India has reduced its poverty rate to 12.4% from the 2011-12 estimate of 21%, according to new data released by World Bank, which identified rural electrification as an important driving factor for everything from greater
With 25 farmers in Karnataka committing suicide in June, it appears evident that rural India is in distress–the long-term cause, a growth rate of almost zero (0.2%), and the immediate cause, crop failures caused by
New Delhi: Stressing that India was "aggressively" walking the energy efficiency path and will reduce its emission intensity, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday asked developed countries to reduce their emissions "vigorously" ahead of the
Addis Ababa: India has pitched for a global tax regime built into the UN process, rather than being looked at from the point of view of rich countries, in a bid to curb illegal financial
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing tension between the two countries over ceasefire violations, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit today said his country is committed to improving ties with India and that issues between
New Delhi: The government on Friday said a new tenancy bill will come up for the union cabinet's approval soon."The upcoming policy would do away with some archaic rules that have governed this sector. The
.75% of rural households in India have a monthly income of less than Rs 5,000 ($79) .51% of households make a living from manual labour .28% (over 50 million) of households do not have mobile phones or
Kathmandu: Nearly one million people have slipped below poverty line in Nepal due to two powerful earthquakes that left about 9,000 people dead and a trail of destruction across the country."The earthquakes have pushed 982,000
A chicken, goat or a similar “productive asset” or goods (such as betel leaves or vegetables) for a small shop. Training on using such assets. Money to reduce incentive to sell assets in an emergency.
Anugul (Odisha): Fortyfive-year-old Gokulananda Guru, a daily wage labourer, jumped inside a well in his village Nuasahi under Banarpal block on Sunday night with his seven-year-old son.Their bodies were fished out by fire brigade personnel
Patna: Nine-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with a parasitic twin that was removed after a highly-publicised operation in Bengaluru in 2007, is again facing health problems that may threaten her life, her parents say.Lakshmi
New Delhi: A whopping 63 million people are faced with poverty every year due to “catastrophic” expenditure over healthcare which neutralises the gains of rising income and various government schemes aimed to reduce poverty, according
All of us mostly just 'sit-n-talk' about the depravity leading the poor class to suffer, while many of us take steps to bridge the gap, others just prefer to 'discuss' the matter over a drink
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said more jobs need to be created in non-farm sector as employment creation is the most potent tool for bringing down poverty.Addressing a summit on livelihood security, he
United Nations: The UN on Friday marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with its Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for more efforts to eliminate poverty in all its forms as 2.4 billion people
Washington: Exhorting experts, scholars and students of the Harvard University to use their expertise in the 'big fight' against illiteracy and poverty, the founder of well-known Super 30 tutorial program in Bihar has called for
Auckland: It may not come as a surprise to see a famed athlete doing odd jobs to support his/her family in India but even a country like New Zealand, Internationally famous athletes have to do
Bhubaneswar: A couple was detained in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar for allegedly selling their three children, including a new-born baby, for money, police said Thursday.Shyama Chandra Rao, 35, and his wife Pramila, 29, residents of a
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked district collectors to work hard to ensure that dalits are lifted out of poverty and that their living conditions are improved. Addressing a meeting of collectors
New Delhi: With 67 years been since the country became independent, India is still called a developing nation. The country is full of resources but still lags behind other countries like China, Japan, and Singapore
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