The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched on May 9, 2015, with the objective of providing old-age income security to workers in the unorganised sector
The government may hike the one-time stipend amount provided to interns under the PM Internship Scheme (PMIS), sources say. Currently, the central government provides a direct-benefit-transfer of Rs 6,000 to a new intern, which may be raised by Rs 1,000-2,000.
Ahead of Budget 2026, agriculture and agritech stakeholders are calling for higher spending on green infrastructure, faster digital adoption, value chain modernisation and a shift toward nutrition led farming.
Cities like Surat, Ghaziabad, Indore, Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Pimpri-Chinchwad have already tapped municipal green bonds to fund urban projects
The planned increase would mark a sharp recalibration of capital spending, with safety works likely to account for nearly half of total railway capex in FY27.
Sources say proposal includes capex- and output-linked subsidies, separate from existing drone PLI scheme
Consistent convergence between estimates and actuals signals further expansion of the flagship health insurance scheme
Sinha backed the FM's claim that the average real income of the people has increased by fifty per cent and noted that the government calculated it based on the changes in income over the last 10 years.
If the last 20 years have been terrific for India, the next two decades will see four times the progress, says Jayant Sinha, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.
According to Sinha, the pillars of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term at the helm of the government would be digitisation, decarbonisation, inclusion, urbanisation, and innovation