By Sujit Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer an award on Tripura’s Mandwai block on April 21 in New Delhi for best performance in financial inclusion and financial literacy. Incidentally, the tribal dominated area had been till recently plagued by insurgency apart from widespread ethnic riots in 1980s in which hundreds died. “When it comes to financial inclusion of ...
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End Haj subsidy, educate Muslims instead: SC tells Govt
The country’s apex court has directed the government to phase out subsidy paid to Muslims to make a Haj visit in a decade and use the amount for social and educational development of the community. Currently, the government foots Rs. 38,000 per person and last year the amount was at Rs 685 crore for about 1.25 lakh pilgrims. A Supreme ...
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