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Poverty

Sectoral labour flows and agricultural wages in India, 1983-2004: Has growth trickled down?

This paper examines the evolution of poverty in India through the prism of agricultural wages and employment. It links the movement in wages (and hence poverty) to the fundamental process of sectoral labour flow that underlies economic development. It finds that despite the rapid growth of the non-farm sector, its success in drawing labour from land has been limited.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2009
Mukesh Eswaran, Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
44
2
46
Tags:
Agriculture, Economy, Landless, Poverty, Unemployment, India, Statistics, Rural Poverty
Economy

Reality check of govt schemes exposes chinks!

A reality check of the status of the government schemes as well as problems of the villagers by Indore collector and his administrative paraphernalia on Saturday and Sunday under the Gram Sampark Abhiayaan, has not only brought to the fore the pitiable condition of basic infrastructure - like road, electricity and water in the villages but also chinks in the government schemes aimed at benefiting

Publication Date: 
06/01/2009
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Rural Habitat, Rural Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Madhya Pradesh, Indore (T), Rural Poverty, Infrastructure Development
Poverty

Balangir farmers can break free from mahajans clutches

BALANGIR: Farmers in the district can now break free from the clutches of money-lenders (mahajans). After incidents of suicide by cotton farmers due to debt trap, the Utkal Gramya Bank (UGB) has launched a

Publication Date: 
05/01/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Farmers, Orissa (Odisha), Rural Poverty
People

Tripura for improvement of forest dwellers

Publication Date: 
03/01/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Ecotourism, Development, Tribals, Biodiversity Conservation, Tripura, Agartala, Rural Poverty
Poverty

Estimation of poverty or preservative for chronic hunger

It can't be termed development if the largest section of the society is bound to spend 55 to 70 percent of their gross income just to arrange their daily requirement of food. The farce of poverty identification is a big challenge before the goal of elimination of chronic hunger. Actually, according to Planning Commission

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Sachin Kumar Jain
Vikas Samvad
Tags:
Consumption Patterns, Poverty, Madhya Pradesh, Rural Poverty
Economy

Illuminating lives

The Government of Andhra Pradesh established the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), in the year 2000, to bring light into the lives of the rural poor. It implements two poverty reduction projects with an amount of Rs. 2000 crores. SERP's current programmes reach year by 80 lakh households of Andhra Pradesh. It is the single largest rural development programme run by government.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
T. Vijay Kumar
Transforming India
2
2
34
Tags:
Agriculture, Dairy Development, Food Prices, Economy, Tribals, Women, Rural Development, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), UNDP, Andhra Pradesh, Food Security, Rural Poverty
Poverty

Starvation deaths and primitive tribal groups

The deaths of 35 Birhors

Publication Date: 
27/12/2008
Reetika Khera
Economic and Political Weekly
43
52
11
Tags:
Food Supply, Starvation, Food Poisoning, Tribals, Poverty, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Jharkhand, Chatra (D), Rajasthan, Food Security, Naxalites, Rural Poverty
Poverty

Overhaul rural job scheme

Demanding effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a host of voluntary and mass organisations staged a dharna in front of State Assembly here on Friday. They have called for an overhaul of the existing setup.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2008
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Orissa (Odisha), Rural Poverty
Health

NGOs to run 14 free hospitals in districts

Soon tribals would not have to travel far for treatment.

Non-government organisations (NGOs) will do more than just social service. The state government will now entrust them with the job of running hospitals.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2008
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Tribals, Rural Health, NGO, Jharkhand, Rural Poverty
Poverty

Dryland afforestation and poverty alleviation: Bedouin and Palestinian non-timber forest product collectors in contrasting

Non-timber forest products (NTFP), whether consumed or marketed, represent a substantial value. NTFP are believed capable of alleviating poverty or at least helping maintain consumption levels while averting impoverishment. Communities find in forests edible and medicinal plants, meat, honey, fodder and fuel.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Henri Rueff, Cdric Parizot, Arnon Ben Israel & et al
Human Ecology
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6
923
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Afforestation, Minor Forest Produce, Firewood, Poverty, Israel, Rural Poverty, Human Ecology, Henri Rueff, Cdric Parizot, Arnon Ben Israel & et al

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