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Tamil Nadu slashes petrol cess by Rs 3
Tamil Nadu Budget 2021: DMK in its election manifesto had promised to slash the price of petrol by Rs 5 per litre.
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MGNREGA wages likely to be hiked soon
The government is planning to overhaul the Consumer Price Index for agricultural (CPI-AL) and rural workers (CPI-RL).
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Not the time for conspicuous consumption
At times when 80 crore of our countrymen are dependent on delivery of free foodgrains to stave off hunger, conspicuous consumption is in poor taste
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Centre’s Covid-19 support triad: Direct cash benefit, free foodgrains, increased allocation for MNREGA
The free foodgrain scheme will run till Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced on June 7
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COVID-19: Rs 8 lakh crore package needed to support lower income groups, says report
The study found that nearly half of formal salaried workers moved into informal work between late 2019 and late 2020 and there was a decline in their
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Covid-19 second wave may result in more MGNREGA funding, says experts
The increased demand for the rural job guarantee scheme is a reflection of the ground reality that a large number of migrant labourers had to return t
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SBI report says April GST collection may be in range of Rs 1.15-1.20 lakh crore
The report also added that the all India GST E-way bills would cross 5.5 crore comfortably in April
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Excise from fuel can fund most of central government’s welfare schemes
While the revenues from the two fuels amounted to Rs 2.94 lakh crore in the first 10 months of the current fiscal, the expenditure of eight major welf
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COVID-19 impact: MGNREGA helps rein in rural unemployment from zooming
Demand for jobs under the scheme rose 12% in February over January
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Government may increase MGNREGA spend if need arises: Anurag Thakur
In the current fiscal, it has been raised massively from Rs 61,500 crore to Rs 1,11,500 crore to create additional jobs in the rural areas for those w
