-The Hindu Business Line Over 340 million destitute people live here, mostly in rural areas NEW DELHI: India is home to over 340 million destitute people and is the second poorest country in South Asia after strife-torn Afghanistan, says a poverty estimation study by Oxford University, UK. Forty per cent of all poor in 49 countries live in India, mostly in rural areas, according to the Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2014, a tool...
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Maharashtra government sitting on scams involving 4,500 crore, finds CAG report -Chittaranjan Tembhekar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is still sitting on scams involving losses of around Rs 4,500 crore of public money, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed. In its report released on Saturday, the CAG has pointed out that state departments had failed to explain and audit queries/observations involving the around Rs 4,500 crore-loss of the public exchequer. According to the CAG, by June 2013, there were 4,760...
More »Trouble in the hills -Bhoomika Joshi
-The Hindu On the first anniversary of the Uttarakhand disaster, here's a look at issues plaguing the fledgling state. On June 16, it will be a year since Uttarakhand experienced its worst natural disaster. It was also a year of loss, of grief, of recovery and of resilience. While those affected continue to cope and rise, we need to look beyond the disaster in order to unravel the contradictions and challenges that...
More »SKDRDP to promote agriculture on 1,059 acres of barren land
-The Hindu Udupi (Karnataka): The Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) will promote agricultural cultivation in barren lands in Udupi district. Dugge Gowda, Director of district unit of SKDRDP, said that in the present year, the SKDRDP had selected 571 families and provided them with 1,059 acres of barren lands in the district. These families were being encouraged to cultivate paddy and vegetables in these barren lands. They were also being provided...
More »Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods, says India exclusion report -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled, report confirms A recent report by a Delhi NGO undermines government claims on reaching welfare schemes to the needy and disadvantaged sections of society. The report, titled The India Exclusion Report 2013-14, says the government has failed miserably in providing equal access to public goods to the most disadvantaged groups. The report, prepared by Delhi-based Centre for...
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