Searched for
POVERTY CAP
$100K Social Security cap? New proposal sparks shock and big questionsA new proposal suggests limiting Social Security benefits for wealthy retirees. The plan aims to reduce future funding problems and protect...26 Mar, 2026, 08.37 PM IST- Seek Joint approach to contain energy priceThe energy ministers of the 27 member nations gathered in an emergency meeting and were hoping to overcome the differing views on various p...10 Sep, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
- Digvijay Singh joins criticism on plan panel's poverty criteriaCongress leader Digvijay Singh joined Union Minister Kapil Sibal in questioning the criteria for fixing poverty line.27 Jul, 2013, 12.23 PM IST
- Montek makes U-turn, abandons Rs 32 per day poverty linePlan panel had put in an affidavit before the SC stating that it took Rs 32/day per capita expenditure in cities and Rs 25 in rural India f...22 Nov, 2011, 07.55 AM IST
- Research by JNU shows inequality has increased in both rural & urban areasPoverty in India has fallen at twice the rate since 2004-05 , says a study by two professors of Delhi's Jawarharlal Nehru University.25 Oct, 2011, 02.09 AM IST
- Subsidies even for those spending over Rs 32 a dayAhluwalia and Jairam Ramesh said that states would not be required to peg the number of beneficiaries of Centre's welfare schemes.04 Oct, 2011, 08.07 AM IST
- Tendulkar's poverty line not meant to be an acceptable level of living for aam aadmi: Montek Singh AhluwaliaMontek Singh to clarify that the Tendulkar Commission's poverty line was, "not meant to be an acceptable level of living for the aam aadmi."04 Oct, 2011, 01.40 AM IST
- No poverty cap for food allocation: Montek Singh AhluwaliaThe Planning Commission Monday clarified that it was not going by a set poverty line for allocation of subsidised food and supported an app...03 Oct, 2011, 03.56 PM IST
- Below poverty line affidavit: Aruna Roy asks Montek Ahluwalia to live on Rs 32 a dayNAC's Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander have demanded that Montek Singh Ahluwalia withdraw the poverty line affidavit filed before the Supreme Cou...30 Sep, 2011, 06.17 AM IST
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has no idea of real poverty: Yashwant SinhaBJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the “laughable” affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on revised Below Poverty Line benchmarks.26 Sep, 2011, 01.12 PM IST
- Government mulls alternative methods to determine official poverty lineThe alternatives proposed are based on deprivation indices. The aim is a long-term political solution to determine which households should ...23 Sep, 2011, 07.37 AM IST
- Govt mulling alternative methods to determine the beneficiaries of government programmes and subsidyThe aim is a long-term political solution to determine which households should be targeted for welfare programmes and subsidies.23 Sep, 2011, 03.20 AM IST
- Revolt in Planning Commission panel over BPL capTwo Planning Commission member came out in revolt against the panel's affidavit to the Supreme Court that those spending Rs 32 a day in urb...22 Sep, 2011, 09.00 AM IST
- Government to clarify soon on criteria to identify BPL familiesGovernment is expected to clarify soon to the SC on the criteria used by the Planning Commission to identify below poverty line population.03 Aug, 2011, 03.49 PM IST
- Parliamentary Committee questions move to introduce Food BillThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on finance has questioned the government's move to introduce a right to food bill when it did not have...25 Jun, 2011, 03.58 AM IST
- Haven't accepted cap on temperature: Shyam SaranIndia's chief climate change negotiator Shyam Saran spoke exclusively to TOI as he tried to explain the Indian position on these crucial ne...17 Jul, 2009, 04.09 AM IST
- World Bank pulls out of Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline projectWorld Bank has withdrawn financing of a Chad-Cameroon pipeline because the Chadian government failed to honor an agreement to use some oil ...10 Sep, 2008, 05.44 AM IST
Load More
