NARENDRA MODI PM MODI"S NEW YEAR SPOS TO COST GOVERNMANT RS 3500 CRORE

"The overall business enterprise impact of of these measures proclaimed by the PM on New Year's Eve, are going to be around Rs three,500 large integer annually, that is smallest compared to the social and economic advantages," SBI analysis same during a note.
Mumbai: the govt. can ought to create a further fund provision to the tune of Rs three,500 large integer to purchase the slew of welfare measures proclaimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the poor, pregnant girls and farmers on the eve of the yr, says a report.

"The overall business enterprise impact of of these measures proclaimed by the PM on New Year's Eve, are going to be around Rs three,500 large integer annually, that is smallest compared to the social and economic advantages," SBI analysis same during a note on Tuesday.

PM Modi proclaimed a slew of schemes for multiple beneficiaries last Saturday, during a bid to melt the blow of demonetization drive between Nov eight and December thirty.


In what sounded like a mini-Budget speech, PM Modi proclaimed interest subventions for agricultural loans, monetary help of Rs six,000 for pregnant girls and a rise within the range of homes being designed for poor by a 3rd, among others.

The note same the interest subvention on agri loans can lead to a business enterprise burden of Rs one,300 crore, schemes for ladies and kids are going to be a business enterprise drag of another Rs one,200 large integer and therefore the advantages beneath the PM Awas Yojana can value Rs one,000 large integer to finances.

PM Modi had proclaimed loans of up to Rs nine large integer taken within the yr beneath 2 new theme -- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -- can receive interest subvention of four per cent and loan of upto Rs twelve large integer can get a three per cent interest relinquishment.

For rural areas, the quantity of homes being designed for poor are going to be enhanced by thirty three per cent. additionally, ANother theme is being place in situ for the neo-middle and bourgeois in rural areas wherever loans up to Rs two large integer for brand new housing loans or extension can receive an interest subvention of three per cent.

Farmers can get sixty days interest relinquishment on crop loans taken for the Rabi sowing and people WHO have already paid can come back to the cash into their accounts to the tune of the three per cent interest relinquishment.

They will get even higher access to loans from cooperative societies with the govt. adding Rs twenty,000 large integer to the Rs twenty one,000 large integer fund created by Nabard last month

Now A Mobile App For Hajj Application Process

MUMBAI -- Giving a digital push to the Hajj application process for the first time, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here today launched a mobile application which will provide information and facilitate e-payments for the pilgrimage.

"It is for the first time that Hajj application process is going to be digital," Naqvi said during the launch of the event at Hajj House in south Mumbai.

"This is a major initiative in the government's 'Digital India' programme," he said.

"The Ministry of Minority Affairs has joined Digital India campaign in a big way. We have made several processes regarding Hajj digital/online. The Central government has been encouraging online applications for next Hajj so that people can get an opportunity for the pilgrimage with complete transparency and comfort," Naqvi said

Nandita Das Separates From Husband Subodh Maskara After 7 years Of Marriage

Mumbai, Jan 2 (PTI) Actress Nandita Das and her entrepreneur-turned-actor husband Subodh Maskara have decided to part ways after seven years of marriage.

Nandita and Subodh have a six-year-old son, Vihaan.

"After seven years of marriage Subodh and I have decided to separate amicably. Our son is our foremost priority... It is true that separation is never easy, more so if you have a child. But I am glad that ours is very amicable. For us, our son is our main concern and we are committed to ensuring his well-being, and I hope that our privacy will be respected at this time," Nandita said in a statement to PTI today.

Nandita's first marriage was with Saumya Sen in 2002. They got divorced in 2007. The actress tied the knot with Subodh in 2010.

Known for largely doing independent films, Nandita made her directorial debut with 2008's critically-acclaimed Firaaq. She's currently working on a biopic of celebrated author Saadat Hasan Manto, in which Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be seen playing the titular role

Modi's Assistance For Pregnant Women More Modest Than Many Existing Schemes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a Rs 6,000 cash benefit to pregnant women sounds promising, but might actually be a more modest effort than existing government schemes.

India's first nation-wide scheme to provide cash assistance to pregnant women was the National Maternity Benefits Scheme (1995) which paid Rs 500 to poor women (with Below Poverty Line cards) before their deliveries, to meet the cost of the delivery.

Since 2005, the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) pays Rs 1400 to poor women who deliver in a hospital, for the first two deliveries. National schemes for handloom weavers and handicraft artisans provide maternity benefits of Rs 2,500 for the first two deliveries. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana has since 2005 covered hospitalisation up to Rs 30,000 for BPL households More recently, the National Food Security Act (2013) mandated the payment of no less than Rs 6,000 to all pregnant women, irrespective of their income status, but has not yet been operationalised.

The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana being run on a pilot basis since 2010 in 53 districts provides Rs 4,000 to pregnant women conditional on them meeting some requirements including vaccinations and counselling, and is also income-neutral. The JSY payment for a safe delivery is in addition to these two proposed schemes