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Jammu and Kashmir decides to give Rs 25,000, cost of 5gm gold to BPL girls for marriageThe Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to provide marriage assistance fund to women from families below poverty line.04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST- Make scholarship schemes for minorities 'demand driven': PanelDuring 2014-15, Rs 1,129.27 crore was released for the pre-matric scholarship for awarding 74.97 lakh scholarships up to March 2015.17 May, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
- New poverty line: Rs 32 in villages, Rs 47 in citiesThe poverty line had been fixed at Rs 27 in rural areas and Rs 33 in urban areas, levels at which getting two meals may be difficult.07 Jul, 2014, 10.23 AM IST
- Opposition-Congress slugfest over poverty level estimates escalateAccording to the Planning Commission, the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 p...25 Jul, 2013, 10.02 PM IST
- Poverty has declined at much faster rate during UPA: CongressCongress today conceded that there has been price rise but said poverty has declined at a much faster rate during UPA regime as compared to...24 Jul, 2013, 09.07 PM IST
- Gujarat's model of economic development is not impressive on a closer look at figuresNarendra Modi says Gujarat's model of economic development can be implemented in the rest of the country but a closer look shows that the m...04 Nov, 2012, 09.28 AM IST
- Why 93% of India’s workforce is trapped in unorganized sectorLack of skills in India also forces workers to remain trapped in the unorganized sector, doing menial and semi-skilled work.24 Oct, 2012, 04.58 PM IST
- Starved of ideas: Expanding the leaky public distribution system won’t deliver food securityEven accepting increased calorie consumption as the goal, an expanded PDS is not the answer.19 Oct, 2012, 12.05 PM IST
- Drought threat to four states, food minister KV Thomas saysKV Thomas tells Nitin Sethi that it makes better sense to distribute stocked foodgrain to people of the country than subsidise exports.24 Jul, 2012, 10.59 AM IST
- Debate on poverty does not alter the reality of declining poverty or strategy to combat itIn the late 1970s and 1980s, economists Yoginder Alagh & DT Lakdawala defined the poverty line in terms of the spending on food required.20 Apr, 2012, 06.02 AM IST
- Food Security Bill: An open letter from economists to PMWe welcome the tabling of a National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha as an important step towards the elimination of hunger and undernu...12 Mar, 2012, 07.38 AM IST
- BPL surveys are mere BPL surveys, not caste census: Dr M VijayanunniThe Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 is independent India’s first attempt to record details of a person’s caste. An expert says collect...31 Jul, 2011, 03.28 AM IST
- Will Direct cash transfer be a better reform than fuel and fertiliser subsidy?Nandan Nilekani will finalise a report to govt which could prove turning point in India's largely-failed attempt to reform its bloated subs...04 Jul, 2011, 11.56 AM IST
- Food for a billionOn Wednesday, the National Advisory Council turned UPA's election promises into firm deliverables under the National Food Security Bill. Bu...16 Jul, 2010, 06.14 AM IST
- Microfinance- A magical economic panacea?Microfinance to me is simply a tool for empowering the 'bottom billion' of the world with unprecedented financial independence, if employed...07 Dec, 2009, 12.25 PM IST
- Poverty line to be raised?A government committee is close to revising the poverty line upwards, bringing more people into the safety net of government support.05 Apr, 2008, 05.45 AM IST
- Is welfare behind falling consumptionTHE REASONS for falling demand for foodgrain are yet to be firmly established, though several theses have been advanced to explain this phe...27 Nov, 2001, 11.04 PM IST
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