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Congress's 3rd Guarantee Ahead Of Karnataka Polls: 10 kg Free Rice To Poor
With Assembly polls round the corner, the Congress in Karnataka on Friday announced its third "guarantee" of providing free 10 kg of rice per month to each BPL (Below Poverty Line) family member, under 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, to fulfil its commitment t
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Delhi Government Told To Provide Free Food, Treatment To Poor HIV Patients
Delhi High Court has directed the city government to ensure free food and medical treatment to HIV-positive persons living below the poverty line.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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First Phase Of Kerala Fibre Optic Network Launched By Pinarayi Vijayan
The first phase of the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project, aimed at providing free internet connections to families living Below Poverty Line in the state, was launched on Monday by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Haryana Women Below Poverty Line To Soon Get Free Sanitary Napkins For A Year
The Haryana government on Wednesday launched a scheme to give a packet of free sanitary napkins to about 22.50 lakh women and girls below the poverty line every month for a year.
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Crisis Lays Bare Poverty In Geneva, As Thousands Queue For Food
In one of the world's most expensive cities, thousands of people lined up Saturday for free food, as the COVID-19 crisis casts a spotlight on Geneva's usually invisible poor.
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BJD MP Aspires To Set Up Free Educational Institutes Across Country, Abroad
After the success of Odisha's Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, which provides free education to nearly 30,000 tribal students, founder Achyuta Samanta said he aspired to launch similar projects in other states to fight social ills of poverty and naxalism.
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Tripura Government To Bear Expenses Of 3000 Students Of BPL Families
Tripura government will bear expenses of 3,000 students from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families if they want to study in private schools from next academic year.
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Sambit Patra's Video Triggers Queries On Cooking Gas Scheme
A video tweeted by the BJP's Sambit Patra on Sunday raised questions about the success of Ujjwala Yojana, the scheme to provide free cooking gas connections to rural women of the Below Poverty Line households. The government has cited the flagship scheme -- launched in 2016 -- as one of its key successes.
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BJP Will Fight Elections On Issues Of Poverty, Terrorism: Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar Wednesday said the BJP will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on issues of freeing the country from terrorism, poverty, filth and corruption.
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India Successfully Lifting Millions Out Of Poverty, Donald Trump Tells UN
As he addressed world leaders at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday held up India as an example of a country that has successfully lifted millions of its citizens out of poverty. Calling India a part of a "beautiful constellation" of countries working for a common future, Donald Trump said ...
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NITI Aayog Envisages A Corruption And Poverty Free India By 2022
Government think tank NITI Aayog has visualised a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism.
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Shivraj Chouhan Aims To Make Madhya Pradesh Corruption And Poverty Free By 2022
The Madhya Pradesh government aims to make the state free of corruption and poverty by 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said today
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President Mukherjee Hands Over Free LPG Connection Under Ujwala Scheme
President Pranab Mukherjee today handed over cooking gas connection to a woman here to mark meeting half the target of distributing five crore free LPG connections to women from poor households.
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1.5 Crore LPG Connections Issued To Below Poverty Line Households
A Woman member of BPL family identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census data is given a deposit free LPG connection with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection.
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Congress's 3rd Guarantee Ahead Of Karnataka Polls: 10 kg Free Rice To Poor
With Assembly polls round the corner, the Congress in Karnataka on Friday announced its third "guarantee" of providing free 10 kg of rice per month to each BPL (Below Poverty Line) family member, under 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, to fulfil its commitment t
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Delhi Government Told To Provide Free Food, Treatment To Poor HIV Patients
Delhi High Court has directed the city government to ensure free food and medical treatment to HIV-positive persons living below the poverty line.
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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First Phase Of Kerala Fibre Optic Network Launched By Pinarayi Vijayan
The first phase of the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project, aimed at providing free internet connections to families living Below Poverty Line in the state, was launched on Monday by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Haryana Women Below Poverty Line To Soon Get Free Sanitary Napkins For A Year
The Haryana government on Wednesday launched a scheme to give a packet of free sanitary napkins to about 22.50 lakh women and girls below the poverty line every month for a year.
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Crisis Lays Bare Poverty In Geneva, As Thousands Queue For Food
In one of the world's most expensive cities, thousands of people lined up Saturday for free food, as the COVID-19 crisis casts a spotlight on Geneva's usually invisible poor.
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BJD MP Aspires To Set Up Free Educational Institutes Across Country, Abroad
After the success of Odisha's Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, which provides free education to nearly 30,000 tribal students, founder Achyuta Samanta said he aspired to launch similar projects in other states to fight social ills of poverty and naxalism.
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Tripura Government To Bear Expenses Of 3000 Students Of BPL Families
Tripura government will bear expenses of 3,000 students from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families if they want to study in private schools from next academic year.
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Sambit Patra's Video Triggers Queries On Cooking Gas Scheme
A video tweeted by the BJP's Sambit Patra on Sunday raised questions about the success of Ujjwala Yojana, the scheme to provide free cooking gas connections to rural women of the Below Poverty Line households. The government has cited the flagship scheme -- launched in 2016 -- as one of its key successes.
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BJP Will Fight Elections On Issues Of Poverty, Terrorism: Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar Wednesday said the BJP will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on issues of freeing the country from terrorism, poverty, filth and corruption.
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India Successfully Lifting Millions Out Of Poverty, Donald Trump Tells UN
As he addressed world leaders at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday held up India as an example of a country that has successfully lifted millions of its citizens out of poverty. Calling India a part of a "beautiful constellation" of countries working for a common future, Donald Trump said ...
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NITI Aayog Envisages A Corruption And Poverty Free India By 2022
Government think tank NITI Aayog has visualised a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism.
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Shivraj Chouhan Aims To Make Madhya Pradesh Corruption And Poverty Free By 2022
The Madhya Pradesh government aims to make the state free of corruption and poverty by 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said today
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President Mukherjee Hands Over Free LPG Connection Under Ujwala Scheme
President Pranab Mukherjee today handed over cooking gas connection to a woman here to mark meeting half the target of distributing five crore free LPG connections to women from poor households.
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1.5 Crore LPG Connections Issued To Below Poverty Line Households
A Woman member of BPL family identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census data is given a deposit free LPG connection with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection.
