Poverty

 Containing a virus

prime Minister Manmohan Singh rightly called Naxalism a "virus' during a meeting with chief ministers of Naxalite-affected states. Unfortunately, he did not take the analogy further. A virus cannot

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
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Rural Development, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Naxalites, Rural Poverty
Food Policy

 Mumbai has 2.6 million fake ration cards

the Maharashtra government recently discovered 2.6 million fake ration cards in the state, including 700,000 fake cards in Mumbai. The state government has assured "strict action' against errant

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Nidhi Jamwal
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Food Policy, Food Supply, Subsidies, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, NGO, India, Maharashtra, Corruption
Economy

 Subcontinental drift

our worst suspicions have been confirmed. Recent research shows that since its separation from Gondwanaland, the Indian subcontinent has been moving at a more rapid pace than its siblings

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Development, Economy, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Globalisation
Poverty

 News Snippets

>> E-bay, the world's largest online auctioneer, has launched a website that allows people to invest in loans that lift people out of poverty. The website, called MicroPlace, acts as a broker between

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Tribals, Finance, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Media, TV, Developing Countries, Internet
Poverty

 Science against poverty

One doesn't usually associate medical and scientific journals with anti-poverty campaigns. But more than 200 such journals from 34 nations ran simultaneous articles on a range of poverty and

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Health Care, Finance, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Information, Media, Press, Science Journalism, Africa, China, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 NREGA needs a paradigm shift

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2006, is degenerating into yet another poverty alleviation scheme. At the same time, officials are congratulating themselves on the act's

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
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Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Rural Development, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Rural Poverty
Food Policy

 Food coupons for BPL families

in a bid to stop pilferage in the Targeted Public Distribution System (tpds), the Union government plans to introduce food coupons for people below poverty line (bpl). Under the scheme

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Supriya Singh
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Food Policy, Food Supply, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Gujarat, Maharashtra
Sanitation

 Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

A review of the implementation of the Asian Development Banks (adbs) water policy and water supply and sanitation (wss) projects in India has exposed its failings. In 2005, adb funded WaterAid,

Publication Date: 
30/07/2007
S V Suresh Babu
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Water Policy, Urban Water Supply, Slums, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh, India, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, South Asia
Poverty

 Gujarat announces Rs 13 crore scheme for state's poor

gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on March 29, 2007, announced a Rs 13-crore scheme for the state's urban poor. The programme, called Garib Samriddhi Scheme, envisages, among other things,

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
Minti Jain
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Urban Planning, Nagarpalikas, Urban Housing, Slums, Slum Upgrading, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, NGO, Awards, India, Gujarat
India

 Drop in unemployment not necessarily good news

the 61st round of the National Sample Survey (nss) seems to suggest that the unemployment rate in the country has come down. But this statistic has to be read in context. The entire gamut of data

Publication Date: 
30/03/2007
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Economy, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Unemployment, India, Statistics

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