Harikishan Sharma

Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB—G RAM G, will increase workdays for rural households to 125 but shift 40% of the cost to the states.

A government-commissioned evaluation showed that the Centre's Rs 200–500 monthly pension has lost nearly half its purchasing power since 2012, recommending a new inflation-linked National Floor Pension.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has authored a book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled ‘Apnapan'.

The onion procurement will be undertaken by the two cooperative bodies — the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF).

The safeguard, called “Tender premium”, refers to the additional amount quoted by a project bidder that is higher than the Government's estimated cost.

Says implement reforms with vigour, Viksit Bharat 2047 is a commitment

Under VB–G RAM G, the Centre has planned normative allocation of funds; under MGNREGS, states were provided money based on demand for unskilled work

VB-G RAM G rules introduce 125 days of guaranteed work, revised fund-sharing, DBT wage payments and a new allocation formula for states.

Reversing a decade of steady declines, households saw their out-of-pocket medical spending spike sharply to 43.4 per cent according to 'National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2022-23'.

Proportion of obese women jumps 6.7 percentage points; 4.4 for men