-Down to Earth The annual rise of material price came after a pause of 2 years because of the pandemic The Centre has increased allocations for materials cost for mid-day meals at schools by 9.6 per cent, after two unprecedented years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure, however, is insufficient to protect against rising inflation, stakeholders and experts complained. In absolute figures, the hike translates to a measly 48 paise for a primary...
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41.5 crore Indians exited multi-dimensional poverty since 2005-06 -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu 22.8 crore in India still multi-dimensionally poor, of whom 9.7 crore are children As many as 41.5 crore people exited poverty in India during the 15-year period between 2005-06 and 2019-21, out of which two-thirds exited in the first 10 years, and one-third in the next five years, according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Monday. The report produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the...
More »"Erroneous, Methodological Issues": India On Poor Hunger Index Rating -Kadambini Sharma
-NDTV.com Three out of the four indicators are related to health of children and cannot be representative of the entire population, India said New Delhi: India on Sunday termed the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report an "erroneous measure of hunger" and claimed it "suffers from serious methodological issues", after its ranking slipped to 107th out of 121 countries. A press note issued by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development said...
More »Various estimates point towards one conclusion – the number of poor Indians swelled in 2020
The newly released World Bank report has estimated that the number of extremely poor people globally went up by nearly 71 million in the year 2020 as compared to 2019 — a 11 percent increase. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of poor swelled by around 56 million in India. It means that about 79 percent of the total people globally who slipped into poverty during the first year of...
More »Poorer India: Editorial on World Bank data on poverty line
-The Telegraph According to a recent estimate, about 80 per cent of the 70 million people who slipped below the poverty line worldwide during the pandemic were from India Poverty numbers can be confusing as they depend on the choice of the poverty line and the statistical method of estimation. These may result in differences in the results arrived at. The latest data from the World Bank show that for South Asia...
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