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Four million people will fall below the poverty line in Pakistan in FY23,
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The World Bank has forecast about four million people falling below the lower middle-income poverty line amid economic growth plummeting to just 0.4 per cent against a budgeted target of 5pc
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Jivika Healthcare's vaccination drive in partnership with Icertis inoculat
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AdoptaZindagi, an initiative of Jivika Healthcare, a social enterprise pioneering mobile medical services, in collaboration with contract intelligence leader Icertis, as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts
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Hindus became poor under BJP rule: Mehbooba Mufti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and alleged that the party does not want to build a nation but only intends to make India a "BJP Rashtra", adding that 26 crore people who were lifted above the poverty line during the UPA regime h
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Karnataka govt to give Rs 2,000 per month to every Below Poverty Line fami
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Karnataka revenue minister R Ashoka on Wednesday said that the state government has decided to give Rs 2,000 per month to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and the decision shall be announced in the upcoming budget.
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Plea in Delhi HC seeking direction to extend benefits of PMUY scheme to el
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The plea challenges the constitutional validity of the beneficial scheme introduced under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (LPG Cashback) in view of the financial hardships being faced by the poor people after the global crude prices surge due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Microland Foundation DigiPreneurs Serve the Last Citizen unlock benefits a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Microland Foundation, a dedicated social development arm of Microland Limited, in partnership with Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) is supporting a cohort of 20 fellows (Microland DigiPreneurs) own and
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PM Modi will set agenda for world during challenging times: G20 Sherpa Ami
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kant noted that India is taking the G-20 Presidency at a very challenging time. "There is a geopolitical crisis, there is a crisis of climate finance and climate action. 70 countries are facing a global debt crisis. And as a consequence of COVID, 200 million people have gone below the pov
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97 pc Afghan population living below poverty line, under acute food short
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan's economy has undergone a deep crisis, leading to acute food shortage and pushing 97 per cent of the country's population below the poverty line, the survey released by International Organization for Migration (IOM) in coordination with EU partnerships said.
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J-K: Rajouri's Budhal gets first road connectivity after 75 years of Indep
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 5 (ANI): Rajouri, where 95% of people are below the poverty line, gets the first road connectivity in its Budhal division after 75 years of independence under the central government's road connectivity programme, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
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Will Sunday's elections weaken Hezbollah's grip on Lebanon?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 16 (ANI): Lebanon, a country plagued by state mismanagement and rampant corruption, the currency of which lost 90 per cent of its value and 80 per cent of its population live below the poverty line, on Sunday had its first elections since 2018.
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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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State govt to provide free COVID treatment only for patients who fall unde
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the state government will provide free of cost COVID treatment only to the patients who fall under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.
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