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Kerala’s end of extreme poverty: How a lower-middle-income state achieved what few others haveIt should also be noted that it is extreme destitution that is being considered. It would be a different story if the threshold for poverty...- India will not compromise farmers' interests in any trade deal with US: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah affirmed that India will prioritize its farmers and national interests in any trade agreement with the United...
- Kerala: Electricity charges increased by 16 paise per unit, another 12 paise hike next FYKerala's government announced a 16-paise per unit electricity tariff increase starting December 5, followed by another 12-paise hike in 202...
- Biggest challenge in 2021 is to ensure people in all countries get access to Covid-19 vaccine: WHOThe single biggest challenge in 2021 would be ensuring that people in all the countries, both rich and poor, get access to the Covid-19 vac...
- Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu lead performers in Niti's SDG indexThe index took into account 13 out of 17 goals specified by United Nation's as SDGs and left out four goals because of lack of data at the ...
- India should focus more on reducing poverty than inequality: Arvind PanagariyaInequality is complex as well as multi-dimensional and in developing countries like India, poverty reduction should take precedence over in...
- Southern states agree to NITI Aayog's poverty line end-useThe participating states expressed concern about availability of drinking water in their respective areas and wanted the NITI Aayog to take...
- Do not bet on MNREGA to save the poor, capital-intensive rural investment is the solution: SA AiyarMNREGA has gender advantages, but India’s soaring wages after 2008 were driven mainly by high agricultural prices and fast GDP growth.
- Sikkim records steepest fall in poverty levelSikkim has recorded steepest fall in poverty level in the country on account of increase in per capita consumption.
- Poverty numbers preliminary, BJP has no right to condemn: Rajeev Shukla"These were just preliminary assessment by an expert group and BJP has no right to condemn as population of poor has dwindled faster during...
- 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...
- Gujarat promises continued, accelerated and all-around progress: Jagdish Bhagwati & Arvind PanagariyaGujarat Model is a metaphor and you can apply it to Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra. It also applies to Kerala in large measure, they said.
- 5 disappointments for Indian economy in post-reform period"India has failed to show progress in social indicators. We are not only behind China but even slower than Bangladesh", says Mahendra.
- Cracking the Kerala Myth: Image as a state-led success crumbles in the face of hard factsHigh inequality means that, contrary to claims by many, Kerala could not have achieved the decline in poverty without significant increases...
- Inclusive growth: Malnutrition-education linkInclusive growth is possible only with enhanced participation of the poor in education.
- Kerala's 'green' budget foresees revenue deficit of Rs 3,630 cr
- Poverty reduction and creationThe statistics on poverty hide as much as they reveal, providing fresh insights into the poor simultaneously overcoming and being consumed ...
- India below sub-Saharan Africa in hunger indexDespite robust economic growth in recent years, India’s record on hunger is worse than that of nearly 25 sub-Saharan African countries and ...
- Rich and poor gap widens, failure in policy planning: StudyThe gap between the rich and the poor has widened in the last 25 years even as poverty and backwardness are concentrated in 15 states, a st...
- Rice cheaper for Kerala BPL familiesKerala government on Wednesday unveiled yet another populist scheme by offering 25 kilograms of rice at a price of Rs three per kg to all b...
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