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Poverty

State specific poverty lines for 2011-12

The estimates of state wise poverty lines for rural and urban areas for 2011-12.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 22, 2013
Planning Commission
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Poverty, India, Statistics, Planning Commission
Poverty

Poverty estimates for 2011-12

This document provides the poverty estimates for the year 2011-12 updated by Planning Commission as per the methodology recommended by Tendulkar Committee.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2013
Planning Commission
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Poverty, India, Statistics, Planning Commission
Poverty

Poorest of poor survive on Rs 17 a day in villages: NSSO

Top 5% of the population had an MPCE of Rs 4,481 in rural areas and Rs 10,282 in urban areas

Poorest of poor in the country survive on barely Rs 17 per day in villages and Rs 23 a day in cities, as per the latest data released by the National Sample Survey Office today.

Publication Date: 
20/06/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Population, Rural Poverty, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Milk Products, Vegetables, Poverty
Health

Indian institute celebrates one millionth free eye surgery today

Sankara Eye Foundation has 11 eye hospitals, 125 doctors & 600 paramedical professionals

An Indian eye care institution is celebrating its one millionth free eye surgery with a special ceremony on Thursday at the Churchill Dining room in the House of Commons. NRI Punjabi MP Virendra Sharma, who represents the Ealing Southall constituency in UK Parliament, has agreed to preside over the occasion.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2013
Shyam Bhatia
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Eye Diseases, Health Care, Punjab, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rural Poverty, Rural Health, Health
People

Intervention, identity and marginality - An ethnographic account of the Musahars

This paper provides an ethnographic account of the changing facets of marginality for the Musahars of Uttar Pradesh. It takes a close look at how their identity is shaped by the resistance of those at the margins, by politics, and by interventions on the part of external agencies. The research deconstructs (i) the everyday resistance of the Musahars, as evident from their songs and poetry; (ii) the talk of state officials and state policies about Musahars; and (iii) the discourse of social activists, organisations and donor agencies.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2013
Shilp Shikha Singh
Economic and Political Weekly
48
20
52-59
Tags:
People, Uttar Pradesh, Scheduled Castes, Maharajganj (D), Bonded Labour, Landless, Rural Poverty
Habitat And Urbanisation

Global monitoring report 2013: rural-urban dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals

The 2013 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) marks the tenth edition of the GMR since the inception of the report in 2004. The GMR continues to provide an annual assessment of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Publication Date: 
17/04/2013
The World Bank
Tags:
Urbanisation, Poverty, India, Global, Slums, Sustainable Development, Environment, Economy, Trade, Aid, Developing Countries, Rural Poverty, Education, Malnutrition, Children, Women, Infant mortality, Maternal Health, Diseases, Water Supply, Sanitation
Poverty

China spends more on rural poverty relief

The Finance Ministry said Friday that its spending on poverty relief in rural areas for 2012 surged 31.9 percent from a year earlier to 299.6 billion yuan ($47.79 billion).

Publication Date: 
29/03/2013
China Daily
Tags:
China, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Rural Poverty
Poverty

China to increase efforts to alleviate poverty

China will allocate more funds to lift its rural population out of poverty this year, with efforts focused on making education more accessible for the poor, said a top poverty relief official.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2013
China Daily
Tags:
China, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Rural Poverty, Nutrition, Subsidies
Food Policy

Villagers in poor states use ration shops less, shows survey data

Rural families in low income states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal depend far less on ration shops for wheat and rice than the national average.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2013
Surabhi
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Wheat, Rice, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Tamil Nadu, Population, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Security, Rural Poverty, Food Policy
Poverty

Identifying BPL households - A comparison of methods

Exercises to identify households living below the poverty line have taken place three times, and a fourth one is under way. Though the latest method aims to improve upon previous methods, its empirical implications and precise justification are not yet clear. This paper empirically examines the Socio-Economic Caste Census methodology and compares it empirically with alternative proposals to show the choice of a particular methodology matters.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2013
Sabina Alkire, Suman Seth
Economic and Political Weekly
48
2
49-57
Tags:
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Consumption Patterns, Scheduled Castes, Rural Poverty, India, Malnutrition

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