-Hindustan Times India's MPI has three equally weighted dimensions, health, education and standard of living - which are represented by 12 indicators. NITI Aayog has published the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report which measured “three equally weighted dimensions” of health, education and standard of living. India's MPI has three equally weighted dimensions, health, education and standard of living - which are represented by 12 indicators of nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, antenatal care,...
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MSP committee to be formed, now go home, says Union agri minister; not so fast, say farmers -Amit Bhardwaj and Sreya Chatterjee
-IndiaToday.com On Saturday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to look into the MSP issue. He urged the protesting farmers to "go home". However, the farmers said they need more clarity. On Saturday, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to make the minimum support price (MSP)...
More »Kerala, Tamil Nadu among least poor states in India; Bihar, Jharkhand poorest: Niti Aayog
-The New Indian Express Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. As per the index, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, followed by 42.16 per cent in Jharkhand, 37.79 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. While Madhya Pradesh (36.65 per cent) has been placed fourth in the index, Meghalaya (32.67 per cent) is at the...
More »Announcement of Repeal of Farm Laws Big Setback to Neoliberalism -Navpreet Kaur and C Saratchand
-Newsclick.in It is the first significant reverse suffered by the government, which is promoting neoliberalism at breakneck speed. The announcement of the repeal of the three farm laws almost a year after farmers launched a massive movement against the Narendra Modi government’s contentious decision in which 671 protesters lost their lives is a setback to the neoliberal move, which intended to further corporate encroachment in agriculture. The organisations leading the struggle have argued...
More »India demands $1 trillion as ‘climate finance’ -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu India’s NDCs are subject to the availability of this amount in climate finance, says key negotiator India has demanded a trillion dollars over the next decade from developed countries to adapt to, and mitigate, the challenges arising from global warming, and has kept this as a condition for delivering on climate commitments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a senior official who is part of ongoing climate agreement negotiations in...
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