Direct cash benefit scheme for LPG consumers put in abeyance

The scheme provided the hope that the Aadhaar number would be leveraged for cash transfer of subsidy only to the intended beneficiaries and would plug leakages. By AP Hota Reportedly, the government of India is planning to suspend the Scheme of Direct Cash ...

A new money transfer scheme championed by Chancellor George Osborne allows bank account holders to deposit cash right from the comfort of their home or office by simply emailing the picture of a completed cheque. Officials said that the change, which is ...

Odisha has sought an extension of the deadline for implementing the direct transfer of cash subsidy scheme for Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in the state as many people do not have Aadhaar cards, a top officer said Sunday.Odisha Chief Secretary J.K.

NEW DELHI: The Annshree Yojana, a flagship scheme of the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government, is all set to wind up in the new financial year. The monthly cash subsidy of Rs 600 under the cash-for-food programme for one lakh beneficiaries, which ...

In a setback to a UPA project touted as a game-changer, government today suspended the ambitious scheme to pay LPG subsidy in cash to consumers directly but raised the quota of subsidised cooking gas to 12 cylinders per household in a year. Announcing the ...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched ‘Dhanalakshmi’- A conditional Cash Transfer Scheme for Girl Child on 03rd March, 2008 on a pilot basis to provide a set of staggered financial incentives for families to ...

Three large banks — Bangkok Bank (BBL), Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and Kasikornbank (KBank) — are reaping a windfall from the current run on deposits at the state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB), with a large portion of the 30 billion baht ...

New Zealand residents with foreign retirement savings have been granted extra time to transfer them to New Zealand schemes to avoid hefty tax bills. Revenue Minister Todd McClay this morning announced key changes to the Taxation (Annual Rates, ...

ENTERPRISE Bank Limited, at the weekend, reiterated its readiness to improved service delivery as the cash-less policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) enters into its second year of implementation. The bank assured it customers ...