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Increase in social pension, GST exemption for medicines, wheelchairs among major demands by welfare organisations
There are an estimated 140 million elderly people in India. The demands touch the sectors of …
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Government to use scientific methods to implement social welfare schemes and fight poverty
"BPL data tells us how many are poor and SECC who are those poor... it is a more targeted and scien…
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Don't fall prey to rumours about discontinuation of schemes: Delhi govt to citizens
The Delhi government on Tuesday appealed to citizens to not fall prey to misinformation being sprea…
PTI
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Thousands of people in Kenya are getting free money for 12 years in an experiment that could redefine social welfare around the world
In the past couple of years, basic income has tiptoed into the mainstream. Around the time Teti was…
Chris Weller
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China Sets Up 'Baby Hatches' For Parents To Abandon Unwanted Children Safely
But Li Bo, head of the CCCWA, played down the concerns, adding that since the first facility was es…
Agence France Presse
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This couple gave up property worth millions to ensure their mentally challenged child is taken care of after they are gone
But while most parents wait for the government to up the ante and provide proper facilities for…
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Supreme Court Asks The Govt To Clarify Its Stand On Aadhaar
A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu told Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, “We have read it in t…
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Denmark is using algorithms to dole out welfare benefits - and undermining its own democracy in the process
Thus, algorithms designed with the sole purpose of eliminating social welfare free-riding will almo…
Jacob Mchangama, Hin-Yan Liu
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The 'work disincentive' theory that will soon strip unemployment from millions comes from a racially suspect Reagan-era book
In 1984's "Losing Ground," Charles Murray gauged workforce dropout among the poor by looking at Bla…
Ben Winck
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A poverty policy expert explains how Biden's Child Tax Credit could change America's broken relationship with welfare
Last month, families began receiving monthly cash payments of $250 to $300 per child to spend on ev…
Paul Constant
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Hillary Clinton said voters ‘don’t really understand’ the consequences of electing Republicans in the midterms
Senior Democrats are warning that the Republican Party would cut Medicare and Social Security if it…
Tom Porter
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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found
Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child negle…
Allie Kelly
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Bernie Sanders and AOC support the 'Nordic model,' which features robust health and social-welfare systems - one that Finland's leader calls 'the American Dream'
Still, some experts have noted that Nordic countries maintain pro-business policies. Finland and Sw…