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Karnataka Councillor Has 500 kg Jewellery And A Below Poverty Line Card
A magistrate court has declared as null and void the election of a JD(S) councillor to a local body here, after he did not rebut the petitioner's claims of possessing 500 kg ornaments despite having a BPL card.
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Holding Below Poverty Line Card When Ineligible To Face Action In Karnataka
The Karnataka government on Monday asked people possessing Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards, despite being ineligible on account of owning either a two wheeler, TV, fridge or over five acres of land, to surrender them before March 31 or face legal action.
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Why This Bihar Village Has Boycotted Their Ration Shop Dealer
It's been a week since people of Katihar's Labha, a village about 300 kilometers from Patna, has boycotted 45-year-old Mohd Akhtar and his family. Mr Akhtar runs a Fair Price Shop which is responsible for distributing essential grains at subsidised rates under the government's Public Distribution System.
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Karnataka government, opposition in war of words over rice scheme
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched the ambitious 'Anna Bhagya' scheme in Bangalore. The scheme covers nearly 1 crore families which have the below poverty line or BPL ration card, where in each family can get upto 30 kilos of rice at Re 1 per kg. The scheme will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 4400 crore a year.
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Ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress promises interest-free farm loan, laptops to students
The Congress today promised interest-free loans to farmers, free laptops to pre-university students and rice at Re one per kg to Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders if it came to power in Karnataka, where Assembly elections will take place on May 5.
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This legislator has an SUV, owns gold but is still below the poverty line
Srinath Soren is a legislator from Odisha's ruling party, the Biju Janata Dal. He drives an SUV, owns property and gold and even has life insurance. Mr Soren also has a BPL card in his name which declares him a very poor man entitled to subsidised rations.
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BPL card holders in Delhi to get 12 subsidised cooking gas cylinders
In good news for BPL cardholders and other marginalised sections, the Delhi government today decided to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinder for them from nine to 12.
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Kerala takes steps to check prices of foodgrains
The Kerala government on Thursday decided to start more fair price shops for selling vegetables and essential commodities and make available more rice to both below poverty line (BPL) and above poverty line (APL) card holders to check the spurt in the prices of food items.
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Maharashtra: Manipulating poverty data
It may be one of the richest states in the country but Maharashtra is also known for its sharp inequalities. National data shows that poverty in Maharashtra is rising. Yet, strangely, Maharashtra has slashed the number of families below the poverty line by over two and a half lakhs in the last one year. The state is grappling with farmers' suicides...
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BPL cards for city's AIDS patients
In a major initiative, the Delhi State AIDS council has decided to provide Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards to HIV and AIDS patients irrespective of their economic status.
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Keeping a check on your pulse!
Everyone in Andhra Pradesh is below the poverty line. At least that's the indication given by the huge numbers of white ration cards meant for BPL families.
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Karnataka Councillor Has 500 kg Jewellery And A Below Poverty Line Card
A magistrate court has declared as null and void the election of a JD(S) councillor to a local body here, after he did not rebut the petitioner's claims of possessing 500 kg ornaments despite having a BPL card.
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Holding Below Poverty Line Card When Ineligible To Face Action In Karnataka
The Karnataka government on Monday asked people possessing Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards, despite being ineligible on account of owning either a two wheeler, TV, fridge or over five acres of land, to surrender them before March 31 or face legal action.
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Why This Bihar Village Has Boycotted Their Ration Shop Dealer
It's been a week since people of Katihar's Labha, a village about 300 kilometers from Patna, has boycotted 45-year-old Mohd Akhtar and his family. Mr Akhtar runs a Fair Price Shop which is responsible for distributing essential grains at subsidised rates under the government's Public Distribution System.
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Karnataka government, opposition in war of words over rice scheme
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched the ambitious 'Anna Bhagya' scheme in Bangalore. The scheme covers nearly 1 crore families which have the below poverty line or BPL ration card, where in each family can get upto 30 kilos of rice at Re 1 per kg. The scheme will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 4400 crore a year.
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Ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress promises interest-free farm loan, laptops to students
The Congress today promised interest-free loans to farmers, free laptops to pre-university students and rice at Re one per kg to Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders if it came to power in Karnataka, where Assembly elections will take place on May 5.
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This legislator has an SUV, owns gold but is still below the poverty line
Srinath Soren is a legislator from Odisha's ruling party, the Biju Janata Dal. He drives an SUV, owns property and gold and even has life insurance. Mr Soren also has a BPL card in his name which declares him a very poor man entitled to subsidised rations.
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BPL card holders in Delhi to get 12 subsidised cooking gas cylinders
In good news for BPL cardholders and other marginalised sections, the Delhi government today decided to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinder for them from nine to 12.
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Kerala takes steps to check prices of foodgrains
The Kerala government on Thursday decided to start more fair price shops for selling vegetables and essential commodities and make available more rice to both below poverty line (BPL) and above poverty line (APL) card holders to check the spurt in the prices of food items.
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Maharashtra: Manipulating poverty data
It may be one of the richest states in the country but Maharashtra is also known for its sharp inequalities. National data shows that poverty in Maharashtra is rising. Yet, strangely, Maharashtra has slashed the number of families below the poverty line by over two and a half lakhs in the last one year. The state is grappling with farmers' suicides...
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BPL cards for city's AIDS patients
In a major initiative, the Delhi State AIDS council has decided to provide Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards to HIV and AIDS patients irrespective of their economic status.
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Keeping a check on your pulse!
Everyone in Andhra Pradesh is below the poverty line. At least that's the indication given by the huge numbers of white ration cards meant for BPL families.
