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The primary reason why reports of starvation deaths in Amlasole village in West Bengal's Midnapore district, have caused a furore, is that they have come as a surprise to many. For, whatever its

Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has taken the challenge to redefine parameters of the below poverty line (BPL) population, along with modifying and fine-tuning all existing

Delegates to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) this weekend in Sao Paulo will be surprised by the shift in focus from the anti-establishment rhetoric of yesteryear to

"The biggest reason for rural backwardness is that we have continued dividing the urban with the rural," said Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Panchayati Raj Mani Shankar Aiyar, while

The Group of Eight leading industrial countries has promised to do much more for the world's poorest countries at this week's summit. Yet such promises have proved vaporous in the past. The G8 should

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has stated that his Government would adopt policies that are "pro-growth, pro-investment and pro-employment" and that the overriding priority will be "to do

Hema Tandi, the five-year-old female child who hit national headlines three years ago for being allegedly sold by her parents for Rs 5,000, is no more. The cruel hands of illness and poverty have

The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi government to frame a comprehensive policy to ensure that no heavy vehicle which has more than four tyres enters Delhi. Justice Vijendra Jain and justice R S

Sustaining high growth rates and reducing poverty in India should be the main priorities of policy for its new Government, according to an International Monetary Fund. The challenge looking ahead is

Nandan Nilekani, CEO and president of Infosys, kicked off the Indian contribution to the two-day Global Conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction in Shanghai on how the private sector can contribute

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