Finance minister P Chidambaram still has no idea of the bill that the rural employment guarantee programme (REGP) will run up. And the outcome budget does not make anybody any wiser on this score.
The government today said that there were over 26 crore people living below the poverty line in the country with more than 19 crore of them in rural areas alone. In a written reply Minister of State
Pakistan's desire to reduce poverty demands the development of its human and technological resources and competitiveness, a research scholar stated. "Competitiveness is prerequisite to overcome
More than half of the world's people live on less than $two a day, with 47 per cent of East Asians and 44 per cent of Southeast Asians surviving at that level, said a study.At the same time, despite
The Railway police, on Wednesday, rescued 18 minors, who were allegedly being taken to Gujarat for employment in fish farms, at the Central railway station.According to police, 16 girls and three
Denying allegations that he was politicising the water sharing issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday said: ''Lord Indra'' alone could solve the matter, by ushering rains
The Supreme Court has issued notice to Kerala on an application from Tamil Nadu seeking permission to store water up to a level of 142 feet in the Mullaperiyar dam during the present monsoon season
There is a huge gap between allocations under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and actual releases for poverty alleviation and employment generation schemes in certain backward states like Assam,
A new World Bank report describes Punjab as "India's most prosperous and developed state with the lowest poverty rate.' Released at a consultation of academics, policy planners, media personnel and