Haryana Government on Thursday revised the limit of annual income of families living Below Poverty line (BPl) and below Double the Poverty line (DPl) in both rural and urban areas of the State for various schemes being run by Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (HSCFDC).
A spokesman of Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department said that a proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister Manohar lal.
He said that the limit of annual income of BPl families living in rural areas has been increased from Rs20,000 to Rs40,500 and those living in urban areas from Rs27,500 to Rs51,500. Similarly, for the families living below Double the Poverty line (DPl), the limit of annual income has been increased from Rs40,000 to Rs81, 000 in rural areas and Rs55,000 to Rs1.03 lakh in urban areas, he added.