India slips down three notches in UNDP's Human Development Report We don't want to be compared with Pakistan, it's too infra-dig, we can't be compared to China, it's not a democracy, we can't be

The good news for India from the Human Development Report 2003 is that it has sustained its progress on the human development index and the gender development index. Indian policy makers have also

This year's Human Development Report (HDR) shows that while the country has been making

Rich nations need to improve trade terms, cut agricultural subsidies and increase aid to developing nations in order to help achieve the goal of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of extreme

The overall fiscal liabilities of Kerala have been on the rise in recent years and they grew by an average of 19.42 per cent during the five-year period between 1997-98 and 2001-02. According to the

India fell three notches from 124 to 127 in the human development index rankings released by the United Nations Development Programme. While its index value reflected general progress and improved

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two of India's poorest states with some of the country's worst social indicators, and both currently ruled by Congress governments, have been cited in a UN report as

Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal have received considerable appreciation in the 2003 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme even as India was pushed down three

An awareness programme on Self-Help Groups (SHGs) was jointly organized by NABARD, Lakhimi Gaonlia Bank (LGB) and Uttaran, an NGO, at historical Akhoiphutia Bar Namghar in Assam. About 90

The Planning Commission fixed Bihar's annual Plan for 2003-04 at Rs 3,320 crores which includes additional Central assistance of Rs 50 crores for priority