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India’s poorest households are consuming gutkha, other tobacco products at an alarming rate, spending more and more on it: Study reveals

Rukma Rathore -
The country is expanding its subsidised healthcare system while gutkha is being consumed at an alarming rate.
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Digital India: Citizens can now download valid land records from their home in 19 States

OpIndia Staff -
India's land system is now largely digital: 19 states allow downloading legally valid RoR records online. Banks in 406 districts verify mortgages instantly. 97% rural records digitised, ULPIN issued for 36 crore plots, plus urban NAKSHA mapping for transparent deals.
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Modi govt extends Ujjwala cooking gas cylinder subsidies for 2024-25, LPG prices reduced by Rs 100 on Women’s Day

OpIndia Staff -
As of March 1, 2024, there are more than 10.27 crore PMUY beneficiaries. The total expenditure will be Rs 12,000 crore for the financial year 2024-25.
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How The Hindu tortured data to claim ‘consumer sentiment weaker in Rural areas’: Here is an analysis of 5 graphs they misrepresented

S. Sudhir Kumar -
At first glance of one such “Data Point” published on July 27th, 2022, it looked like there is a gloomy scenario in the country today. 
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Hospitals in rural and tribal areas to be handed over to Red Cross: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope

OpIndia Staff -
Citizens said that handing over hospitals to foreign groups like Red Cross could be suicidal as India is plagued with Naxals & Maoists
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Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana: How have the villages adopted by Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi fared

OpIndia Staff -
While MPs in PM Modi's ministry have gone on to adopt as many as three and four villages, the villages adopted by Sonia and Rahul continue to wait for basic facilities
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Rural Maharashtra becomes open defecation free after building largest number of toilets: Devendra Fadnavis

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier urban Maharashtra had been declared open defecation free
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Budget 2018 : Big boost to the poor and rural population

Sanghamitra -
Electricity , LPG , Livelihood to the poor, the government throws open its treasures
Opinions

Urbanization and Politics – Lessons From Gujarat

Nithesh S -
Faster urbanization and changing voting patterns

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