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Holding Below Poverty Line Card When Ineligible To Face Action In Karnataka
The Karnataka government on Monday asked people possessing Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards, despite being ineligible on account of owning either a two wheeler, TV, fridge or over five acres of land, to surrender them before March 31 or face legal action.
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UP Minister In List Of Ayushman Bharat Scheme Meant For Poor
The list of beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection scheme includes names of prominent city builders.
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Yogi Adityanath Scraps Samajwadi Pension Scheme, Orders Review
The Uttar Pradesh government has scrapped the Samajwadi Pension Scheme of the previous Samajwadi Party government and ordered a detailed review of its beneficiaries.
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Government To Bear Healthcare Expenses Of Below Poverty Line Families
New Delhi: Noting that costly healthcare facilities were wiping away the finances of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that government will bear healthcare expenses of up to Rs 1 lakh annually of BPL families. Announcing this from the ramparts of the Red Fort during his Independence Day speech, Modi said the entire economy ...
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Digvijay Singh Taken Aback After Seeing His Name In BPL List
AICC General Secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh today claimed he and his family were included in the list of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people by the Central and State (MP) governments.
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Free Electricity To Poor In Jammu And Kashmir; Sops For Women In State Budget
The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced free electricity up to 30 units to all the below poverty line (BPL) families.
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One Third Of Pakistanis Live Below Poverty Line: Reports
Nearly 60 million people live below the poverty line in Pakistan, making almost a third of the country poor under a new formula adopted by the government to measure poverty.
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Cancer Deaths on the Rise in India
The number of deaths due to cancer has been increasing in the country, according to the National Cancer Registry Programme of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Full Transcript of The NDTV Dialogues - Can India Defeat Poverty?
In this episode of The NDTV Dialogues, we debate why India has the largest number of poor people in the world and the correct course of action the country needs to follow. Here's the full transcript of the show.
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Supreme Court Seeks Details of Below Poverty Line Families Having Toilets in Haryana
The Supreme Court has taken note of one of the minimum criteria that a person must have for contesting panchayat elections in Haryana -- a toilet in the house -- and asked the state government to file an affidavit giving details as to how many poor natives have the facility.
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Modi Must Release Caste Survey Findings
The principal limitation in defining poverty in terms of a single line, as those above it being APL and those below it being BPL, is that there was no gradation from destitution to deprivation to poverty to vulnerability.
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This Diwali, no new homes for Below Poverty Line families in Maharashtra
In Maharashtra, over 50,000 people who were supposed to get houses are now forced to observe Diwali as homeless.
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This legislator has an SUV, owns gold but is still below the poverty line
Srinath Soren is a legislator from Odisha's ruling party, the Biju Janata Dal. He drives an SUV, owns property and gold and even has life insurance. Mr Soren also has a BPL card in his name which declares him a very poor man entitled to subsidised rations.
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Rs 32 poverty benchmark: Jairam Ramesh writes to Montek
In the midst of row over Planning Commission affidavit on Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to the Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia questioning the current methodology and said relying on plan panel's estimate to arrive at cut offs will not resolve the problem.
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Outrage over Rs 32 benchmark for who's not poor
The Planning Commission has told the Supreme Court that poverty line for urban and rural areas in India could be provisionally placed at Rs. 965 per capita per month and Rs. 781 per capita per month respectively. This would mean those earning over Rs. 32 a day in urban areas and over Rs. 25 a day in rural India will no longer be getting Below Pover...
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Holding Below Poverty Line Card When Ineligible To Face Action In Karnataka
The Karnataka government on Monday asked people possessing Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards, despite being ineligible on account of owning either a two wheeler, TV, fridge or over five acres of land, to surrender them before March 31 or face legal action.
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UP Minister In List Of Ayushman Bharat Scheme Meant For Poor
The list of beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection scheme includes names of prominent city builders.
-
Yogi Adityanath Scraps Samajwadi Pension Scheme, Orders Review
The Uttar Pradesh government has scrapped the Samajwadi Pension Scheme of the previous Samajwadi Party government and ordered a detailed review of its beneficiaries.
-
Government To Bear Healthcare Expenses Of Below Poverty Line Families
New Delhi: Noting that costly healthcare facilities were wiping away the finances of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that government will bear healthcare expenses of up to Rs 1 lakh annually of BPL families. Announcing this from the ramparts of the Red Fort during his Independence Day speech, Modi said the entire economy ...
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Digvijay Singh Taken Aback After Seeing His Name In BPL List
AICC General Secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh today claimed he and his family were included in the list of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people by the Central and State (MP) governments.
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Free Electricity To Poor In Jammu And Kashmir; Sops For Women In State Budget
The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced free electricity up to 30 units to all the below poverty line (BPL) families.
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One Third Of Pakistanis Live Below Poverty Line: Reports
Nearly 60 million people live below the poverty line in Pakistan, making almost a third of the country poor under a new formula adopted by the government to measure poverty.
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Cancer Deaths on the Rise in India
The number of deaths due to cancer has been increasing in the country, according to the National Cancer Registry Programme of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
-
Full Transcript of The NDTV Dialogues - Can India Defeat Poverty?
In this episode of The NDTV Dialogues, we debate why India has the largest number of poor people in the world and the correct course of action the country needs to follow. Here's the full transcript of the show.
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Supreme Court Seeks Details of Below Poverty Line Families Having Toilets in Haryana
The Supreme Court has taken note of one of the minimum criteria that a person must have for contesting panchayat elections in Haryana -- a toilet in the house -- and asked the state government to file an affidavit giving details as to how many poor natives have the facility.
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Modi Must Release Caste Survey Findings
The principal limitation in defining poverty in terms of a single line, as those above it being APL and those below it being BPL, is that there was no gradation from destitution to deprivation to poverty to vulnerability.
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This Diwali, no new homes for Below Poverty Line families in Maharashtra
In Maharashtra, over 50,000 people who were supposed to get houses are now forced to observe Diwali as homeless.
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This legislator has an SUV, owns gold but is still below the poverty line
Srinath Soren is a legislator from Odisha's ruling party, the Biju Janata Dal. He drives an SUV, owns property and gold and even has life insurance. Mr Soren also has a BPL card in his name which declares him a very poor man entitled to subsidised rations.
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Rs 32 poverty benchmark: Jairam Ramesh writes to Montek
In the midst of row over Planning Commission affidavit on Below Poverty Line (BPL) cap, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to the Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia questioning the current methodology and said relying on plan panel's estimate to arrive at cut offs will not resolve the problem.
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Outrage over Rs 32 benchmark for who's not poor
The Planning Commission has told the Supreme Court that poverty line for urban and rural areas in India could be provisionally placed at Rs. 965 per capita per month and Rs. 781 per capita per month respectively. This would mean those earning over Rs. 32 a day in urban areas and over Rs. 25 a day in rural India will no longer be getting Below Pover...
