The Social Welfare Department has stopped disbursement of pension to 60,000 beneficiaries.
The social welfare department will verify the names of the beneficiaries from the Central pool. It was alleged that several beneficiaries had multiple pension cards.Both the Centre and the state contribute towards the pension scheme.Around Rs 800 crore is spent annually on the pension scheme by the government.
There is relief on the way for mobile phone users, particularly senior citizens, facing difficulties in complying with the Supreme Court’s order linking Aadhaar with mobiles as proxy authorisation may soon be permitted for the purpose. The options being considered by the government in consultation with telecom companies include use of online OTP (one time password) for mobile […]
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has appointed Aseem Sawhney, the lawyer representing the main accused in the Kathua rape and murder case, as the additional advocate general (AAG). Sawhney had previously been inducted as deputy advocate general by the state. According to The Indian Express, Sawhney on Tuesday said that he has not appeared in the case […]
After playing gully cricket or at a local level, some of the aspiring cricketers of Bareilly are all geared up to exhibit their skills on a national platform as the season 3 of Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh Cricket Championship League 2018 is about to kick off from March 25 to 31. This is the first time that the tournament […]