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Bhopal: Shivraj announces measures for upliftment of poor
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that his government would grant compensation to poor families on the demise of working members aged below 60.
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J-K: Pucca houses constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 6 (ANI): The Central and State government have constructed 'pucca houses' here for those living below poverty line, under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
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MP announces outstanding power bill waiver scheme
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government has announced an outstanding power bill waiver scheme for labourers and poor families.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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Petroleum minister launches LPG scheme in Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched LPG connections scheme for below poverty line families here on Saturday.
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BJP govt pushed people into poverty: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said the number of people below poverty line has increased over the last four years, while adding that it is the Congress party which could revive the nation out of the current economic crisis.
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Budget '18: Subsidy on LPG to 8 crore women
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday proposed to increase the target of providing free LPG connections to 8 crore women living below the poverty line.
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Shouldn't think of 'expenses' when taking care of cows: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Following his suggestion that the Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders should be mandated to rear at least one cow each, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Murlidhar Patidar on Monday said that to rear a cow, one needs to have serving nature than
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BJP MLA's cow remark meant to bolster communal activities: CPM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Murlidhar Patidar reportedly said that Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders must rear at least one cow each and if they fail to do so, they should be barred from BPL facilities, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
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President Mukherjee to distribute LPG connections to 2.5 crore BPL familie
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): History is set to be created when President Pranab Mukherjee will distribute 2.5 crore LPG gas connections to Below Poverty Line (BPL) beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme in West Bengal on July 15.
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UP Govt. announces free electricity for BPL families
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Shrikant Sharma on Thursday said that under the 'Power For All' scheme all the urban Below Poverty Line (BPL) families would get free electricity connection.
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Lalu's BPL servant gifted plot to Rabri Devi: Sushil Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday alleged that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's servant "gifted" two plots of land in Patna to Lalu's wife Rabri Devi and daughter Hema Yadav while t
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