Tag: Bpl

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha government has been identifying beneficiaries for various centrally sponsored schemes based on Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011 the data presented by Union Rural Development minister in Parliament on number of people Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the state has stoked confusion over which one of aforementioned lists shall be […]

Sambalpur: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said a target has been set to provide LPG connections to 30 lakh BPL women in the state in the next three years. Besides, 10 lakh people in the non-BPL category would also be provided LPG. “At present 33 out of 100 families in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is in a quandary over selection of eligible BPL beneficiaries under the Centre’s recently announced Ujjwala scheme after the latter said that it would follow the list of genuine applicants sent by the States while implementing the welfare scheme across the country. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – a scheme […]

Dhaka: West Indies star Chris Gayle toppled several records on his way to a match winning performance for Rangpur Riders in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Gayle smashed 18 sixes — the most in a Twenty20 innings — on his way to an unbeaten 146 runs off […]