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14 Oct 2021

Kerala to roll out financial relief of Rs 5,000 for BPL kin of COVID deceased

The decision was taken at a Kerala cabinet meeting. The relief will be provided only to BPL dependents of the deceased. The dependents will be required to submit a one-page form to avail benefits.

16 Feb 2021

Own TV, fridge or two-wheeler in Karnataka? Surrender BPL cards or face action

Congress flayed the remarks and party workers staged protests in front of various ration shops in Bengaluru. Party workers also protested in Dharwad, Mysuru and Tumakuru, a Congress leader said.

22 Jun 2017

UP govt announces free electricity for BPL families

The 'Power for All' pact was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power Piyush Goyal.

22 Mar 2017

SC summons Chief Secys of 10 drought-affected states

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued summons to the Chief Secretaries of 10 states asking them to appear before it on April 26 in connection with the drought case.

19 Mar 2017

Government to launch 'Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna' for senior citizens

Senior citizens, living below the poverty line, will now get for free assistive devices like hearing aids and wheelchairs under the government's Rs 477 crore scheme which is set to be rolled out next week.

25 Feb 2017

Odisha registers 7.94% growth, 82 lakh people cross BPL

Odisha has registered a gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth rate of 7.94 per cent in 2016-17 against the national average of 7.1 per cent, besides registering a big reduction in the rate of poverty.

13 Sep 2016

43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015: Census

More than 43 million Americans lived below poverty line in 2015, a US Census report said on Tuesday, indicating that the world's largest economy experienced one of the sharpest decline in poverty rates in 16 years.

AICC general secretary

23 Jul 2016

Congress leader Digvijay Singh taken aback after seeing his name in Below Poverty Line list

AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh claimed he and his family were included in the list of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people by the MP government.

28 Oct 2014

Crisis pulls 2.6 mn children below poverty line: UNICEF

At least 2.6 million children have fallen below the poverty line in the world`s richest nations since the economic crisis struck in 2008, UNICEF said in a hard-hitting report Tuesday.

Economic Survey 2013-14

09 Jul 2014

Economic Survey favours direct cash subsidies for BPL households

The government's pre-budget Economic Survey Wednesday suggested payment of subsidy in cash for those below poverty line through technologies like biometric identification, observing the current methodology has led to distorted resource allocation.

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