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KTR Demands MGNREGS Benefits For Urban Poor People, Writes To FM
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao, on January 27, wrote to Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman, ahead of Union Budget 2022-2023. KTR urged Sitharaman to introduce MGNREGS scheme for urban-poor population. Highlighting the increasing population of rural people in urban region, due to absence of living, KTR said the scheme would help to reduce urban poverty, which is 31% of urban population (380 million) and could be 600 million, hy 2030.
Tags: Telangana Minister, KT Rama Rao, Nirmala Sitharaman, MGNREGS, Urban Poverty
Courtesy: The Hindu
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100 Indian Billionaires' Wealth Increases By Rs 2.98 Lakh Crore: Report
According to Oxfam India's 'Inequality Virus' report, the wealth of India's 100 billionaires has increased to Rs 2.98 lakh crore since March 2020. This increase in wealth is enough to give 138 million poor Indians Rs 94,045 each and can also easily sustain the NREGS for the next 10 years. Besides, the report stated unskilled labour would take about 10,000 years to make what Mukesh Ambani made within an hour throughout the pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19 outbreak, OXFAM, Mukesh Ambani, MGNREGS, Indian Billionaires
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
