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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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Andhra Pradesh stands at 51st position in Global Multidimensional Poverty
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Andhra Pradesh [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh stands at equivalent to 51st rank globally in Multidimensional Poverty, Index according to a recent household survey conducted in the state.
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China to lift 10 million people out of poverty by 2018
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Beijing [China], Mar 5 (ANI): China aims to lift over 10 million people in the rural areas out of poverty, including 2.8 million people, who will be relocated from inhospitable regions of the country within this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.
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Anti poverty measures is the reason given, but China is changing Uighur pr
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 20 (ANI): China is planning to lift over 4,00,000 people out of poverty within this year in its restive Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China, as the Chinese Government fears a rise in numbers of local armed groups.
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Tribal village in Chhattisgarh takes up community farming
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh)[India], Feb. 9 (ANI): A poverty-stricken tribal village in Bastar has adopted the eco-friendly practice of community farming to ensure a sustainable living for themselves.
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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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Poverty-stricken mother kill daughters, self
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hojai (Assam) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): A poverty-stricken women in Assam's Hojai area hung her three daughters and then committed suicide.
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Pak should follow PM Modi's advice to fight poverty: Mufti
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday expressed her wish that Pakistan partners with India in fighting poverty.
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Born with golden spoon, Cong. leaders don't understand poverty: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Patan (Gujarat) [India], December 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a jibe at Congress leaders and said "they are born with a golden spoon and will never understand what poverty is..".
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Chidambaram refutes Ivanka's view on poverty in India
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov.28 (ANI): After Advisor to United States President Ivanka Trump hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing poverty in India, , senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram claimed that it was his party which lifted people out of poverty.
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PM Modi is for poor: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 27 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands both poverty and poor very well.
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PM Modi has no relation with poor, poverty: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi linked the Congress' dislike for him with his 'poor origins', party leader Anand Sharma hit back saying that the former keeps on commenting on such issues, but he has done nothing for the poor nor he has any relat
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