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Habitat And Urbanisation

Centre raises house building assistance for rural poor

The government today raised the unit construction assistance for the rural poor to own affordable houses from Rs 45,000 to Rs 70,000.

The move under the popular Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) will help thousands of rural poor who do not have a dwelling of their own but want to construct one. The assistance for hilly and other difficult areas has been increased from Rs 48,500 crore to Rs 75,000. The decision to raise the unit construction assistance was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet here.

Publication Date: 
11/01/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Housing, Rural Poverty, Housing Construction, Habitat And Urbanisation
Poverty

Does urbanization affect rural poverty?: evidence from Indian districts

Although a high rate of urbanization and a high incidence of rural poverty are two distinct features of many developing countries, there is little knowledge of the effects of the former on the latter.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Massimiliano Calì, Carlo Menon
The World Bank
Tags:
Rural Poverty, Urbanisation, India, Urban Development, Economy, Consumption Patterns, Poverty
Poverty

Plan panel remained in news for wrong reasons in 2012

Planning Commission remained in news this year for wrong reasons like fixing poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily in urban areas, spending Rs 35 lakh on refurbishing toilets and slashing average economic growth rate for the 12th Plan to 8 per cent.

It all began in March with the Planning Commission coming out with poverty numbers based on the Tendulkar Committee methodology which raised many eyebrows and drew flak from all corners.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2012
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Planning Commission, Poverty, Social Activists, Rural Poverty, Right To Information (RTI), Economy
Poverty

Report of the expert group to recommend the detailed methodology for identification of families living below poverty line in the urban areas

This S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor submitted to UPA government in December 2012 set the criteria for identifying the poor living in urban areas for various government schemes.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2012
Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Tags:
Poverty, Urbanisation, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Ministry Of Rural Development, Planning Commission, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Population, Health, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Rural Poverty, Public Distribution System (PDS), Urban Sanitation, Migration, People
Poverty

Remittances, growth and poverty: new evidence from Asian countries

This study re-examines the effects of remittances on the growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia/Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2012
Katsushi S. Imai, Raghav Gaiha, Abdilahi Ali, Nidhi Kaicker
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Poverty, Asia, India, Economic Development, Finance, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Water Resources

Assessing the potential for poverty reduction through investments in agricultural water management

The FAO has released a report titled "Assessing poverty reduction potential through investments in agricultural water management: a methodology for country level analysis." The report presents a methodology to analyze the opportunities, constraints and potential of small-scale Agricultural Water Management (AWM) interventions at pilot research

Publication Date: 
01/11/2012
Guido Santini, Livia Peiser, Jean-Marc Faurès
FAO
Tags:
Water Management, Agriculture, India, Africa, Water Resources, Poverty, Finance, Rural Poverty, Groundwater, Surface Water
Energy

PM: Rural poor need power, LPG subsidy

Amid the controversy over cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government recognises that some subsidy has to be given for rural poor for cooking gas and el

Publication Date: 
10/10/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Subsidies, LPG, Rural Energy, Energy, Rural Poverty, India
Energy

Rural poor should get LPG, power subsidies, says PM

New Delhi Amid the controversy over cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government recognises that some subsidy has to be given for rural poor for cooking gas and electricity as part of its endeavour to give access to energy to all.

He talked about target subsidy ‘‘as best as possible’’ while stating that the government was planning to transfer subsidy amount directly to bank accounts of bonafide beneficiaries.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2012
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
LPG, Subsidies, Rural Poverty, Electricity, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy
Poverty

Heterogeneous pro-poor targeting in India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest public works employment project in the world. Its most direct poverty reduction pathway is through boosting employment and income for the poor.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India, Rural Poverty, Scheduled Castes, Tribals, Unemployment
Poverty

Rural poverty dynamics in Pakistan

A close look at the data on poverty levels and trends in Pakistan for the last five decades leads to two broad conclusions. First, poverty reduction has not been sustainable rather it has fluctuated remarkably.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2012
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Tags:
Rural Poverty, Pakistan, South Asia, Poverty

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