Economy

Household consumer expenditure in India, 2005-06

This report presents data on both level of consumption measured by the sum of monetary values of goods and services consumed per month by households and pattern of consumption reflected in the composition of total consumption by commodity group. The report also presents distribution of households and persons over different ranges of quantitative consumption level, separately for rural and urban areas of different States of the country.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
National Sample Survey Organisation
Tags:
Food Crops, Edible Oils, Consumption Patterns, Poverty, India, Statistics
Climate Change

 In Short News

lipitor patent revoked: Pfizer Inc said on October 29 a German court had revoked the drugmaker's patent covering the active ingredient in its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor. The decision

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Supply, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Endangered Species, Consumption Patterns, Waste Disposal, Drugs, Drug Industry, Monkey, Patents, Germany, Global
Climate Change

 India and climate change

Today the west knows that it has to take action on climate change, thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) and the Stern report. However, encouraged by the Stern report, it

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Environment Economics, Climate Change, IPCC, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Consumption Patterns, International Cooperation, China, Europe, India, Developing Countries, Climate Science
Climate Change

 Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change

In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate change in the Stern Report. He veers round to an uneasy

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
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Environment Economics, Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Emission Targets, Energy Policy, Consumption Patterns, Emissions Trading, India, Global, CNG
India

 Family meals mean sound health

frequent family meals in adolescence contribute to good eating habits as an adult. A new study shows family meals lead to less eating disorders and healthier food intake in adolescents. This habit

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lifestyles, Health Effects, Consumption Patterns, Child Health, Research, United States Of America (US)
Economy

Conditional cash transfer programs - A magic bullet for reducing poverty?

In 1997, the Government of Mexico introduced a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program called Programa de Education, Salud, Y Alimentacion (Progresa), providing assistance to about 300, 000 extremely poor households. The essential premise of a CCT program is a cash transfer to households, conditioned on their participation in health, nutrition, and education services.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Poverty, Finance, Economy, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Mexico, Education, South America, Nutrition, Nicaragua, Developing Countries, Consumption Patterns
Climate Change

 Climate crime revisited

UK's consumption-based emissions analysis challenges conventional wisdom Carbon emissions of a country have been calculated on the basis of production of goods and services, until now.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
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Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Consumption Patterns, Construction Industry, Industry, Statistics
India

 Global warming can't be fixed without egalitarian ethic

It is difficult to find simple remedies to complex problems, not because such remedies are hard to find but because they are often overlooked. To check global warming, German chancellor Angela Merkel

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29/09/2007
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Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Consumption Patterns, Conflicts, Poverty, China, India, Lifestyles
Health

Long-term changes in Indian food basket and nutrition

The food consumption pattern in India is diversifying towards high value commodities. The decline in per capita consumption of cereals, in particular, coarse cereals, has worsened the nutritional status of the rural poor. On the basis of National Sample Survey data on dietary patterns and consumer expenditure, this article examines empirical evidence on the nature and extent of long-term changes in consumption patterns and nutritional status of various socio-economic groups at the household level in rural and urban India.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2007
Madan M Dey, Mruthyunjaya, Praduman Kumar
Economic and Political Weekly
3567-3572
Tags:
Consumption Patterns, India, Nutrition, Rural Poverty, Urban Habitat
India

 Food aid comes a cropper

the central government's food assistance schemes haven't worked. The 61st round of the National Sample Survey Organisation (nsso) report on Public Distribution System and Other Sources of

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Supply, Malnutrition, Food Aid, Consumption Patterns, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Food Security

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