-Down to Earth Across the globe, unemployment is growing three times faster among youngsters than among those above 24 years of age The good news is that economies the world over are set to grow. The bad news is that the growth will not be able to check unemployment that has been rising steadily since the 2008 global financial crisis. Over 202 million people were jobless worldwide in 2013, which is 25...
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Benarasi death net-Biswajeet Banerjee
-Sunday Pioneer A cluster of villages engaged in weaving the exquisite Benarasi sarees is in the midst of a serious health crisis. More than 1 lakh people from this once prosperous region have fallen prey to aggressive tuberculosis. Poor living conditions, working in dark rooms and constant inhalation of minute silk threads have weakened the lungs of these artisans. With an average monthly income of not more than Rs3,000, it is...
More »680 million Indians lack the means to meet their essential needs: report-Rukmini S
-The Hindu Proposing a new "empowerment line" that aims to measure the minimum economic cost for a household to fulfil eight most basic needs, a global research organisation has estimated that 680 million Indians, or 56 per cent of the population, lacks the means to meet their essential needs. Health care, drinking water and sanitation between them account for nearly 40 per cent of the gap between their current status and the...
More »McKinsey pegs poverty line at Rs 1,336 per month -Prabhakar Sinha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A Global consultancy firm pegged a new level for poverty or empowerment line - at Rs 1,336 per month per person as against the poverty line prescribed by the government at around Rs 870 per month per person. McKinsey, in a report, said the empowerment line determines the level of consumption required for an individual to fulfill his/her basic need for food, energy, housing, drinking water,...
More »Cash allowance to poor pregnant women increased -Clara Lewis
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has increased the allowance to be paid to pregnant women from Rs 800 to Rs 2,000. Also instead of for one month, the amount will be paid for two months. Thus each woman will be entitled to Rs 4,000. The scheme has been underway in 125 talukas of 22 backward districts of the state since July 2011. It is part of its project to...
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