs, the innovation and incubation arm of Selco Solar Pvt Ltd, is behind a pilot initiative at some rural schools in the …
Diesel consumers in India pay lower prices than their American counterparts. But, petrol due to the high tax component is priced higher in India than in the US. Petrol in India is sold at Rs 20.88 a litre higher than in the US, while diesel is cheaper by Rs 4.55 …
Soon consumers may have to shell out more money for water and electricity apart from cooking gas, kerosene and diesel, if the Planning Commission has its way. The panel’s deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that since import dependence would continue in the coming years, there was a need …
Even as results of a pilot study on direct cash transfers in lieu of rations are still awaited, postal staff in Delhi are getting slum-dwellers to open accounts. “We are being asked to pay Rs 50 and submit two photos, after which money will be transferred in our post office …
If you pay income tax or own a scooter, car or a house, you will soon be limited to four subsidised gas cylinders a year, if a proposal informally approved by an empowered Group of Ministers on Monday night is finally implemented. Seeking to address a ballooning subsidy bill, the …
New Delhi Prices of the fuel have gone up 33% since being decontrolled last year Easing global crude oil price — $103 a barrel on Monday, down from an average $113 a barrel in the first quarter — has nearly covered the losses that retailers IOC, HPCL and BPCL make …
An Empowered Group of Ministers has in-principle accepted the interim report of the Task Force on Direct Transfer of Subsidies on Kerosene, LPG, and Fertiliser. The Ministerial Panel on the financial health of the public sector oil companies, headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, which met on Monday, …
Restricting the supply of subsidised cooking fuel may no longer be a politically difficult task, with a Parliamentary panel asking the government to do away with the sale of subsidised domestic LPG to people with more than Rs 6 lakh annual income. If the recommendation goes through, those with income …
Persons having an annual income of more than Rs 6 lakh may not get subsidised cooking gas, if the suggestion of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas has its way. Currently, domestic LPG (14.2 kg) cylinder is being sold at Rs 395.35 in Delhi, almost Rs 247 lower …
With passenger cars consuming about 15 per cent of the diesel, the Government today indicated that it might do away with the subsidy enjoyed by such vehicle owners. “...we can accept your (Opposition) suggestion and try to work out what mechanism could be found out so that this section (diesel …
After a steep hike of Rs 50 on the prices of each cooking gas cylinder last month, another increase of Rs 4 has been done earlier this month owing to an increase in a dealer
Collector Sagayam assures to look into farmers' complaint A group of farmers' from Varichiyur and surrounding blocks complained to Collector U. Sagayam at the grievances redressal day meeting about the pollution caused in their locality by many marble polishing units. The petitioners alleged that these units let off their waste …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has reiterated its demand for reduction of VAT on diesel and petrol to give relief to the common people. Several states have taken such a decision to lessen the burden on common people, OPCC spokesman Ashok Samal said and added that the State …
