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Government and Policy

Assam government plans to spend Rs 800 crore on Arundhati scheme to discourage child marriages in the state

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

According to the Arundhati scheme, every bride from Economically Weaker Section(EWS) will get 10gms of gold free

News Reports

With tomato becoming precious commodity in Pakistan, a Pakistani bride trolls economy by wearing tomato jewellery at her wedding

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

A video has gone viral on social media where a bride in Pakistani is wearing tomato jewellery at her wedding as tomatoes retail at Rs 320/kg

Fact-Check

Government clarifies that there is no ‘Gold Amnesty Scheme’ after media publishes misleading reports

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Media houses had reported earlier today that the government may soon announce a 'gold amnesty scheme' which will fix a holding limit for gold and will tax Indians over a certain amount of gold.

News Reports

Reserve Bank of India clarifies that it has not sold any gold or trading in it, refutes the ET report categorically

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2019

Tweaking its headline a bit, the ET had falsely reported that RBI has begun to sell some of its gold again despite their own reports suggested that RBI had bought more gold rather than selling from its reserves.

Law