Sunday, June 2, 2013

3366 - News Items on Direct Cash Transfer Dated 31st May 2013

Deccan Chronicle
Though the last date for Aadhaar enrolment has been extended to August 31, the implementation of cash transfer in the first phase is going to begin from June 1. It is learnt that Aadhaar seeding (linkage) is expected to bring down LPG connections to 8 ...

Firstpost
Cash transfers to the poor, so the cynics would have us believe, are a bad idea because they will be misused. Men will divert money for food, education and health to alcohol and tobacco consumption. Don't think, they say, that giving money to the woman ...

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, today strongly endorsed the government's cash transfer scheme to replace indirect subsidies. Addressing a conference on 'Unconditional Cash Transfers' organised by UNICEF in ...

Newstrack India
New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday, backed the government's cash transfer scheme (CTS), which has been accepted by economists as the most efficient method of delivering ...

Star of Mysore
Mysore, May 30- Owing to the election code of conduct in force in Periyapatna, Mysore city has missed the opportunity of being the first district in the country where the Aadhaar-linked Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme of cash subsidy on cooking gas ...

Hindu Business Line
The Unique Identification Authority of India has extended the deadline for direct cash transfer of LPG subsidy from June 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013 to certain districts in Andhra Pradesh. According to a statement from the authority, this grace period ...


Times of India
HYDERABAD: The Centre has finally made clear how the direct cash transfer of LPG subsidy would take place in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Anantapur, Chittoor and East Godavari districts from June 1. Consumers, who have already linked their Aadhaar ...