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Sonia Gandhi Says Congress Will Give Rs 1 Lakh To Women Of Poor Households
As the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday announced that the party will provide financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the women of poor households.
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Rishi Sunak Promises Financial Aid For Poor Amid UK Energy Crisis
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday promised to provide more money to help people cope with soaring household energy bills if he is elected Britain's Prime Minister next month.
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Assam Launches Direct Transfer Financial Scheme For Poor Households
Ahead of the assembly election in Assam next year, the BJP government today launched its flagship scheme named 'Orunodoi' that would cost Rs 2,800 crore. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the scheme along with Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The scheme will benefit 20 lakh families, government sources said.
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"I'm Poor, Know Their Pain": Shivraj Chouhan On Congress's Poverty Jibe
A day after a Congress leader called him "nange bhooke ghar ka" (from a poverty stricken household) during a bypoll campaign rally, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit back on Monday claiming hailing from a poor background allowed him to understand the pain of the deprived and downtrodden.
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Coronavirus Pandemic May Push 86 Million Children Into Household Poverty By 2020-End: Report
The number of children living in poor households across low and middle-income countries could increase by 86 million to reach 672 million by the end of 2020 due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study.
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World Bank Approves USD 1 Billion Loan To Support India's Fight Against COVID-19
The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 1 billion loan to support India's efforts for providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opinion: High Debt Isn't Driving Farmers to Suicides
It's election season in India and the money is flowing. Governments in many states have begun waiving tens of millions of dollars' worth of loans to poor farmers in an effort to buy their loyalty. The argument - widely accepted by politicians and journalists, the demographic groups with the least fiscal instinct - is that India's farmers are buckli...
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"It's A Mess": Pongal Bonfire Smog Hits Flight Operations In Chennai
Flight operations in Chennai were suspended for at least five hours this morning due to thick smog and poor visibility on the runway as Tamil Nadu celebrates the beginning of Pongal festivities with 'Bhogi'. The celebrations started this morning with people setting bonfires on the streets with agricultural and household waste. The Air Quality Index...
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Union Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley's Budget Balm For Poor Skips Election Freebies
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Union Budget 2017 pledged to hike government spending on the rural poor and cut taxes on Wednesday, seeking to ease the pain of the notes ban in what he called it a "budget for the poor". He promised to double the income of farmers in the next five years and also to bring 10 million households out of poverty by ...
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Government To Provide 5 Crore LPG Connections Within 3 Years: PM Modi
About 50 lakh free cooking gas (LPG) connections have been provided to poor households in the last 100 days and the target of 5 crore is expected to be achieved well before the 3-year schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
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Google Fiber Initiative Launched to Give Free Internet to the Poor
Ultimately, as many as 1,300 households in Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan., will get a free subscription to Google Fiber's 1Gbps service.
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Sharing a Husband May Lead to Greater Wealth and Health, Study Says
Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
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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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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
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PM's Jan Dhan Yojana: Now the Poor Can Swipe a Card Too
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a massive scheme to provide a bank account to every household and said that to end poverty, India has to end "financial untouchability."
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Sonia Gandhi Says Congress Will Give Rs 1 Lakh To Women Of Poor Households
As the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday announced that the party will provide financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the women of poor households.
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Rishi Sunak Promises Financial Aid For Poor Amid UK Energy Crisis
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday promised to provide more money to help people cope with soaring household energy bills if he is elected Britain's Prime Minister next month.
-
Assam Launches Direct Transfer Financial Scheme For Poor Households
Ahead of the assembly election in Assam next year, the BJP government today launched its flagship scheme named 'Orunodoi' that would cost Rs 2,800 crore. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the scheme along with Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The scheme will benefit 20 lakh families, government sources said.
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"I'm Poor, Know Their Pain": Shivraj Chouhan On Congress's Poverty Jibe
A day after a Congress leader called him "nange bhooke ghar ka" (from a poverty stricken household) during a bypoll campaign rally, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit back on Monday claiming hailing from a poor background allowed him to understand the pain of the deprived and downtrodden.
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Coronavirus Pandemic May Push 86 Million Children Into Household Poverty By 2020-End: Report
The number of children living in poor households across low and middle-income countries could increase by 86 million to reach 672 million by the end of 2020 due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study.
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World Bank Approves USD 1 Billion Loan To Support India's Fight Against COVID-19
The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 1 billion loan to support India's efforts for providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opinion: High Debt Isn't Driving Farmers to Suicides
It's election season in India and the money is flowing. Governments in many states have begun waiving tens of millions of dollars' worth of loans to poor farmers in an effort to buy their loyalty. The argument - widely accepted by politicians and journalists, the demographic groups with the least fiscal instinct - is that India's farmers are buckli...
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"It's A Mess": Pongal Bonfire Smog Hits Flight Operations In Chennai
Flight operations in Chennai were suspended for at least five hours this morning due to thick smog and poor visibility on the runway as Tamil Nadu celebrates the beginning of Pongal festivities with 'Bhogi'. The celebrations started this morning with people setting bonfires on the streets with agricultural and household waste. The Air Quality Index...
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Union Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley's Budget Balm For Poor Skips Election Freebies
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Union Budget 2017 pledged to hike government spending on the rural poor and cut taxes on Wednesday, seeking to ease the pain of the notes ban in what he called it a "budget for the poor". He promised to double the income of farmers in the next five years and also to bring 10 million households out of poverty by ...
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Government To Provide 5 Crore LPG Connections Within 3 Years: PM Modi
About 50 lakh free cooking gas (LPG) connections have been provided to poor households in the last 100 days and the target of 5 crore is expected to be achieved well before the 3-year schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
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Google Fiber Initiative Launched to Give Free Internet to the Poor
Ultimately, as many as 1,300 households in Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan., will get a free subscription to Google Fiber's 1Gbps service.
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Sharing a Husband May Lead to Greater Wealth and Health, Study Says
Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
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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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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
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PM's Jan Dhan Yojana: Now the Poor Can Swipe a Card Too
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a massive scheme to provide a bank account to every household and said that to end poverty, India has to end "financial untouchability."
