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Physical and mental disability are also factors that the BPL does not take into account. As government records show, there are a total of 11.31 lakh disabled people in the state of Madhya Pradesh, 8.9 lakh of which live below the poverty line; yet only 3.8 lakh receive government help in the form of social security pension.
A scheme to engage rural youth, especially BPL and SC/ST segments of the population, in gainful employment through skill training programmes [92] Namami Gange Programme: CS MoWR: 2014: Clean and protect River Ganga: National Ganga Plan was launched in 1985. Integrates the efforts to clean and protect River Ganga in a comprehensive manner. [93]
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY, translation: Prime Minister's Lightening Scheme) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. [1] [2] [3] A budgetary allocation of ₹ 80 billion (US$920 million) was made for the scheme.
Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population Method Line Figure % of poor population Poor population World Bank (2021) poverty line 1.90 (PPP $ day) 6 84m [7] lower middle-income line 3.20 (PPP $ day) 26.2 365m [7] upper middle-income line 5.50 (PPP $ day) 60.1 838m [7] Asian Development Bank (2014) poverty line
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India that provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions. The NSAP scheme only includes Below Poverty Line individuals as beneficiaries.
Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards that were issued to households living below the poverty line. These households received 25–35 kg (55–77 lb) of food grain. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) ration cards that were issued to "poorest of poor" households. These households received 35 kg (77 lb) of food grain.
MPRLP works within the framework of Panchayat Raj, the decentralised form of government in which each village is responsible for its own affairs. The Project reaches two million deprived people in nine mainly tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh: Barwani, Dhar, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Mandla, Dindori, Anuppur, Shadol and Sheopur.
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY, literally "National Health Insurance Programme", [1]) is a government-run health insurance programme for the Indian poor. The scheme aims to provide health insurance coverage to the unrecognised sector workers belonging to the BPL category and their family members shall be beneficiaries under this scheme. [2]