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Ministry rejects smart card plan for unorganised
workers
The government’s plan to provide social security smart cards to workers in the
unorganised sector has hit a roadblock for the second time with the Finance
Ministry rejecting the latest Labour Ministry proposal to issue one card per family
as an impractical idea.
The Unorganised Workers’ Identification Number (U-WIN) scheme, first mooted
in September 2014, proposed to provide a smart card to the unorganised workers
for entitled to benefits under various schemes such as Rashtriya Swasthya Bima
Yojana (RSBY) and Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) as well as the Atal Pension
Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
16th - 17th Feb
Clean cities
Mysuru retains cleanest city tag
Mysuru city in Karnataka retained the top position in Swachh Bharat Rankings for
2015
Compared to the 2014 rankings, Chandigarh has replaced Tiruchirapalli of Tamil
Nadu in the second rank while Dhanbad of Jharkhand is reeling at the 73rd slot,
the lowest rank.
INS Viraat makes a final splash
In what is probably her last port of call, INS Viraat, the oldest operational aircraft
carrier in the world, dropped anchor in Chennai.
Commissioned as HMS Hermes as part of the Royal Navy, she was in the thick of
action during the Falklands campaign in 1982.
After serving the United Kingdom for almost 28 years since 1959, the carrier was
inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Viraat in 1987.
Ministry rejects smart card plan for unorganised
workers
The government’s plan to provide social security smart cards to workers in the
unorganised sector has hit a roadblock for the second time with the Finance
Ministry rejecting the latest Labour Ministry proposal to issue one card per family
as an impractical idea.
The Unorganised Workers’ Identification Number (U-WIN) scheme, first mooted
in September 2014, proposed to provide a smart card to the unorganised workers
for entitled to benefits under various schemes such as Rashtriya Swasthya Bima
Yojana (RSBY) and Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) as well as the Atal Pension
Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
16th - 17th Feb
Clean cities
Mysuru retains cleanest city tag
Mysuru city in Karnataka retained the top position in Swachh Bharat Rankings for
2015
Compared to the 2014 rankings, Chandigarh has replaced Tiruchirapalli of Tamil
Nadu in the second rank while Dhanbad of Jharkhand is reeling at the 73rd slot,
the lowest rank.
INS Viraat makes a final splash
In what is probably her last port of call, INS Viraat, the oldest operational aircraft
carrier in the world, dropped anchor in Chennai.
Commissioned as HMS Hermes as part of the Royal Navy, she was in the thick of
action during the Falklands campaign in 1982.
After serving the United Kingdom for almost 28 years since 1959, the carrier was
inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Viraat in 1987.
