A massive expansion of the Antyodaya Anna Yojana appears to be on the anvil with the BJP making it the core of its wish list to the finance minister. The BJP, which is in the process of finalising

The Jan Chetna Manch said lakhs of slum dwellers in the Capital would observe "Garibi Diwas" and stage demonstrations on March 27 to protest against the Centre's anti-poor Master Plan for Delhi 2021

The Roma tribe, which migrated from the present-day Northern India and Pakistan to Europe centuries ago, faces conditions there as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, says a new report. The report,

Britains is starting to canvass support from other leading western governments for an ambitious scheme to double the development funds available to poor countries for the next 15

Effective implementation of poverty alleviation programmes in Madhya Pradesh has resulted in a fall of 5.9% in the poverty rate from 42.52% over the last

Union coal and mines minister Uma Bharati, who is leading the BJP campaign against Congress strongman Digvijay Singh in Madhya Pradesh for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state, on Monday,

The Uttar Pradesh government is considering a draft proposal to spend Rs 10000 crore on urban poverty alleviation. The draft proposal has been prepared and submitted by the State Urban Development

The apex body of community finance institutions, Sa-Dhan, in collaboration with Infrastructure Development Finance Co Ltd (IDFC) and the Ramanathan Foundation is organising a seminar on

In its resolve to fight poverty, the Orissa government has set a higher target of reducing poverty by 5 per cent during the Tenth Plan period and by 15 per cent during the Eleventh Plan period.