the biggest challenges India faces today is that of delivering more effectively to the poor. For the last many years, the below poverty line (BPL) card has been the primary basis of all redistributive programmes in India. The trouble is that the cards often seem to end up in the wrong hands.A study conducted by the Planning Commission concludes there are 23 million more ration cards than households,...
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Corporators, cutting across partylines, today alleged rules had been violated in forcing the consumers of below poverty line (BPL) to bear the entire expenditure on laying pipes to connect the municipal water supply main line to get the tap connection to their residence. The corporators, during the Kakinada Municipal Council Emergency Meeting here, objected to the manner in which the BPL consumers...
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Drawing attention of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar towards the irregularities in the schemes launched for the welfare of the poor, the RJD today asked him to seriously look into the issues related to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL) lists.RJD MP Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wrote a letter to Mr Kumar in this connection and drew his attention towards the irregularities due to...
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(PTI): After turning role model in implementing the Right to Information Act, introducing E-shakti to weed out corruption in the MGNREGA and steps towards women’s empowerment, Bihar has carved out yet another niche for itself raising low-cost toilets for BPL/APL households for a paltry Rs 2,500 each.The public health engineering department (PHED) has framed a model of low-cost toilets for BPL/APL families...
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Puducherry administration today announced supply of five kg free rice to the Above Poverty Line (APL) families in view of the heavy rains that lashed Union territory for the last few days.The administration had already announced 10 kg of free rice and five litres of kerosene to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families here.In a release, Chief Minister V Vaithilingam said the administration had decided...
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Taking note of a poor patient buying blood from outside a hospital, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank has ordered an inquiry into the matter.During a surprise check of the Government Doon Hospital in Dehra Dun on Monday, Nishank enquired a patient about the treatment he was receiving. In reply, a relative of the patient told him that he bought blood for Rs 1,200 from outside the...
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Taking note of a poor patient buying blood from outside a hospital, Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank has ordered an inquiry into the matter.During a surprise check of the Government Doon Hospital here yesterday, Nishank enquired a patient about the treatment he was receiving. In reply, a relative of the patient told him that he bought blood for Rs1,200 from outside the hospital...
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Madhya pradesh unit of Communist party of India (CPI) and CPI(M) will jointly organise a rally in the state capital here on November 12 demanding to provide foodgrains in cheaper rate to the people belonging to below poverty line (BPL).''In accordance with the order of the Supreme Court, the state government should provide foodgrains to the BPL in concession and to exert pressure on the Chauhan government,...
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case that defeats the very purpose of Narendra Modi government's ambitious Chiranjeevi scheme, a poor woman was recently forced to cough up as much as Rs20,000 after she delivered a baby. The incident took place at the private hospital of Dr Nitin Shah at Sanand in Ahmedabad district.The Chiranjeevi scheme, conceived in 2005, aims at providing free institutional delivery in case of women belonging...
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Raasi Group of Companies C. Narasimhan, Chairman and Managing Director of United India Insurance G. Srinivasan and Managing Director of Intel C.S. Rao at the launch of Corporate Agency -UIIC in Bangalore on Sunday.BANGALORE: Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Sunday said that people from BPL families should be helped to get insurance cover.Launching Corporate Agency-UIIC of Raasi Group...
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