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MGNREGA gives work to people below poverty line in J-K's Dhangri
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 10 (ANI): As the three-tier Panchayat system gave powers to panchayat members to provide work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), many people below the poverty line in Dhangri block of Rajouri has been provided jo
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73 pc of Pakistanis feel country going in wrong direction: Survey
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): A new opinion poll conducted by the market research company Ipsos from March 18 to 24 has shown that around 73 per cent of Pakistanis feel that the country is heading in the wrong direction.
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ITBP distributes COVID-19 protection kits to underprivileged families in J
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 4 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel distributed COVID-19 protection kits containing masks, sanitiser and soap to families below the poverty line (BPL) in far-flung and impoverished villages of Udhampur on Saturday.
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People Below Poverty Line burn effigy of Odisha Minister after getting ele
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], March 30 (ANI): After receiving electricity bills of over Rs 12,000, people under BPL (Below Poverty Line) category in Kalahandi burnt an effigy of Odisha Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra.
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Pak wants 'good relations' with its neighbours: Envoy
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Pakistan wants "good relations" with its neighbours and it is important that New Delhi and Islamabad work towards eliminating poverty and illiteracy, Pakistan High Commission charge d'affaires Aftab Hasan Khan said on Tuesday.
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Since secession from Pak, Bangladesh firmly on the path of development
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 22 (ANI): As Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of its independence, the nation, born in violence after the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, is rapidly moving ahead on the path of development from its initial extreme poverty.
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This govt has only increased unemployment, inflation and poverty: Rahul Ga
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took yet another dig at the central government and criticised it over growing unemployment, inflation and poverty rate.
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VP Naidu calls for concerted efforts to eradicate poverty, corruption from
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called for concerted efforts to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, corruption, and other social evils like gender discrimination as part of building an economically stronger India. He said that it would be a real tribu
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J&K Bank provides loans under govt schemes to people below poverty lin
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 2 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir bank has been providing loans to below the poverty line residents of Kotranka sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district under various schemes of the Central government for their upliftment.
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Faizal, the activist who focuses on charity activities, poverty alleviatio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI/ThePRTree): It was his life as an expatriate that inspired him to do social work when he came back to India in 2004. Since then Faizal has been a familiar face in circles that intend and inspire to work for others and help the needy.
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Siddaramaiah slams Minister Umesh Katti's BPL card move
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 16 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah slammed state Food and Civil Supplies minister Umesh Katti for his remarks on the criteria for below poverty line families getting ration cards.
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HD Kumaraswamy slams Karnataka minister over remarks concerning ration car
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India] February 16 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed state Food and Civil Supplies minister Umesh Katti over his remarks concerning criteria for below poverty line families getting ration cards.
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