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2022-06-06 17:27
$103m allocated to rural development plans
TEHRAN – The Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) has approved a total of 31 trillion rials (nearly $103 million) for rural development in the budget bill for the current Iranian calendar year (March 2022-March 2023), IRIB reported on Sunday.
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2021-10-09 21:00
Charity creates 327,000 job opportunities for rural clients
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has opened up over 327,000 jobs so far by supporting small and home-based businesses in the country's rural areas, during the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2021).
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2020-12-26 18:30
Rural housewives to receive insurance, retirement benefits
TEHRAN – Housewives having three children or more residing in rural areas will be covered by insurance and will receive retirement benefits, a member of the Majlis (Iranian parliament) has announced.
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2020-10-03 18:36
Rural development projects worth $3b to be inaugurated
TEHRAN – Rural development projects worth 130 trillion rials (nearly $3 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) will be inaugurated on the occasion of the National Day of Villagers and Nomads, which is marked on October 5.
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2020-09-15 18:30
Iran attending UNTWO meeting on corona-hit tourism industry
TEHRAN – Iran has participated in the 112th session of the executive council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which started in Georgia on Tuesday, aiming to find ways to help the global travel industry recover from impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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2019-11-10 16:56
Charity foundation to open up 120,000 jobs for villagers
TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will generate 120,000 jobs for the people residing in rural areas by the end of this year (March 20), the foundation’s head has said.
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2019-10-16 19:19
Expert delineates factors driving rural population decline in Iran
TEHRAN – Over 53 percent of Iran's population were living in rural areas some four decades ago, but urbanization has influenced rural demographic trends, decreasing the rural population to 20 million, representing 25 percent of the country’s population, Shahla Kazemipour, a demographer and sociologist has said.
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2019-10-07 11:36
Charity foundation opens up 90,000 job opportunities in rural areas
TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will create 90,000 jobs for the people residing in rural areas during the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), an official with the foundation has said.
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2019-09-07 19:59
$95m allotted to generate jobs for the deprived
TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated 4 trillion rials (nearly $95 million) to create jobs for the financially struggling individuals residing in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, the provincial foundation’s head has announced.
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2019-08-17 22:34
$1.5b allocated for job creation in rural areas
TEHRAN - Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Wednesday that the government has allocated $1.5 billion for job creation in the country’s rural areas, IRIB reported.
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2019-07-01 22:40
$4.2b earmarked for job generation in rural areas
TEHRAN – A total budget of 180 trillion rials (around $4.2 billion) has been allocated to open up job opportunities in rural areas, vice-president for rural development and deprived areas has announced.
