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Extreme Poverty Rate Drops To 5.3% From 27.1% In India: World Bank Report
About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.
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"Lok Sabha Polls A Fight Between PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi": Devendra Fadnavis
Upcoming Lok Sabha elections are a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose government has lifted 25 crore people out of poverty and the leadership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on T
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4 Arrested In Maharashtra's Palghar For Selling Toddler For Rs 2.35 Lakh
Four persons were arrested in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly selling a two-year-old boy for Rs 2.35 lakh by taking advantage of the poverty of his parents, a police official said on Thursday.
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Poverty-Stricken Maharashtra Woman Sells Newborn Son For Rs 1.78 Lakh: Police
Struck by extreme poverty, a 32-year-old woman from Shirdi town in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district allegedly sold her three-day-old son to a man in Mumbai for Rs 1.78 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
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Maharashtra Man Stabs Father To Death Over Poverty, Arrested: Police
A man surrendered before the police after allegedly stabbing his 73-year-old father to death over a property dispute in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Wednesday, police said.
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Maharashtra Tribal Woman Kills 3-Year-Old Daughter, Then Dies By Suicide
A tribal woman, reportedly unable to cope with extreme property accentuated by the coronavirus crisis, died by suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district, around 150km from Mumbai.
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"Moral Defeat For BJP": Congress' Takeaway From Assembly Elections
The Congress today cited statistics released by the Election Commission to claim a "moral defeat" for the BJP in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls, maintaining that its "insensitivity" towards the poor has finally begun to have an impact on its electoral performance.
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Driven By Poverty, Man Commits Suicide After Allegedly Killing Children
A poverty-stricken 35-year-old man allegedly killed his son and daughter before committing suicide at a village in Maharashtra, police said today.
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Maharashtra to Adopt E-Tendering to Supply Sugar Under Public Distribution System
The Maharashtra government has decided to adopt e-tendering of sugar from the open market to supply below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries under the public distribution system.
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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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Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
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In Vidarbha, poverty drives father to use sons to till his land
Farmers in Vidarbha district of Maharashtra are a desperate lot. Poverty has pushed them to do the unthinkable. Kishan Rao Dapurkar, a farmer, is tilling his land using his sons instead of bullocks.
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Maharashtra: Manipulating poverty data
It may be one of the richest states in the country but Maharashtra is also known for its sharp inequalities. National data shows that poverty in Maharashtra is rising. Yet, strangely, Maharashtra has slashed the number of families below the poverty line by over two and a half lakhs in the last one year. The state is grappling with farmers' suicides...
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Extreme Poverty Rate Drops To 5.3% From 27.1% In India: World Bank Report
About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022-23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011-12.
-
"Lok Sabha Polls A Fight Between PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi": Devendra Fadnavis
Upcoming Lok Sabha elections are a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose government has lifted 25 crore people out of poverty and the leadership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on T
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4 Arrested In Maharashtra's Palghar For Selling Toddler For Rs 2.35 Lakh
Four persons were arrested in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly selling a two-year-old boy for Rs 2.35 lakh by taking advantage of the poverty of his parents, a police official said on Thursday.
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Poverty-Stricken Maharashtra Woman Sells Newborn Son For Rs 1.78 Lakh: Police
Struck by extreme poverty, a 32-year-old woman from Shirdi town in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district allegedly sold her three-day-old son to a man in Mumbai for Rs 1.78 lakh, police said on Wednesday.
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Maharashtra Man Stabs Father To Death Over Poverty, Arrested: Police
A man surrendered before the police after allegedly stabbing his 73-year-old father to death over a property dispute in Maharashtra's Nagpur city on Wednesday, police said.
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Maharashtra Tribal Woman Kills 3-Year-Old Daughter, Then Dies By Suicide
A tribal woman, reportedly unable to cope with extreme property accentuated by the coronavirus crisis, died by suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district, around 150km from Mumbai.
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"Moral Defeat For BJP": Congress' Takeaway From Assembly Elections
The Congress today cited statistics released by the Election Commission to claim a "moral defeat" for the BJP in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls, maintaining that its "insensitivity" towards the poor has finally begun to have an impact on its electoral performance.
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Driven By Poverty, Man Commits Suicide After Allegedly Killing Children
A poverty-stricken 35-year-old man allegedly killed his son and daughter before committing suicide at a village in Maharashtra, police said today.
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Maharashtra to Adopt E-Tendering to Supply Sugar Under Public Distribution System
The Maharashtra government has decided to adopt e-tendering of sugar from the open market to supply below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries under the public distribution system.
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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.
-
Urban poverty: Maharashtra's vanishing act?
Urban poverty levels in Maharashtra dropped by a massive 47 per cent in 2011-2012, according to the latest poverty estimates by the Planning Commission.
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In Vidarbha, poverty drives father to use sons to till his land
Farmers in Vidarbha district of Maharashtra are a desperate lot. Poverty has pushed them to do the unthinkable. Kishan Rao Dapurkar, a farmer, is tilling his land using his sons instead of bullocks.
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Maharashtra: Manipulating poverty data
It may be one of the richest states in the country but Maharashtra is also known for its sharp inequalities. National data shows that poverty in Maharashtra is rising. Yet, strangely, Maharashtra has slashed the number of families below the poverty line by over two and a half lakhs in the last one year. The state is grappling with farmers' suicides...
