Mahesh Vyas / New Delhi May 24, 2010, 0:42 IST

Against the official savings level of 35 per cent, CMIE survey estimates this to be 40 per cent.

Rajasthan: Economically-prosperous states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and u are

37 per cent of the expenditure was on food items and 63 per cent on non-food items

NEW DELHI: The monthly per capita expenditure in the urban areas of Delhi is the highest in the country, reveals a report on

The current state of rural banking in the country is poor. A recent report, by the National Sample Survey Organization, revealed that 51.4 per cent of the 89.3 million total farmer households in the country had no access to credit; 27 per cent of the households were indebted to formal sources of which one-third also borrowed from informal sources.

5,00,000 PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO DELHI EVERY YEAR, THROUGH BIRTH AND MIGRATION. AND HALF OF ALL FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY

IT is not surprising that questions of food security and the right to food have become such urgent political issues in India today. The rapid growth of aggregate income over the past two decades has not addressed the basic issue of ensuring the food security of the population.

The issue of poverty estimation seems to be getting more complicated as a government-sponsored panel has now said that about 38 per cent Indians are poor

Farmers need greater access to credit and risk-hedging tools
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 14, 2009, 0:58 IST

Farmers won't invest unless they earn more - and that requires greater access to credit and risk-hedging tools.

The gale of chatter during the current global meltdown has been mainly about the hardships in store for the corporate sector and middle classes. The voice of the poor is too feeble to have been heard in the din.

Business Standard / New Delhi November 07, 2008, 0:39 IST