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Foreign handles, desi stories: How global creators are decoding IndiaAn American picking up Malayalam. A Korean calling himself Bihari. A Kiwi showing the nooks of India. Foreign influencers are using Indian ...- Is a college education still worth it in India?India must confront the impact of AI on jobs due to its large youth population, reliance on software services, and an oversupply of graduat...
- Aspirational districts fare better in poverty reductionThe average decline in number of multidimensionally poor was higher for aspirational districts between 2015-16 and 2019-21. However, they s...
- To not be poor is glorious, rewardingNITI Aayog has corroborated earlier findings by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that 135 million people were lifted out of ...
- An expert panel on poverty level determination has been recommended: Minister“It is recommended that an expert committee be set up to arrive at an informed decision on the level at which the poverty line should be se...
- Rangarajan defends poverty estimates; says meet global norms"I dont think that it is conservative estimates. In my view it is reasonable estimates. We have derived poverty estimates independently," R...
- India's population at 123 crore as of March 2012: MinisterIndia's population was estimated at 123 crore as of March 1, 2012, while as many as 27 crore people lived bpl in 2011-12.
- Parliamentary panel for joint mechanism to estimate povertyExpressing concern over the latest poverty figures, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to set up of a joint mechanism comprisin...
- Poverty declines to 21.9% in the country in 2011-12Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9% in 2011-12 from 37.2% in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption, Plann...
- Rural Muslim poverty highest in Assam, WB, UP and Guj: UNDPUnited Nations has observed that poverty head count ratio for Muslims is highest in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Guj...
- India will not be able to achieve crucial MDG targets: ReportIndia's poverty ratio is likely to be 26.7 per cent by 2015 while child mortality ratio is seen at 52 per thousand live births.
- Poverty declined to 26% in 2011-12, says Montek Singh AhluwaliaAccording to Planning Commission's estimates, poverty ratio was at 29.8% in 09-10 as per the Tendulkar Committee methodology.
- Orissa witnesses steepest decline in poverty during 2004-2010Among the major states, Orissa recorded the steepest fall in poverty from 2004-05 to 2009-10, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar ...
- Poverty down, no matter what method is used, asserts Montek Singh AhluwaliaPlan panel deputy chairman Ahluwalia asserted that the number of poor in the country has come down irrespective of the method of calculatio...
- Poverty levels: Government admits growth gains unevenThe benefits of high economic growth have not trickled down to the bottom 15% who are the most disadvantaged in the country.
- 5 crore people moved out of poverty: GovernmentThe new estimates are based on a poverty line that averages Rs 672.8 per month (Rs 22.43 per day) in rural areas and Rs 859.6 per month (Rs...
- At Rs 28 daily consumption, India's poverty declinesAn individual above a monthly consumption of Rs 859.6 in urban and Rs 672.8 in rural areas is not considered poor, as per the controversial...
- Maharashtra 3rd among BPL states only behind UP, Bihar
- Reforms trickling, poverty dipsPoverty has come down over the decade of reforms, but a fifth to a quarter of the population still remains poor, according to the latest es...
- India sees rising living standards, as poverty ratio declinesThe poverty ratio in the country has come down to 22% from 36% in 1993-94 as per initial estimates, the government said.
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