Old electricity bills of BPL families to be waived off, says Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Aug 28, 2024

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the waiver of the old electricity bills of families living below the poverty line.

Half of Afghanistan's population currently lives below poverty line: World Bank's top economists

Nov 10, 2023

World Bank's top economists have said that half of Afghanistan's population currently lives below the poverty line, TOLO News reported.

40 per cent below poverty line under double-engine government: Bhupesh Baghel

Oct 16, 2023

"I would like to tell Amit Shah that when there was a double-engine government, as per RBI's 2018 report 40 per cent of the...

Chhattisgarh HC directs state govt to fix reasonable ratio of allotment of vaccines to 'Antyodaya Group'

May 05, 2021

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 5 : Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to fix a reasonable ratio of allotment of vaccines...

MGNREGA gives work to people below poverty line in J-K's Dhangri

Apr 10, 2021

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 10 : As the three-tier Panchayat system gave powers to panchayat members to provide work under Mahatma Gandhi...

Poverty in Pakistan rises to over 5 pc in 2020, estimates World Bank

Jun 22, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 : The World Bank (WB) has estimated that poverty in Pakistan has increased from 4.4 per cent to 5.4 per...