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Universities & colleges to give momentum to UP Government’s "Zero Poverty Campaign”

Lucknow, Jan 17( UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government is set to take another significant step towards making the state poverty-free.
As part of this effort, the government is considering linking universities and colleges across the state with its ‘Zero Poverty Campaign’. To formalise the initiative, MoUs will be signed with higher educational institutions, which will adopt 10-to-15-gram panchayats each to ensure the holistic development of identified poor families.
Under the campaign, students from NSS, NCC, MSW and other academic programmes will work as volunteers to connect members of Zero Poverty families with livelihood opportunities, skill development, employment support, and social empowerment initiatives.
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