Poverty is a multi-dimensional concept. Official statistics in India have always referred, arguably narrowly, to only income poverty (using the proxy measure of consumption expenditure from the NSSO surveys).The Suresh Tendulkar Committee report submitted to the Planning Commission is the latest input to the “Great Indian Poverty Debate”. While the increase in the number of poor households, as suggested by the Tendulkar Committee, may indeed help expand the coverage of...
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'The level of violence has gone up tremendously in Chhattisgarh'
Even after spending more than two years in prison on charges of being a Naxal supporter under the draconian Chhatisgarh Special Public Security Act, Dr Binayak Sen's enthusiasm for speaking for the rights and the wellbeing of the tribals in Chhattisgarh has not diminished one bit. Out on bail since May 25, 2009 -- he was arrested in May 2007 -- Dr Sen was in Mumbai recently to speak at a...
More »CBI books 18 cops for fake encounter by Amita Verma
Almost six months after MBA student Ranbir Singh was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Dehra Dun, the CBI has filed a chargesheet against 18 police personnel, including seven for murder, in the CBI court in Dehra Dun. The CBI filed murder charges against seven police personnel, including Arag-har Chowki in-charge G.D. Bhatt, for allegedly kidnapping and killing Ranbir Singh on July 3. The CBI also accused all 18 cops...
More »Decade of debt-fuelled boom and bust by Larry Elliott
Borrowing was both the shaky foundation of global growth and the cause of its collapse. It started with a bust and it ended with an even bigger bust. In between was sandwiched an unsustainable boom. Banks have been humbled. Economists have been found wanting. Geopolitical power began to shift from west to east. That was the noughties that was. It barely seems five minutes ago that policymakers were fretting about the...
More »Gender Violence continues unabated in India
A moving report titled Gender Violence in India by Prajnya, a civil society organization, says that violence against women is on the rise in India. Close to 13.3% of total crimes against women are reported from just one state, Andhra Pradesh. (See the link below) The report, which uses the statistics of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), tells us that honour killings are often reported as ToRture or caste...
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