Monday, September 2, 2013

Government paid private insurer crores in premium for ghost beneficiaries

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

Nearly all the dailies have reported extensively on Asaram Bapus arrest and detention. The Tribune, quoting police sources writes that though he has denied the charges, there are things proving his involvement.

The Times of India says that in a move to help curb oil imports, Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has stated that the government is considering various proposals including shutting petrol pumps at night.

The Hindustan Times, encouraging people to get an aadhar card to reap LPG subsidy benefits writes that the government is on an overdrive to route the cooking gas subsidy through Direct Benefits Transfer.

"India calls off IAF chief's Beijing visit" reports the Hindustan Times adding that this signals India's reluctance to go into "diplomatic overdrive" to engage Beijing in the wake of increased Chinese aggression along the line of actual control.

"Government paid private insurer crores in premium for ghost beneficiaries" writes the Hindu. The paper says that the discovery of major irregularities suggests poor supervision of key welfare programmes intended for the rural poor is leading to direct cash transfer of money from the exchequer to private insurance companies.

"Community aid helps Muslims crack UPSC" says the Times of India, writing that of the 31 Muslims who cleared the exam, 12 received community coaching.

The Hindu reports that in a dare-devil act, serial rapist Jaishankar (38), who was recently sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a rape and murder case, escaped from the Bangalore Central Prison early on Sunday.

"Sachin to quit after playing 200th test at home against West Indies? "asks the Times of India, in its lead headline. The report says that the series is in November and the 2nd test may be in Mumbai.

In a report titled "young smokers", the Times of India writes that in a study conducted on 10,000 healthy men smoking individuals across India, it was found that worsening air quality has led to Indian's having 30 percent weaker Lung function than Europeans.

And finally, advising job hunters to work on their sense of humour, the Times of India writes that research clearly indicates that candidates with this quality are more likely to be hired.

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