-The Indian Express Rural areas have shown a faster pace of decline as poverty levels dipped by over seven percentage points in the past five years in the country. As per Planning Commission estimates released on Monday, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttarakhand are among the top performers, with the decline in poverty in each of these states estimated at 10 percentage points or more between 2004-05...
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New poverty estimate soon-Richard Mahapatra
But will it reflect true level of poverty in the country? India's poverty line has hit the headlines again. In the past six months this is for the second time that the government has tried to bring out a poverty line. Like the poverty line in September last year, the new poverty line has also triggered widespread dissent and debate. In an action replay, this time also the government almost junked...
More »Lesser poor people in India now, suggests new poverty line-Rupashree Nanda
If you could spend more than Rs 28 per day and lived in a town, or Rs 22 per day and lived in a village, you were above the poverty line. This is Planning Commission's new poverty line for the year 2009-2010. According to its most recent estimates, 52 million people moved out of poverty between 2005 and 2010. For rural areas, poverty is down from 42% to 33% while for...
More »Poverty down, no matter what method is used, says Montek
-PTI Rejecting widespread criticism for pegging poverty line at Rs 28.65 daily consumption, Plan panel Deputy Chairman Montek singh Ahluwalia on Saturday asserted that the number of poor in the country has come down irrespective of the method of calculation. "..whatever poverty line you choose. The question is poverty in the country is going down. Some people have said that it is not correct..poverty is not going down..I reject that view...I categorically...
More »Anna Hazare on fast, attacks 'deaf and dumb' government
-PTI Anna Hazare on Sunday returned to his favourite mode of protest -- hunger strike -- in Delhi after his flop show in Mumbai three months ago, this time protesting against the "deaf and dumb" government which is "not doing anything" to protect whistleblowers fighting corruption. Hazare, after his usual visit to Rajghat before any such protest in Delhi, came to the capital's dharna hotspot Jantar Mantar at around 11am to loud...
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