1.45 Crore to Get Annapurna Yojana Payment; 17 Lakh Applications Rejected
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The Annapurna Yojana is a government money plan in West Bengal.
People in the plan get 3,000 rupees.
The government said 1.45 crore people will get the money.
They will get it on 17 August.
The government also rejected 17 lakh applications.
This means these people will not get money now.
The government explained why some names were cut.
People can fill the form again.
The government did not say all the reasons in detail.
People must check their status to know more.
Vocabulary15 words
- Annapurna Yojana
- a government plan that gives money to people
- applications
- forms people send to ask for something
- status
- the current state of something
- rejected
- said no to something
- scheme
- a plan by the government
- government
- the group that runs the country or state
- crore
- a number equal to 10 million
- lakh
- a number equal to 100,000
- form
- a paper you fill with your information
- payment
- money given to someone
- plan
- an idea or system to do something
- cut
- removed
- check
- look at something to know if it is right
- explain
- tell why something happened
- money
- cash used to buy things
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Answer key
1. 1.45 crore 2. 17 lakh 3. 17 August
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The Annapurna Yojana is a _____ money plan in West Bengal.
People in the plan get 3,000 _____.
The government said 1.45 _____ people will get the money.
They will get it on 17 _____.
The government also rejected 17 _____ applications.
This means these people will not get money _____.
The government explained why some _____ were cut.
People can fill the _____ again.
The government did not say all the reasons in _____.
People must check their _____ to know more.
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