Strange are the figures provided by different departments of Karnataka and Union Governments, which are self-contradictory. And this is particularly true of the figures giving the number of people

A bunch of women from Below Poverty Line families in Kerala may well be competing with 'hot and happening' BPO companies elsewhere if a plan by the State to take business process outsourcing to the

Most developing countries struggling to meet Millennium Development Goals by 2015; Report offers agenda for policies and actions by all partners in global campaign to reduce poverty. Poor people in

The National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) has planned to generate 10,500 million units of power during the current fiscakl year, thereby ensuring 93 per cent power capacity index in the

The World Bank's estimates released last week show that the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by 350 million in the last two decades. In 1981, 1.45 billion people were in

The EU council of ministers is considering radical changes to the substance registration procedure that will underpin Europe's Reach chemicals policy reform, a new progress report from the Irish

Water is becoming a major point of contention in several Indian states. In the south agricultural and commercial crop production is suffering on account of acute water shortage. The storage levels in

"Who is bothered about the elections when we cannot have two square meals a day. But the ritual of voting has to be maintained," are the sentiments of the people of Tikarpara of Bolangir district of

Unless the government wakes up immediately, thousands of workers in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will be forced to migrate to other places in search of livelihood. For these women and

The eastern parts of thr country have the dubious distinction of having the highest population under the poverty line. More than 40% of the population is below the poverty line in all the eastern