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Govt proposes 7 kg grain per beneficiary under Antyodaya Anna Yojana; family quota capped at 35 kgDraft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill aims to shift to a per-person entitlement of 7 kg, while maintaining the 35 kg household cap.- BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
- Quote of the day by American philosopher and professor Noam Chomsky: “There are no poor countries— only systems that have failed to manage resources.” — Is poverty really man-made? The hidden truth behind broken economic systems, wealth concentration, and growing inequality continues fueling global frustration and social instabilityQuote of the day by Noam Chomsky: The quote challenges the common belief that poverty is unavoidable. It argues that broken economic system...
- Why Some Monkeys Would Rather Throw Away Food Than Accept an “Unfair” DealMonkeys reject unfair food rewards, demonstrating a sense of fairness. Research shows capuchins and chimpanzees refuse unequal treats. Bono...
- Big growth, bigger gaps: India's uneven pay storyDespite India's rising GDP per capita between 2017 and 2024, income inequality in the labor market persists. While median incomes increased...
- The trilemma of inequalitiesIndia's economic growth over two decades has reduced poverty but not equitably. Covid-19 increased income, expenditure, and savings inequal...
- India's roaring growth may not change the story of its great divide, finds economists' pollA nearly 85% majority of development economists and policy experts, 43 out of 51, in a May 15-June 18 Reuters poll, said they were not conf...
- K-shaped? Kabhi nahinA word that means stacked inequity on one side and stacked privilege on the other was coined by Peter Atwater, a lecturer at Virginia-based...
- Centre needs to extend policy focus beyond 'roti, kapda, makaan', says the office of CEAAs per the document, Indian witnessed a decline in inequality of consumption in the decade before the LPG reforms of 1991 due to regulatory...
- No K-shaped recovery in India, pandemic a "leveler" to reduce inequality: SBI EconomistsBased on data and studies, the SBI economists said, "... in hindsight, the pandemic may have been a leveller in terms of inequality with th...
- How cereals helped Modi-govt cut inequality in IndiaHigher procurement and free distribution of cereals such as wheat and rice have benefitted the poorest of the poor in India, thus helping l...
- Food security made Covid more bearableThe pandemic led to massive disruptions - migrant workers in urban areas lost jobs and had to make it back home under difficult circumstanc...
- Poverty in numbers: What does the data tell us?As per the World Inequality Report, the top 10% and the top 1% in India still control 57% and 22% of the national wealth, while the bottom ...
- India could provide universal basic income of Rs 2,600 a year: IMFThe figure of Rs 2,600 per annum has been arrived at through simulation that replaces food and fuel subsidies in India with a UBI.
- Government data on inequality misleadingThe income share of India's top 0.01 per cent was less than 0.4 per cent in 1980, but rose to 1.5 to 2 per cent by the end of the 1990s.
- 'Vested interests setback to India's poverty reduction quest'The economist said it was "ironical" that during the peak period of the country's development, the corresponding indexes for poverty reduct...
- Rahul Gandhi , Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal all underplay how rising inequality threatens India’s futureThanks in part to the caste system, Indian inequality has been more deep and pernicious than that of many other nations.
- More non-farm jobs must for securing farmers' income: GovernmentThere is a need to create more non -farm opportunities to facilitate farmers' migration to those jobs so as to ensure income security.
- 'The PM is a friend, but i criticise him'Bardhan, who is working on a sequel to the 'Political Economy of Development in India', was in Delhi to attend a conference. He tells Ullek...
- EU-Latin America summit voices concern over food pricesThe EU-Latin America-Caribbean summit stressed in its final declaration in Lima that participants were concerned by the impact of increased...
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