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400 million Indian workers may sink into poverty due to COVID-19: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 8 (ANI): With 90 per cent of people working in India's informal economy, about 400 million workers are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the coronavirus crisis, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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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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COVID-19 impact: World Bank predicts South Asian economies will bleed, 11
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): East Asia and the Pacific could see up to 11 million people driven into poverty, with low wage and informal sector workers becoming the most vulnerable, the World Bank has warned in a report on the economic impact as experts predict dire economic fallout
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Social distancing norms flouted after Andhra govt distributes rice, pulses
Updated : 5 years, 12 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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Additional 5 kilograms of rice or wheat, 1 kg pulses to be provided to 80
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that 8.69 crore farmers will get immediate help during the lockdown period through direct cash transfers in the first week of April.
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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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Kim's clothing brand donates portion of profits to Baby2Baby's COVID-19 em
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar 20 (ANI): American media personality Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand 'Skims' announced that it will be restocking the best-selling Cotton Collection and Twenty percent of the collection's proceeds will go to non-profit organisation 'Baby2Baby's' coronavirus Emergen
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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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PM Modi lived in poverty, understands pain of poor people: Shahnawaz Hussa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): National spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands poverty, he had lived in poverty.
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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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Kerala mother who was forced to give up her 4 children due to poverty gets
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Monday gave the keys of a flat to the woman who had last year handed-over four of her six children to the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW) due to acute poverty.
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