Morning Digest | Inflation soars near eight-year high to 7.8% in April; 90 lakh Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries do not get refills, and more
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Inflation soars near eight-year high to 7.8% in April; India adopted people-centric strategy against pandemic
Inflation faced by Indian consumers shot up to a nearly eight-year high of 7.8% in April from 6.95% in March, with rural inflation accelerating to 8.4% and urban parts of the country experiencing 7.1% inflation, as per data released by the National Statistical Office on Thursday.
India adopted people-centric strategy against pandemic, says PM Modi at second global virtual COVID summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on May 12, 2022, addressed the second global virtual summit on COVID-19. It was hosted by the U.S. government. While addressing the summit, Mr. Modi said, “India’s vaccination programme is largest in world.”
Ujjwala scheme | 90 lakh beneficiaries do not get refills
In the last financial year, 90 lakh beneficiaries of the Narendra Modi government’s flagship welfare scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana did not refill their cylinders. And over one crore beneficiaries refilled their cylinders only once. These revelations come in the backdrop of the much-feted “labharthi” or beneficiary class which reportedly voted in good numbers for the BJP in the recent elections, especially in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
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