An NFHS question shows why questionnaires need to be reworked and updated from first principlesSurvey questionnaires need to be reworked from first principles in consultation with today’s policymakers rather than blindly perpetuating ...
23 Apr, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
UNDP report says 415 mn people lifted out of poverty in India: Govt"As per the 'Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce multidimensional poverty' report released ...
12 Dec, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
UNDP's latest report on poverty highlights India's great leap upwardFrom the turn of the millennium, India has been targeting various deprivations. Eight years ago, public policy was tweaked to prioritise an...
28 Oct, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
India lifted 415 million out of poverty in 15 years, says UNThe UNDP report noted that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty in India cannot be fully assessed because 71% of the data from t...
18 Oct, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Gretas stand up all across G20 nations26 Oct, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
Only 47% of young entrepreneurs, startups confident of sustaining beyond six monthsMore than 1,000 young entrepreneurs across sectors, including health and education, were covered in the survey on issues ranging from acces...
14 Aug, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
Pakistan tops in holding biases against women: UN ReportAccording to the UNDP report, Andorra had the least population with sexist beliefs, at 27.01%, followed by Sweden and the Netherlands with ...
11 Mar, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
National survey to estimate poverty with new metricsA major exercise has started to help estimate poverty levels, years after the poverty line idea was dumped.
21 Feb, 2020, 12.20 PM IST
View: 5 ways to combat pessimism about the hunger indexIndia is one of the few countries with hunger data in NSSO surveys. These show that hunger declined from 16% of the population in 1983 to 1...
22 Oct, 2017, 02.39 PM IST
Telecom, allied sectors prefer to hire most from Delhi: PeopleStrongThe survey showed that the preferred age group for hiring in telecom and allied sectors is 22 to 25 years which shows a clear inclination t...
25 Nov, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
Economic Survey 2011-12: India to join league of youngest nations by 2020India will emerge as one of the youngest nations by 2020 and this changing demographic condition could pose some challenges as well.
15 Mar, 2012, 05.10 PM IST
- 41.6% of Indians below poverty line in 2005 as per UNDP: Government
UN estimates that 41.6%of India's population lived below the poverty line in 2005, but Planning Commission had pegged the figure lower at 3...
23 Nov, 2011, 02.35 PM IST
- Economic Survey 2011: Focus on better convergence of social schemes
The government needs to work on how to better converge various social schemes without duplication to effectively address the issues of unem...
25 Feb, 2011, 03.08 PM IST
- Global agencies offer help to promote insurance for poor
A number of international agencies have stepped in to help the government expand the scope and improve the performance of rashtriya swasthy...
06 Dec, 2010, 06.52 AM IST
- '8 Indian states poorer than Africa’s 26 poorest'
Eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together account for more poor people than the 26 poorest African nati...
13 Jul, 2010, 07.00 AM IST
- More poor in eight states than 26 African nations
A UNDP survey says that eight Indian states have more poor than 26 African nations put together.
13 Jul, 2010, 06.46 AM IST
- 15% of Sunderbans will be submerged: UNDP report
An estimated 15% of the Sunderbans delta will go under the sea by 2020, the UN Development Programme has warned.
12 Jul, 2010, 06.08 PM IST