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  2. Ration card (India) - Wikipedia

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    While submitting application for Ration Card in Andhra pradesh, Form D1 needs to be submitted to the nearest rationing office. m-Ration Mitra in Madhya Pradesh. M-Ration Mitra is a smartphone application that allows people to register for Ration cards through mobile phones, which essentially fast tracks the whole process exponentially.

  3. Public Distribution System (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.

  4. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana - Wikipedia

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    Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana ( PMGKAY; transl. Prime Minister's Food Security Scheme for the Poor) is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of India on March 26 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1] The program is operated by the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Ministry of Consumer ...

  5. Antyodaya Anna Yojana - Wikipedia

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    Antyodaya Anna Yojana is the sponsored scheme of Government of India to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. This scheme was developed by the then Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, N Sri Vishnu. It was launched by the NDA government on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the Indian state of Rajasthan .

  6. Below Poverty Line - Wikipedia

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    Below Poverty Line is a benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states. The present criteria are based on a survey conducted in 2002.

  7. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

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    In response to the cries for help, the Indian government put together a nationwide welfare scheme aimed at targeting this very issue: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA. The Government of India introduced the MGNREGA social welfare program in 2005 to address the problem of unemployment and poverty in rural ...

  8. Hemant Soren - Wikipedia

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    Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2019 to 2024 and from 2013 to 2014. [1] [2] He is also the working president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a political party in Jharkhand. [3] He represents Barhait constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly ...

  9. Aadhaar - Wikipedia

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    Aadhaar ( Hindi: आधार, lit. 'base, foundation'; sometimes informally called UIDAI ID or UIDAI Number) [7] is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by all residents of India, based on their biometrics (10 finger prints, 2 iris prints and photo of face) and demographic data. [8] The data is collected by the ...