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Andhra govt gives Rs 1000 to each BPL family
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government is providing Rs 1000 as financial assistance to each Below Poverty Line (BPL) family, informed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office.
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Every family under Antyodaya scheme will get 70 kg ration: Haryana CM
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 3 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that every family under the Antyodaya scheme will get 70 kg ration and those under Below Poverty Line (BPL) will get 10 kg ration per person with additional sugar and mustard oil.
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Social distancing norms flouted after Andhra govt distributes rice, pulses
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday distributed free rice and pulses among Below Poverty Line (BPL) families through Fair Price Shops, in order to face the situations arising due to nationwide lockdown.
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Cannot impose lockdown in Pakistan with 25 pc population living on daily w
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 23 (ANI): Amid calls for a complete lockdown in Pakistan to combat the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that state-imposed curfew is not possible in the country as one-fourth of its population is under the poverty line and survives on d
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Maha govt providing 3-month ration to people under BPL: Ajit Pawar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday informed that the state government is providing three months ration to people under Below Poverty Line (BPL) category amid coronavirus scare.
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Maximum income limit increased in Telangana, says Governor Tamilisai Sound
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): In order to bring more poor people under the Below Poverty Line (BPL), the maximum income limit has been increased, Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Friday.
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Central Govt incapable of bringing the country out of economic slowdown: C
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the BJP-led central government is "incapable" of bringing the country out of economic slowdown and it has since 2016, pushed millions of people below the poverty line. Read More
Jharkhand assembly poll: BJP promises mobile phone to farmers, one job for
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised mobile phone to every farmer, one job for below the poverty line (BPL) family in the state if voted to power again in the ensuing Jharkhand Assembly polls.
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CPI's Binoy Viswan gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswan on Tuesday gave a suspension of business notice in the Upper House under rule 267, over the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issue.
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Will give jobs in govt, non-govt. sector to extremely poor: Mayawati
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): Bhahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that the SP-BSP alliance comes into power at the Centre it will provide permanent jobs in both government and private sector to those below the poverty line.
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MP: BPL families complain over inflated electricity bills in Bhopal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Hundreds of families under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category are in anger over the hike in electricity bills and for not getting the benefit of Sambal Yojana.
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Rajasthan govt to provide free mobile phones to women of BPL families
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Sep 4 (ANI): In a bid to boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship 'Digital India' campaign, Rajasthan government will soon distribute mobile phones to women under the Bhamashah Yojana. Focused on women who fall under the Below Poverty Line (BPL), the scheme a
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