India is reeling under an intense drought situation which has affected close to 330 million people from 10 states. Bad monsoons and weak policies around water security have further compounded the problem and precipitated a crisis.

Rajasthan MP from Kota Om Birla has demanded the interlinking of rivers in eastern Rajasthan as one of the measures to deal with the severe water crisis in the desert state.

This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India containing the results of audit on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules) has been prepared for submission to the President of India under Article 151 of Constitution.

Aurangabad: Drought and debt continue to claim lives in Marathwada with as many as 65 farmers having committed suicide in the first three weeks of April.

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that around 33 crore people in 256 districts of 10 states are affected due to drought.

The Supreme Court on Thursday severely pulled up the states of Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana for not declaring drought even though there was deficient rainfall and a fall in the production of foodgrai

A taskforce set up by Niti Aayog on eliminating poverty released its report dealing in detail on how key government initiatives can contribute to uplift of poor, but stopped short of determining the poverty line as practised traditionally.

This paper uses panel data to analyze factors that contributed to the rapid decline in poverty in India between 2005 and 2012. The analysis employs a nonparametric decomposition method that measures the relative contributions of different components of household livelihoods to observed changes in poverty.

Social protection and climate change programmes are two public policy responses that governments use to address the challenges of poverty, climate vulnerability and gender inequality.

Social protection and climate change programmes are two public policy responses that governments use to address the challenges of poverty, climate vulnerability and gender inequality.

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