The survey shows that on average, recipients of the government's basic rural pension receive just 720 yuan a year.

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There are also acute disparities with regards to the provision of basic education to rural and urban areas.

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In rural areas, peasants had basic medical treatment at minimal expense.

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Besides imparting basic skills to rural journalists, the workshops also provided a useful forum for the discussion of press freedom and other professional issues and their possible solutions.

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Companies will have the chance to identify the current barriers to providing basic level broadband in rural areas as well as suggesting ways to make more use of publicly-owned networks, such as those connecting schools and hospitals.

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But on the basic "Thaksinomics" of rural development, government health care, industrial privatization and infrastructure buildout?

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In this way, Obama differs from Bill Clinton, who after all recognized the need for basic industries as governor of poor and rural Arkansas.

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This means thousands and thousands of Indians living in rural and remote places will be able to get the kind of basic health services that they need and that are their right.

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This programme is selected for serving the learning and training needs of the rural community, and particularly those of women and girls, through the provision of basic literacy and functional skills in over 950 centres.

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