The S R Hashim Committee report on urban poor has been put into cold storage by the UPA government.

Government departments now use different standards to measure poverty

Government departments differ with regard to standards for determining poverty-level, Mythili K. Rajendran, Managing Director and Principal Secretary, Tamil Nadu Rural Livelihood Mission, said here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Odisha and Bihar have recorded the sharpest decline in poverty levels between 2004-05 and 2011-12, although the proportion of the poor in these states remains well above the national ave

New Delhi: People spending more than Rs 27.2 per day in villages and Rs 33.3 in cities are not poor, according to the latest data released by the government.

Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 due to increase in per capita consumption, the Planning Commission said today while releasing the

New Delhi: The Congressled UPA government’s flagship Food Security Programme will take off in the capital on September 1.

The BPL census is scheduled to be completed in the next three to four months.

Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line.