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Poverty in India

Poverty is a social phenomenon in which a section of society is unable to fulfill its basic necessities of life. According to human development report 1997 is the denial of oppturnities “to lead a long, healthy, creative life to enj [...]

Posted On : Nov, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty in India

Poverty in India

Poverty is a social phenomenon in which a section of society is unable to fulfill its basic necessities of life. According to human development report 1997 is the denial of oppturnities “to lead a long, healthy, creative life to enj [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty in India saddens Akshay

Poverty in India saddens Akshay

Bollywood star actor Akshay Kumar has been shocked to hear that a woman in Bihar sold her four-month-old son for Rs 62.40 and says that it is saddening to see such “abject poverty in a resourceful country like India”, Zee News [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

India Chooses Poverty

When Indian officials are pressed about their failed policies, they typically talk about their nation’s fundamentals still being sound. Most observers (even most critics) accept this, but what if India’s fundamentals were, in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

The Problem of Energy Poverty in India

What is poverty? I believe everyone knows the answer to that intuitively. Specifically, if one were to ask the veterans in the Indian Government, they would be led to believe that there exists unimaginable ambiguity. However, if he/she we [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

India's education malaise has all the hallmarks of a development disaster

India's education malaise has all the hallmarks of a develop...

If you want a glimpse of the challenges facing India's education system, there is no better vantage point than Rajpur primary school. Located in the tribal belt of the Shahabad hills of Rajasthan, the school serves some of India's [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

India needs creativity, innovation to address poverty: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the country needs creativity and innovation to address the problems of poverty, health and environment. "We have made innovations in areas such as space technology, atomic energy and auto [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty a reality but India deserve F1: Mallya

NOIDA (India): Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya on Friday fiercely defended India's right to host a Formula One Grand prix race, saying the country's economic growth was as much a reality as its poverty. Critics have flayed th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

India draws poverty battle lines

India's top governmental economic advisory body is backing away from a new official poverty cut-off rate of 32 rupees (US$0.64) per day after it caused a major furor. On September 20, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Sing [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

'India's poverty level impractical for Punjab'

The Central government's affidavit in the Supreme Court declaring those spending Rs 32 per person per day and Rs 26 in rural areas as above poverty line has provoked politicians of all hues in poll-bound Punjab to demand a higher rate [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

'Poverty has not reduced for poor in India'

Poverty has reduced comparatively at a lower rate for the socially disadvantaged sections of the society despite fairly high growth sustained by the country during the 11th Five Year Plan. This was stated by economist and chairman of I [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty rate up in Indiana, Michigan

Michigan ranks 30th and Indiana ranks 31st in children’s overall health and well-being, according to this year’s national Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report came out Tuesday, measuring the 50 s [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

India aid programme 'beset by corruption' - World Bank

India aid programme 'beset by corruption' - World Bank

The governing coalition spends billions of dollars - more than 2% of its gross domestic product - on helping the poor. But a new World Bank report says aid programmes are beset by corruption, bad administration and under-payments. As an e [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

China and India Become Major Contributors to Global Poverty ...

Developing countries are on track to meet or get close to key targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, thanks to the rapid economic growth in China and India, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on April 1 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0
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