Meera Iyer

Meera reports on housing, urban development, and employment guarantee schemes, with a focus on how state and central programmes work together.

Articles by Meera Iyer

9 articles

The Soil Health Card Scheme provides crop-specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers. Learn how to test your soil, download your card, and…

Apply for the PM YASASVI Scholarship Scheme 2026. Students from OBC, EBC, and DNT categories can get up to ₹1,25,000 per year based on merit. No…

Open a Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) account in 2026 for your daughter. Get a tax-free 8.2% interest rate. Check SSY rules, maturity period,…

Understand the exact cash benefits under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). See the breakdown for Rural vs Urban, LPS vs HPS states, and the role of…

Decode the PM Vishwakarma Yojana. See the exact list of 18 eligible trades, how to get the ₹15,000 toolkit e-voucher, and the 5% interest loan…

PMAY-Urban 2.0 is live! Learn how the new Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS) replaces CLSS. Get exact home loan limits, eligibility rules, and the…

Is the PMGSY road in your village broken or poorly built? Learn how to force the contractor to fix it using the government's official "Meri Sadak"…

Understand the reality of Ujjwala 2.0 in 2026. Learn about the new 4-cylinder subsidy cap, how the ₹300 DBT works, and the exact documents needed to…

Master the NPS in 2026. Understand the new 80% lump sum withdrawal rule for non-government subscribers, the extra ₹50,000 Section 80CCD(1B) tax…