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28,000 BPL families missing out on govt aid in Prayagraj

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Published on May 04, 2025 08:04 am IST

States cannot shirk on their duty to poor: SC

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sanjay Sharma)
Published on May 01, 2025 06:24 am IST

NFSA doesn’t absolve states of responsibility to lift people out of poverty: Supreme Court

Workers fill sacks with wheat at a grain market in Patiala (PTI)
Published on Apr 30, 2025 10:12 pm IST

States show high per capita for development, say 75% population BPL for subsidies: SC

States show high per capita for development, say 75% population BPL for subsidies: SC
Published on Mar 19, 2025 03:59 pm IST

Number of BPL families in Haryana surges

Krishan Kumar Bedi, minister of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs and BCs, and Antyodaya (Sewa) department (HT File)
Published on Mar 13, 2025 05:28 am IST

Data shows BJPs poor showing in Haryana: Hooda

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda (HT File)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 07:34 am IST

Rahul Gandhi promises 1 lakh annually to poor women, farm loan waiver, caste census

Rahul Gandhi greets Pune LS candidate Ravindra Dhangekar. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 04, 2024 05:46 am IST

Modi govt pulled 25 crore people out of poverty: Rajnath

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh with UP deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak and others during the launch of PM-SURAJ portal, in Lucknow, Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 06:35 pm IST

Akbar Nagar row: HC reserves verdict on petition, extends stay

Demolished structures in Akbar Nagar (Deepak Gupta)
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 07:16 am IST

Over 1.2 cr families coming out of poverty due to govt's guarantees: K'taka Guv

Over 1.2 cr families coming out of poverty due to govt's guarantees: K'taka Guv
Updated on Feb 12, 2024 02:37 pm IST

In last 9 years, over 13 cr Indians rose above poverty line: CM

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath (HT File Photo)
Updated on Jan 03, 2024 07:06 am IST

BRS poll manifesto promises free insurance for BPL families, 400 LPG cylinder

K Chandrasekhar Rao. (File Photo)
Published on Oct 15, 2023 04:11 pm IST

Pakistan’s 40% population lives below poverty line: World Bank

Supporters of Pakistan's Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami protest against rise in price of petrol in Karachi.
Published on Sept 25, 2023 07:00 am IST

Before 2014, rights of poor robbed even before reaching them: PM Narendra Modi

The prime minister highlighted the work in the field of education, skill development and employment. (ANI photo)
Updated on Aug 21, 2023 04:46 pm IST

71,000 people to benefit from monthly pension for unmarried people, widowers

71,000 people to benefit from monthly pension for unmarried people, widowers
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 12:31 am IST

Opposition’s meeting a photo op: Shah

Despite Opposition’s attempts, unity among them is not possible. And, even if they forge unity, Modi ji will return as Prime Minister with more than 300 seats, said Union home minister Amit Shah in Jammu. (PTI)
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 11:11 pm IST

25 Pune district hospitals under scanner for violating MJPJAY scheme

Twenty-five hospitals in the Pune district have been served with a show cause notice for violating the terms of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY), the state’s cashless insurance scheme. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
Updated on May 01, 2023 12:45 am IST

Here are four poll promises of the Congress in Karnataka

Cong announces their four major poll promises in Karnataka
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 12:51 pm IST

State to constitute welfare board for taxi, auto drivers

HT Image
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 12:40 am IST

34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban: UN

There is no contemporary census data for Afghanistan but the UN uses a population estimate of 40 million.
Published on Apr 18, 2023 09:58 pm IST

Cutting the cord: 50 yrs since the cellphone set us free, bound us in new ways

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(HT Illustration: Mohit Suneja)
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 11:21 pm IST

China says it has eliminated poverty from last nine poorest counties

Ethnic Yi women walk past an installation featuring a logo of Communist Party of China at the Chengbei Ganen Community, a residential complex built for a relocation programme as part of China's poverty alleviation effort, in Yuexi county.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 04:52 pm IST

Over 6 % Indian-Americans living below poverty line: Report

Indian Americans are still less likely to be living in poverty compared to white, Black and Hispanic Americans, according to the study.
Published on Oct 02, 2020 09:28 am IST

Protect children from the fallout of Covid-19| Opinion

The pandemic has shown us the weaknesses in our systems to protect the most vulnerable
Updated on May 16, 2020 07:18 pm IST

Lessons from the migrant worker mess | Opinion

While the state forgot the migrants, the “poor” employers expressed their inability to pay wages without work and work was impossible during the lockdown. The master sat on his wealth, while the worker stared at his dwindling savings.
Updated on May 11, 2020 05:51 pm IST

Healthcare: Masked heroes of a different kind

Bangalore Kidney Foundation provides affordable and high-quality dialysis to the economically disadvantaged
Updated on Apr 27, 2020 01:54 am IST

Shaheen stir shows dilemma between rights, duties: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday that the protesters at Shaheen Bagh understood their fundamental rights
Updated on Feb 23, 2020 01:18 am IST

HT Picks: The Most Interesting Books of the Week

This week’s reading list includes two very different memoirs and a book that looks at policymaking that could revive the Indian economy
Published on Dec 13, 2019 06:30 am IST