Safety net

Safety net

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Only 20% of eligible indigenous people enlisted in social safety nets: TIB

In the old-age allowance, 52.1% of eligible Indigenous persons applied but only 21.2% were selected, says the TIB report

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Elderly care gets biggest share in lifecycle-based safety net

Govt to revise safety net list – remove ineligible beneficiaries, add new ones

Govt to revise safety net list – remove ineligible beneficiaries, add new ones

Imams, muezzins, priests to get social safety net: Cabinet Division

Imams, muezzins, priests to get social safety net: Cabinet Division

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Principles of budget should be to simplify people's lives through taming inflation: Economists

How govt will expand safety net in a time of financial crunch in next budget

How govt will expand safety net in a time of financial crunch in next budget

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Jobs and wages shrank. Time to increase safety net

Safety net expands but who gets the most of it?

Safety net expands but who gets the most of it?

A list of the poor urgent to stop misuse of safety net funds

A list of the poor urgent to stop misuse of safety net funds

Slow pace in low-income groups’ stimulus loan disbursement

Slow pace in low-income groups’ stimulus loan disbursement

After easing of costly Covid-19 lockdowns, US retailers have found new troubles, as nationwide protests rage following the death of the African-American George Floyd. Photo: Collected

Racism is the reason the US safety net is so weak