The relevance of the poverty line for the country is set to be redefined in the context of the ongoing Supreme Court case. The commission will take a view on removing caps on BPL (below poverty line) families. The caps are set by the Planning Commission to predetermine the number of poor in a state or district or block, based on the poverty line.

The Sri Lankan government is stepping up is housing construction efforts to provide homes for the underserved settlements in the capital Colombo and adjoining areas.

Nitesh Estates Ltd’s subsidiary Nitesh Urban Development Private Ltd launched on Wednesday the green residential project of 417 units at Marathahalli - Sarjapur outer ring road, IT hub of Bangalore

Construction of a special housing scheme under the Janasevana program for the indigenous community of Sri Lanka is to commence today in Vakarai of Batticaloa district.

The government will address the housing problems of those living in underserved settlements in Colombo with a project where 30,000 housing units will be constructed.

The Planning Commission, headed by the prime minister, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court quantifying the daily poverty line for an adult as Rs 26 in rural, and Rs 32 in urban India.

Poverty grew nationwide last year, but the increase was even greater in New York City, the Census Bureau will report on Thursday, suggesting that New York was being particularly hard hit by the aft

The Jammu and Kashmir government today approved a report of a committee on the empowerment of panchayats and two Bills, including an amendment to the State Vigilance Commission Act, to be tabled in

Delhi Govt. to pay their share of cost in Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna

While it has failed to construct the promised number of flats for the slum dwellers under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, the Delhi Government on Monday handed out an olive branch by offering to pay the Rs.60,000 contribution of the allottees belonging to the Scheduled Caste category as ‘festival bonanza'.