Govt aims to ringfence MSME sector, slash non-essential expenditures: Report

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:31 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the global headwinds, the government has made efforts to ringfence the MSME sector with various EPCLGS schemes, and would slash non-essential expenditures on the revenue side to make fiscal ends meet, rather than reducing capital expenditures, according to economists.

Over 1.20 crore senior citizens enrolled under ABVV scheme

IANS | June 6, 2026 3:11 PM

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) More than 1.20 crore senior citizens have been enrolled under the Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana scheme, which has delivered over 13.84 lakh treatments worth Rs 3,000 crore, the government said on Saturday.