Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh govt has linked 4.25 lakh families — around 34% of identified beneficiaries — with all welfare schemes they are eligible for under the ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign launched in 2024, officials said.Officials said the coverage is expected to rise by nearly 30% once targets under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are achieved.Among districts,…
Lucknow: At a meeting with divisional commissioners and district magistrates on Wednesday, chief secretary SP Goyal said that 35 crore saplings are to be planted across the state under Vriksharopan Mahayagya-2026 on July 12, for which all preparations need to be completed before time.“Participation of school students should be prioritised. All departments should ensure geo-tagging…
CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks in the assembly on Tuesday CM Suvendu Adhikari during Assembly budget session Kolkata: “Along with Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikaas, there will also be Sabka Hisaab. This is the motto of our govt,” CM Suvendu Adhikari said while speaking on the Governor’s budget session address in the Assembly on Tuesday. He…
Radhika Bhue and her son, Japa Balangir: A day after the Supreme Court directed the Odisha govt to provide a free PMAY house and old-age pension to 80-year-old Radhika Bhue and her visually impaired son Japa Bhue (56), state officials on Wednesday reached Bagdia village under Binika block in Subarnapur district with immediate assistance and…
Patna: A 75-year-old woman from Muzaffarpur has been left without her old-age pension for the past three months after she was wrongly declared dead in official records.A beneficiary of the Mukhyamantri Vriddhjan Pension Yojana, Pavitar Devi alleged her pension was stopped without any prior notice. When she approached officials, she was informed that a verification…
Berhampur: Eighty-seven-year-old Sasibhusan Moharana of Boripadar in Ganjam district’s Kaithakhandi panchayat is very worried. He has not received his monthly old-age pension under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for the last two months. He goes to the bank every alternate day to inquire about it.Similarly, B.Dandasi Reddy (75) of Kotharsing in Rangeilunda block is also…
Namakkal: Tamilaga Vettrik Kazhagam (TVK) MLA C S Dilip has courted controversy by refusing to accept petitions from two elderly women seeking old age pensions during his visit to Azaghu Nagar in ward 34 recently.The women approached Dilip on Friday with folded hands but were stunned when he returned their petitions and asked them to…
ClearedNamakkal: Tamilaga Vettrik Kazhagam (TVK) MLA C S Dilip has courted controversy by refusing to accept petitions from two elderly women seeking old age pensions during his visit to Azaghu Nagar in ward 34 recently.The women approached Dilip on Friday with folded hands but were stunned when he returned their petitions and asked them to…
Prayagraj: To ease the verification system of elderly citizens in order to avail their pension, the state govt has launched a system for the automatic identification through the ‘Family ID’ initiative.Senior citizens who suffer from various age-related ailments will no longer have to be physically present in govt offices for verification, and the entire system…
