Govt sets Rs 10,000 min balance in bank accounts as rural poverty measure
The more the number of families with such a minimum balance, the better a panchayat’s chance of being on the positive list of the poverty index.
Under Mission Antyodaya, there are 21 parameters to measure the economic status of any gram panchayat.The aim of the mission is to create 50,000 poverty-free panchayats.
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