BPL category

BPL category senior citizens to get wheel-chairs, hearing aids

The Union government has proposed to come out with a scheme to give assistive devices such as tripod walking sticks, wheel-chairs and hearing aids, to the elderly living below poverty line (BPL) from the coming financial year, a senior official said on Thursday.

Feb 23, 2017, 14:19 PM IST

Narendra Modi pitches for schemes to make poor self-reliant

Ruing that the schemes designed by the previous governments for uplift of poor will only make them more dependent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the need to frame policies which will ensure dignity with self-sufficiency to the needy.

Sep 17, 2014, 15:11 PM IST