With only 3.48 per cent of the population living below the poverty line (BPL) in Jammu and Kashmir, a major thrust is being laid on nutrition, as the state is deemed to become the first in the

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

The global divide in income, health and wealth has only widened further in this era of unregulated capitalism. And there are no signs of it being bridged

The good thing about this book is that it makes a clear attempt to scale down the shrill rhetoric of the gm debate. The sharp language and aggressive defence, seen in many publications on GM technology and GM crops, are missing. However, the arguments are

An Asian Development Bank (ADB) team headed by Geert van der Linden, special advisor to the Bank president, has concluded discussions with the officials of the finance ministry and Planning

Like two wary advertisaries discovering a common interest, the United Nations and the private sector are beginning to forge a joint approach to tackling global poverty. Last week, Ernestor Zedillo,

An ambitious externally-aided $33.2 million hill poverty-alleviation project, currently being implemented in three north-eastern states, has been hit by a major controversy over the resignation of

The good news: there has been a perceptible decline in the number of the country's poor. The significance of this very important fact has however been lost in myriad ways, as the all-important social

Abandoning the earlier formula of declaring the families with annual income less than Rs 20,000 as the ones living below the poverty line in the rural areas, the Union Government has adopted new